Warren Buffett, the man who became known as the “Oracle of Omaha” and built Berkshire Hathaway into a $1 trillion empire, turned 95 Saturday — and for the first time in six decades, he is preparing to step back from the company that defined his life.

Buffett has been Berkshire’s CEO since 1965, longer than Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg have been alive. Under his stewardship, the company grew from a struggling textile mill into one of the largest conglomerates in the world, with subsidiaries ranging from Geico to BNSF Railway and a stock portfolio that has influenced entire markets.

A Life’s Work

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