2024 Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting - https://www.youtube.com/live/X3wLdzddRtI?feature=shared

• John Rogers, Ariel investments chairman & co-CEO
• Book: Poor Charlie's Almanac, 4th edition
• Q1 2024 operating earnings = \$11,222 mln
• Q1 2023 operating earnings = \$ 8,065 mln
• Operating earnings history
  • 2019 - \$23,972 mln
  • 2020 - \$21,922 mln
  • 2021 - \$27,597 mln
  • 2022 - \$30,853 mln
  • 2023 - \$37,350 mln
• How do you think about the role of technological advances especially generative AI on more traditional industries?

Reading journal

• https://www.nj.com/personal-finance/article/what-is-a-required-minimum-distribution-rmd - What is a required minimum distribution (RMD)?