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Berkshire Hathaway Part II

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Jul 24, 2026
Speaker Ain part one to have the big reveal here. Ben, what is the unbelievable company that, in addition to GEICO, in addition to Amex, Buffett had briefly owned 5% of during his partnership days? Speaker BDisney. The freaking guy owned Disney and he sold it like after what, 2 years or something of owning it when it reached its, uh, you know, what he felt was a good price for him to get out. Speaker AUnbelievable. So yeah, I think it was, uh, I think it was 1 year. So in 1966, Disney had been trading at an $80 million market cap. The Walt Disney Company at an $80 million market cap. And it's not like Disney was much smaller back then. Like, it was still freaking Walt Disney, and, uh, it had the theme parks and everything. Mary Poppins had just came out and made $30 million at the box office, and the stock went down because Wall
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Berkshire Hathaway Part II