About Buffett Looking back at the history of investing in Apple, Duan Yongping invest heavily in Apple in 2011 and
has held it ever since. The money he earn from Apple far exce the dividends from OPPO and vivo.
Duan Yongping start investing in Apple in 2011 and has held it until now, in 2025, for 14 years. The
fund he manages holds as much as 90% of Apple’s shares at its peak and is currently at 74%.
In May 2018, Duan Yongping talk with Buffett whatsapp number list about Apple and recommend to Buffett that Apple’s business model is better than CocaCola.
Buffett talk about drinking Pepsi when he was a kid, and Duan Yongping said, “How come I didn’t
know about this? Didn’t you always drink CocaCola?” Buffett said, “At that time, the price of Pepsi was only half of CocaCola, so of course I drank Pepsi.”
Duan Yongping follow up this point and talk about Apple
He told Buffett: “I think Apple’s business model, mainly the iPhone, is better than CocaCola… You said
you would choose Pepsi at half the price, but do you know how much the price difference between
Android and Apple is? Real Apple users don’t care about this at all, at least in the Unit States. It’s the same in China. People who really use Apple use Apple.”
Duan Yongping also talk about this actual combat case: defending against ddos attacks conversation about Apple on his social account. He said: “We talk
about Apple for a very short time, probably only one or two minutes.
I probably only said two points
I think Tim Cook is a better CEO; I think Apple’s business model is stronger than CocaCola’s.”
In 2022, when Duan Yongping attend the trust review Berkshire shareholders’ annual meeting, Buffett invit him to
a dinner and sat at the same table with Munger and Bill Gates. Buffett introduc Duan Yongping to Bill
Gates and said, “This is Ping. He told me that Apple’s business model is better than CocaCola, so I bought a lot of Apple About Buffett.