Warren Buffett said he’s not totally done with Berkshire Hathaway.
In an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick, the 95-year-old “Oracle of Omaha” said he’s still closely involved in investment decisions at the massive financial conglomerate he built with his late business partner Charlie Munger.
The billionaire investor officially handed the reins to successor Greg Abel at the end of last year, following a six-decade run shaping the textile manufacturer into the country’s most valuable financial giant.
“I go in every day to the office,” Buffett said, adding that he’s still making investments for Berkshire. “I still contribute a tiny bit.”
Buffett said he recently made one “tiny” new purchase without giving more details.
Since Buffett announced in May that he would step down at the end of the year, Berkshire stock (BRK-A, BRK-B) has dropped about 11%. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is up over 13% during the same period.
Buffett also said in the interview that Berkshire bought $17 billion worth of US Treasury bills this week. As of the end of 2025, Berkshire had more than $370 million in cash equivalents on its balance sheet. The bulk of the pile was held in US Treasury bills.
In a November 2025 letter to shareholders, Buffett said he will no longer speak at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting. Abel, who became CEO on Jan. 1, wrote the firm’s annual letter to shareholders, which came out at the end of February.
During Buffett’s final quarter as CEO, Berkshire sold more equities than it bought, further trimming big stakes in Apple (AAPL) and Bank of America (BAC) and slashing a more modest stake in Amazon (AMZN). Apple remains Berkshire’s biggest stake, with Berkshire’s holdings valued at $62 billion as of the end of last year.
With hindsight, Buffett said he began trimming Berkshire’s Apple position too soon but that he doesn’t regret his decision. “I sold it too soon. But I bought it even sooner, so,” he told CNBC.
Berkshire also increased its stakes in Chevron (CVX) and Chubb (CB) while taking a new, smaller position in the New York Times (NYT).
Retirement is a “move that in many ways, I could have done it earlier and Greg would have been better than I was,” Buffett said.
“Greg covers more ground in a day than I would in a week, even when I was at my peak,” he added. “Greg is so good, it’s kind of embarrassing.”
David Hollerith covers the financial sector, ranging from the country’s biggest banks to regional lenders, private equity firms, and the cryptocurrency space.
