Buffett's Billion-Dollar Alphabet Diet: Tech Snack Before CEO Exit

KEY POINTS

•Berkshire Hathaway bought 17.8 million shares of Alphabet, totaling $4.3 billion in the third quarter of 2025.
•Warren Buffett is expected to step down as CEO before the end of the year, ending a six-decade reign.
•The company sold $12.5 billion of stocks and purchased $6.4 billion, marking its 12th straight quarter of net selling.
•Berkshire's cash reserves hit a record $358 billion, which successor Greg Abel will need to invest wisely.

Warren Buffett, the legendary Oracle of Omaha who’s been CEO of Berkshire Hathaway for about six decades and accidentally transforming a run-of-the-mill textile mill into a $1 trillion empire, just dropped $4.3 billion on 17.8 million shares of Alphabet – aka Google's parent company, known for making 'Don’t Be Evil' feel like a vintage dream. This purchase arrived in Berkshire’s Q3 portfolio filing on November 17, 2025, mere moments before Buffett plans to moonwalk out of the CEO spotlight before New Year's. Despite his notorious tech avoidance, Buffett apparently decided Alphabet deserves a spot in his circle of competence or maybe just a postmodern flex. Meanwhile, after selling $12.5 billion and buying only $6.4 billion of stocks, Berkshire has a $358 billion cash pile, enough to make Scrooge McDuck blush, now ready for successor Greg Abel to flex. Buffett’s Thanksgiving letter hinted he sees faint sparks of opportunity—like spotting a single kale chip at a fast-food joint—keeping optimism alive even as Berkshire slows its buying spree.

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Warren Buffett finally lets tech crash the Berkshire party with $4.3B in Alphabet stock—proof that even legends can’t resist a shiny Google toy before retiring.

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