However, Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire boss drank Pepsi for nearly 50 years, and only switched sodas because an old neighbor intervened. After learning that Buffett drank Pepsi-Cola Cherry, Keough sent him samples of the upcoming Cherry Coke, spurring Buffett to switch brands and pronounce Cherry Coke as the official drink of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting. The so-called Oracle of Omaha especially likes Cherry Coke. Buffett switched to Coke because of Don Keough, a coffee salesman who lived across the street from him in Omaha, Arnold wrote. “After 48 years of allegiance to another soft drink, your Chairman, in an unprecedented display of behavioral flexibility, has converted to the new Cherry Coke.

Source: Daily Nation December 29, 2021 12:21 UTC