Warren Buffett Takes Credit for Berkshire’s Alphabet Stock Buy: ‘I Initiated It’
Warren Buffett has publicly taken credit for initiating Berkshire Hathaway's investment in Alphabet (GOOGL), clarifying that he, not successor Greg Abel, made the decision to buy the stock. Berkshire first purchased Alphabet Class A shares in Q3 2025 and increased the position in Q1 2026, now holding 54.2 million shares worth $15.6 billion, making it the company's seventh-largest stock investment. Berkshire also bought Class C shares and participated in a $10 billion private placement. In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quick, Buffett expressed regret for not buying the stock sooner but remains cautious about the massive spending by Google and its competitors in the AI sector, calling it 'real money.' He also noted that Alphabet is not among his top five favorite Berkshire holdings. Additionally, Buffett commented on Apple, Berkshire's largest holding worth $57.8 billion, saying he knows more about Apple now than years ago, even after Tim Cook's retirement as CEO.
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