Warren Buffett announced at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting on May 3 that he will step down as CEO by the end of 2025, with Greg Abel taking over. This transition raises speculation about Berkshire’s financial capacity to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) under the new leadership.

Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who helped shape Berkshire Hathaway into a global investment powerhouse, is stepping down as CEO at year-end — but his distaste for bitcoin (BTC) will likely live on at the firm.

On May 3, Saylor compared Berkshire Hathaway, the investment firm led by Warren Buffett, with a prehistoric form of Bitcoin. “Berkshire Hathaway is 20th-century Bitcoin,” he said in a post on X.