It delivered a 262,000% share price growth over 76 years – or an impressive 11% a year compounded – even before accounting for dividends paid since at least 1980. Can you guess which ASX heavyweight it is? It’s none other than BHP, the mining giant that brought Australian earth to the global...

Berkshire Hathaway was owned by Warren Buffett for more than 50 years before it reached $500B value. It took less than 10 years to go from $500B to $1 trillion. It started as a textile company. Buffett grew it to become a diversified conglomerate that now generates revenues from 7 major business...