Recently, popular financial guru Warren Buffett (nickname: The Oracle of Omaha
) gave an interview to the American news channel CNBC in which Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, began singing the praises of Apple. A song of praise of superlatives.
In the interview, Warren Buffett said:
“Let’s assume you are an Apple user. Now someone comes along and offers you $10,000. The only condition: you have to give away your iPhone and you can never buy one again. I say: The Apple user will turn down the money. They will refuse the $10,000.”
Buffet backs up his steep claim with a comparison. He compares smartphone users to Ford drivers. In the interview he further said:
“(Assuming you own a Ford.) If someone offered you $10,000 to choose not a Ford the next time you bought a car, you would pocket the $10,000 and buy a Chevy instead.”
With his $10,000 metaphor, Buffett offers Apple fans an unparalleled level of brand loyalty that goes beyond multi-digit bribes, so to speak.
The relevant excerpt from the interview was linked by CNBC on Twitter. Click and see below. The passage in question starts at second 20.
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Who is actually Warren Buffett? Buffett has been CEO of Berkshire Hathaway since 1970 (see below). He arrives medially as Oracle of Omaha
repeatedly attracts attention – especially when it comes to questions about finance, wealth and investment strategies.
As a financial manager, he named the investment strategy named after him buffettology
shaped. Buffett was born in 1930, the son of a stockbroker.
Berkshire Hathaway: Is a company based in the USA. The company is home to more than 80 companies, either owns them completely or has an interest in them.
Some of the most well-known brands and companies that Berkshire Hathaway has a stake in include: Coca-Cola, Gillette, The Washington Post. However, Berkshire Hathaway’s main business is insurance.
Classification: It is hardly surprising that Buffett is blowing the proverbial horn in publicity for Apple: How so Handelsblatt reported on 087/16/2022 (Warren Buffett) continued to (steadily) increase his stake in Apple. At the end of June, Berkshire held 894.8 million Apple shares valued at $122.3 billion. That is almost five million shares more than three months previously, (…)
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From a more recent report, dated 02/15. of this year, published on investors.comreveals that Berkshire Hathaway owns a 5.8 percent stake in Apple.
What do you think of finance tycoon Warren Buffett’s hot take? Are you Apple fanatics and would you give up your iPhone for a five-figure sum? Or is it the other way around: would you have to be offered $10,000 to even mount an iPhone? Feel free to share in our comment column.
