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Berkshire Hathaway 2006 Shareholder Meeting

By Joshua Kennon, About.com

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The Day of the Shareholder Meeting - May 6, 2006

Line Outside of Qwest CenterJoshua Kennon
The day of the meeting, we woke up around 4 a.m., got ready, and headed to McDonald's to grab a hot coffee and breakfast. The restaurant was only a few blocks away from Kiewit Plaza, the building from which Buffett has overseen the creation of his holding company.

We drove down to the Qwest Center and parked the car across the street. There were already about twenty shareholders waiting in front of the main doors. It was now five a.m.; we quickly established our place in line, took out our iPods, and began the two-hour wait for the doors to open.

Here's a picture of the scene an hour later as the sun began to rise over the Omaha skyline ...

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