Berkshire's first post-Buffett AGM draws half-empty arena

Greg Abel presided over his first Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting as CEO, facing a crowd noticeably smaller than the 40,000 shareholders who used to pack Omaha's CHI Health Center to hear Warren Buffett speak. The session tested whether the company's $397 billion cash pile and institutional culture can hold their gravitational pull without its founder in the chair.