Warren Buffett is one of the most admired people in the investing world, and for good reason. He has been at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A 0.07%) ( BRK.B -0.01%) for close to 60 years, and in that period, has increased the stock's value at an average annual growth rate of 19.8% -- versus 10.2% for the S&P 500 over the same period.

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Warren Buffett sure as heck remembers. He wasn’t born yet (he’s old, but not that old), but we know that he knows because it was memorialized in a front-page New York Times article on May 10 of that year,

Investors are plowing money into the two largest ETFs that track the S&P 500, the broadest measure of the U.S. stock market. But each has different bragging rights.

Warren Buffett transformed Berkshire Hathaway from a textile company to a global conglomerate and founded The Giving Pledge. Now in his nineties, he remains an inspirational mentor, sharing wisdom to motivate others,