Insider on MSN: Warren Buffett has lost $28 billion in net worth since he rocked the business world with his retirement announcement Warren Buffett has lost $28 billion in net worth since he rocked the business world with his retirement announcement MSN: How much richer Warren Buffett got in the last 5 years AOL: How Much Richer Warren Buffett Has Gotten Over the Last 5 Years Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett is worth $148.1 billion, according to Forbes. Though Buffett, known as β€œThe Oracle of Omaha,” has never been destitute, his wealth has changed dramatically in the ... How Much Richer Warren Buffett Has Gotten Over the Last 5 Years Warren Buffett announced he'd step down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO at the end of this year.

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The company's stock is down 13% since the announcement. Warren Buffett's fortune has not just survived the last five years of market shocks, it has swelled by tens of billions of dollars as his patient style of value investing met a new era of volatility.