Late last year, Warren Buffett’s close business confidant Charlie Munger died at 99. Munger’s death and Buffett’s upcoming 94th birthday have renewed questions about the future of Berkshire Hathaway. What will the empire he’s built look like after he’s no longer at the helm?

Behind the Money and the FT’s senior corporate finance correspondent Eric Platt travel to Omaha, Nebraska for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting, to get a better sense of how the next generation will lead America’s “last great” conglomerate.

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For further reading:

Berkshire after Buffett: is Greg Abel up to the top job?

Berkshire after Buffett: prized energy business faces upheaval

Berkshire after Buffett: the risk ‘genius’ pulling the insurance strings

Berkshire after Buffett: can any stockpicker follow the Oracle?

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Dispatch from Omaha: Berkshire after Warren Buffett

Behind the Money