Blog post by David Elbert February 3, 2010<\/p>\n
Twenty University of Iowa MBA students will travel to Omaha on Friday to join other business students from around the nation in picking the brain of billionaire investor Warren Buffett.<\/p>\n
The visit is loosely patterned after the annual meetings of Berkshire Hathaway, the iconic holding company for Buffett\u2019s operations. It includes a 90-minute session with Buffett, along trips to Nebraska Furniture Mart and Borsheim Jewlers, which are owned by Berkshire, and lunch at Piccolo Pete\u2019s steakhouse, a Buffett favorite.<\/p>\n
During the 90-minute session with Buffett, he typically shares personal, business and investment advice.<\/p>\n
Since U of I students met with Buffett a year ago, a lot has changed, including the economy and Berkshire\u2019s $34 billion acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. railroad, Buffett\u2019s largest purchase ever.<\/p>\n
The railroad acquisition prompted a 50-1 split of Berkshire\u2019s B shares last month, dropping the trading value of individual shares from about $3,500 a share to $70. The plan was to make the shares more affordable to average investors.<\/p>\n
Berkshire\u2019s A shares of stock trade for more than $100,000 each. The A shares have never split nor paid a dividend since Buffett took over management of Berkshire in the 1960s.<\/p>\n
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