Trump or Clinton? Buffett Sees Business as Fine With Either

Berkshire performance isn't linked to who's president, he says
No presidential candidate would end U.S. growth: Buffett

Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., speaks to members of the media during the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., on Saturday, April 30, 2016.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg

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By Margaret Collins and Noah Buhayar

April 30, 2016 at 5:40 PM UTC

Updated on

April 30, 2016 at 7:23 PM UTC

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A Donald Trump presidency wouldn’t be the blow to U.S. business that some fear, according to Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

“If either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton becomes president, and one of them is very likely to be, I think Berkshire will continue to do fine,” Buffett, 85, said at the company’s annual shareholders meeting Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska.