Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Most people ask safe questions at shareholder meetings. One man in New York didn't. He stood up at the 1999 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting and asked Warren Buffett what everyone really wanted to know: "My question is, if you are starting out again today in your early 30s, what would you do differently or the same in today's environment to replicate your success? In short, Mr. Buffett, how c ...