CNBC to Exclusively Host Virtual Livestream of 2026 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting on May 2

CNBC's coverage of the annual meeting on May 2 will begin at 9:15am ET

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., April 27, 2026 – CNBC, First in Business Worldwide, will host the annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting taking place on Saturday, May 2. CNBC's livestream of the meeting on CNBC.com will begin at 9:15am ET. For the fifth year in a row, CNBC will be the only destination for viewers to watch the shareholder meeting and hear from Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel.

A world-renowned event for the financial and investing community, CNBC will deliver unparalleled, wide-reaching public access to the event. CNBC's Becky Quick will lead the day's coverage live from inside the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Joined by CNBC's "Closing Bell: Overtime" Co-Anchor & Senior Markets Commentator Michael Santoli, the team will be sharing the latest insight and analysis in real time from Berkshire board members, managers and investors. Becky Quick will also curate questions from shareholders to ask of Greg Abel, Vice Chairman of Insurance Operations Ajit Jain, NetJets CEO and President of Consumer Products, Service and Retailing Adam Johnson, and BNSF CEO Katie Farmer during the Q&A sessions, which can be submitted to berkshirequestions@cnbc.com.

CNBC Programming Schedule (All times are in ET):

• 9:15am - 9:30am: CNBC Pre-Show, hosted by Becky Quick and Michael Santoli
• 9:30am – 10:30am: Berkshire Welcome & Business Update
• 10:30am – 11:45am: Berkshire Early Q&A Session
• 11:45am – 12:45pm: CNBC Halftime Show, hosted by Becky Quick and Michael Santoli
• 12:45pm – 2pm: Berkshire Late Q&A Session
• 2pm – 2:15pm: CNBC Post-Show, hosted by Becky Quick and Michael Santoli

Once the meeting concludes, the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting will be available to view on the Warren Buffett Archive, the digital home to the world's largest video collection of Warren Buffett speaking about business, investing, money and life. The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting tapes, provided to CNBC by Warren Buffett, serve as the foundation of the Warren Buffett Archive and other exclusive content, including CNBC interviews, curated short-form videos and more, is also available on the site.

For more information on the Berkshire Hathaway broadcast and livestream, visit: cnbc.com/brklive/.

MEDIA USAGE TERMS

FOR BROADCAST:

1.    No use is permitted before the conclusion of CNBC's livestream of the interview.

2.   Mandatory on-air credit/courtesy: CNBC and must show the CNBC logo included on the video feed.

3.   Entire screen on video feed must be shown: no portion of the screen may be obscured.

4.   Maximum cumulative length of excerpted material is 5 minutes per hour.

5.   Usage consistent with the conditions above is authorized for 72 hours following the conclusion of CNBC's livestream.

6.   Entities may modify the materials for the sole purpose of timing to the extent that the modification does not change the editorial integrity of the content.

FOR ONLINE:

Embeddable VOD clips will be available at: https://global-deals.online/brklive/%3C/a%3E.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3E1.%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0 Full livestream will be available on CNBC.com ONLY.

2.   VOD clips may be embedded from CNBC.com; clips are not to be downloaded or posted elsewhere directly, and not to be altered or edited in any way.

3.   Embeds must be accompanied by a mention and link back to CNBC.com.

FOR AUDIO:

1.    News media may use excerpts of up to 1 minute each, with a cumulative limit of 5 minutes excerpted per hour of programming.

2.   No use is permitted before the conclusion of CNBC's livestream of the interview.

3.   Each excerpt must be accompanied by audio credit to CNBC before it begins. 

4.   Excerpts must not be edited in a misleading manner.

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