Chief Parrothead Jimmy Buffett made a surprise appearance at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting on Saturday. According to reports,
"Mr. Buffett" was introduced as debonair, talented and other superlatives, and out stepped singer Jimmy Buffett, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and shorts and bearing a guitar, who proclaimed himself a distant cousin to Warren Buffett. Jimmy Buffett said genetic testing was done, and the question of who will inherit Warren Buffett's company has been answered. Jimmy Buffett said "Since blood is thicker than water, I'm your new chairman." Jimmy Buffett later said he was kidding."
Jimmy then did a reworked version of Margaritaville, mentioning Berkshire and Omaha steaks among other references to the occasion.
Jimmy is a wealthy man, but Warren is off the charts. Warren is also highly intelligent and has a great sense of humor. These are two men I greatly admire. I look on Warren Buffett in some of the same ways I look at Ernest Hemingway. My opinion of Hemingway is based on biographies I've read of him, his books, and other accounts of his life. I've been able to hear Warren, being still alive, in his own words. It may seem strange to compare a business and investment titan with a famous writer, but of course Warren is also a famous writer. Of shareholder's letters. It's not "To Have and Have Not", but interesting nonetheless.
Here's Jimmy at the Dunes Preserve benefit on Anguilla in March.
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