About one in five Americans works past the traditional retirement age, according to Pew Research<\/a>. And billionaire Warren Buffett has proven that it can be quite lucrative to keep working in older age \u2014 the 94-year-old Berkshire Hathaway CEO earned close to 95% of his personal wealth after age 65, per Barron’s<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n Buffett turned 65 on Aug. 30, 1995. At that time, his Berkshire stock was worth about $12 billion (about $25.3 billion today with inflation<\/a>). In the three decades since, Buffett’s net worth has skyrocketed as Berkshire’s stock price has grown nearly 30-fold.<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> ‘It Was Unfair’: Warren Buffett Reveals the Real Reason He Stepped Down as CEO<\/a><\/p>\n Buffett is now worth $141 billion<\/a>, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with 99% of his wealth, or $140 billion of his fortune, tied to his interest in Berkshire Hathaway. The Index places him as the eleventh-wealthiest person in the world, at the time of writing.<\/p>\n Buffett’s wealth has grown nearly 12-fold from 1995 to 2025, despite his extensive charitable giving. In June, Buffett made his biggest annual donation yet <\/a>to five organizations, dividing up $6 billion between the Gates Foundation and four family charities: the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Sherwood Foundation, and the NoVo Foundation.<\/p>\n Buffett began making annual contributions to these organizations starting in June 2006<\/a> and has donated a total of over $60 billion to these foundations so far.<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>Warren Buffett Is Making a Big Change to Next Year’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting<\/a><\/p>\n Barron’s<\/i> estimates that if Buffett hadn’t given away a portion of his wealth, his fortune would have more than doubled at this point, reaching $300 billion.<\/p>\n Buffett has held the position of CEO of Berkshire Hathaway for 55 years, beginning his tenure in 1970<\/a>. At Berkshire’s annual meeting earlier this year, he announced that he would be stepping down, and Greg Abel<\/a>, 62, Berkshire’s vice chairman of non-insurance operations, will assume the role of CEO on Jan. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n Berkshire Hathaway’s market value was a little over $1 trillion<\/a> at the time of writing.<\/p>\n Join top CEOs, founders and operators at the<\/i> <\/i>Level Up conference<\/i><\/a> to unlock strategies for scaling your business, boosting revenue and building sustainable success.<\/i><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n About one in five Americans works past the traditional retirement age, according to Pew Research<\/a>. And billionaire Warren Buffett has proven that it can be quite lucrative to keep working in older age \u2014 the 94-year-old Berkshire Hathaway CEO earned close to 95% of his personal wealth after age 65, per Barron’s<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n Buffett turned 65 on Aug. 30, 1995. At that time, his Berkshire stock was worth about $12 billion (about $25.3 billion today with inflation<\/a>). In the three decades since, Buffett’s net worth has skyrocketed as Berkshire’s stock price has grown nearly 30-fold.<\/p>\n Related:<\/b> ‘It Was Unfair’: Warren Buffett Reveals the Real Reason He Stepped Down as CEO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/images\/misc\/1755115660_Warren-Buffett-GettyImages-849890606.jpg?width=1000\")
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Photo by Daniel Zuchnik\/WireImage<\/i><\/sup><\/p>\n