Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.A 0.99%) ( BRK.B 0.95%), which has delivered an annual return of 19.8% since Buffett took the helm in 1965. That could have turned an investment of $1,000 into more than $42 million. The same investment in the S&P 500 index would have grown to just $308,115 over the same period.

The storied investor tends to “zig when everybody else zags,” a top analyst said.

The stock market has been soaring over the last two years, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) surging by more than 65%, as of this writing, since it bottomed out in October 2022. Now more than ever, though,

Buffett's phenomenal investment track record -- a greater than 5,700,000% cumulative gain in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) since the mid-1960s -- has earned him a huge following. A whopping $191.

In 2024, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will earn $776 million in Coca-Cola dividends. Buffett, a lifelong fan, drinks five cans daily.