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Jan 13, 2026 12:10 PM

Warren Buffett Seals His Legacy With Massive Google Gains

For decades, Warren Buffett's biggest investment regret was not the money he lost, but the money he never made by passing on Google's IPO. 

The "Oracle of Omaha" may have made up for missing the IPO. In a final masterstroke before transitioning the CEO role to Greg Abel, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) has seen its stake in Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) grow by more than $1.6 billion in