Warren Buffett’s Net Worth Reaches $100 Billion

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett walks through the exhibit hall as shareholders gather to hear from the billionaire investor at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 4, 2019. Scott Morgan/Reuters

Warren Buffett’s fortune reached $100 billion on Wednesday, as investors drove the stock price for his company Berkshire Hathaway to a record level.

Buffett’s net worth, as measured by Forbes magazine, comes almost entirely from owning about one-sixth of Berkshire, a roughly $600 billion company.