Mike the Usurper wrote:
] w1ld wrote:
] ] ] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. the
] ] conglomerate
] ] ] run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Tuesday
] said
] ] it elected
] ] ] Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., to be a director.
]
] ] ]
] ] ] Gates, co-founder and chairman of software giant
] Microsoft,
] ] is a friend
] ] ] and bridge partner of Buffett and a long-standing
] Berkshire
] ] shareholder.
] ]
] ] Any conspiracy theory comments on this news?
]
] He's among the few people who can actually afford the original
] BH preferred shares (which go for something like 35k each last
] I saw)?

Agreed. BRK-A is now at $89k a share. Holy Crap!!!!
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=brk-a

RE: Gates Elected to Berkshire Hathaway Board