I Flew to Omaha for Warren Buffett Meeting, Witnessed History Being Made

Speaking in the hallway outside Markel’s shareholder meeting, Martin Wiegand, 67, told me he’s attended more than 30 Berkshire meetings and has owned the stock for about 40 years.

Wiegand said his father was a school friend of Buffett, and his parents attended Berkshire meetings too.

He told me he wants Buffett to continue talking after his deputy, Greg Abel, takes over as CEO in the new year.

“I hope he doesn’t drop the mic and walk off the stage, never to be heard from again,” Wiegand said. “I hope he teaches a Coursera course — some sort of a podcast is too much to ask,” he continued, adding that he’d like Buffett to keep doing media appearances.

“Warren Buffett’s the moral authority of finance in America,” he said. “And I think he proved yesterday he’s still the sharpest man in the room at 94.”