“I've reluctantly discarded the notion of my continuing to manage the portfolio after my death — abandoning my hope to give new meaning to the term "thinking outside the box."”

— Warren Buffett

2007 Chairman's Letter
Letters to Shareholders (1957 - 2012)

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