Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) has been one of the most successful stock investments of all time. Plus, many people reading this aren't old even enough to have bought Berkshire stock in the 1960s.

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has minted many millionaires during the past six decades. If you had invested $10,000 in Berkshire on May 10, 1965 -- the day Warren Buffett's investment fund took full control of the struggling textile maker -- your investment would be worth a whopping $381.

The CEO slashed Berkshire’s Apple stake by two-thirds—and left some $30 billion on the table while incurring a big tax bill.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

For decades, Berkshire Hathaway's stock was only available through over-the-counter markets. But on Nov. 29, 1988, it listed what are now known as its Class A shares on the New York Stock Exchange. In his shareholder letter that year, Buffett said his main motivation was minimizing investors' transaction costs.