Even as other billionaires watch their fortunes shrink in the recent market turbulence—with Elon Musk alone losing over $139 billion in 2025 (as of April 21), Warren Buffett's net worth has grown by $16.

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Billionaire Warren Buffett has invested through every sort of market cycle -- from the most flourishing to times of major losses. In fact, over 59 years as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, he's helped deliver a compounded annual gain of almost 20% -- largely surpassing the S&P 500's compounded annual gain of about 10%.