as the banking crisis in the us unfolded triggered fears of contagion and forced the government to stepped in many on wall street were vocal with their opinions warren buffett one of the biggest alltime investors however appeared absent from the conversation now it seems the billionaire wont continue to turn a blind eye what happened buffett the chairman and ceo of berkshire hathaway nyse brka has had multiple conversations with senior members of the biden administration in the past week bloomberg reported citing people familiar with the matter the two sides have reportedly explored ways in which the “oracle of omaha” can invest in the regional banking sector buffett however hasn’t given any broader advice or guidance on the recent turmoil the report added when bank of america’s stock bac plunged in 2011 due to losses tied to subprime mortgages buffets firm injected capital into the bank buffett also gave goldman sachs a 5 billion lifeline following lehman brother’s collapse in 2008 bloomberg noted read also how to invest in startups why it’s important when the value of the treasury holdings in silicon valley banks portfolio eroded the bank was forced to announce a capital raise its clients which consisted mostly of tech startups and venture capitalists began a bank run triggering svbs collapse subsequently signature bank faced a similar predicament and also collapsed though the federal government intervened to backstop deposits at both banks the crisis set in motion a cascade of runins at several regional banks shares of those banks consequently plummeted last week a group of banks led by jpmorgan chase  co jpm agreed to park 30 billion in troubled first republic bank frc ironically when first republic bank began to face issues and its stock dropped cnbc host jim cramer brought up buffetts name the mad money host slammed big banks for showing reluctance to own any beatendown small bank “do we need warren buffett to buy a bunch” cramer asked that’s how these declines often end read next elon musk spells out twostep solution for banking crisis as y combinators cofounder highlights terrifyingly fragile condition of banks