After the pandemic forced the last two meetings to be streamed online, Buffett clearly relished the chance to bring Berkshire’s loyal and devoted shareholders back to his hometown for what he likes to call “the Woodstock of Capitalism.”
Warren Buffett confirms that Abel, who oversees the company's non-insurance operations, will run the company when Buffett steps down someday. 'Greg will keep the culture,' says vice chairman Munger.
The revenues and profits of Berkshire's companies are strongly rebounding after the pandemic. But some of the toughest questions Buffett faced related to how he responded early in that crisis.
An abbreviated Q and A session will available to watch on Yahoo.com
FROM STAFF REPORTS • Early in 2018, Warren Buffett designated Ajit Jain and Greg Abel as new vice chairmen of Berkshire Hathaway. • As outline…
"Berkshire is now far better managed than when I alone was supervising operations. Ajit and Greg have rare talents, and Berkshire blood flows …
Warren Buffett the teacher took center stage Saturday, giving instruction in accounting, international trade, cyber-disasters and, of course, investing.
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day just passed, it's worth remembering that Warren Buffett and his late wife, Susan, attended a speech by the lat…
King’s talk at Grinnell inspired Warren and, he has said, helped turn him into a Democrat, a party he sees as more closely aligned to the values King expressed.
The executive succession plan at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. doesn't change much as a result of CEO Warren Buffett's decision to promote insurance…
In a CNBC interview, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett was at times almost giddy at the prospect of giving up management duties.
Once called the "class clown" by a school buddy in India, Ajit Jain has created more than $100 billion in value for Berkshire Hathaway through…
“If Charlie (Munger) and I and Ajit are ever in a sinking boat — and you can only save one of us,” Warren Buffett once said, “swim to Ajit.”
“I always make time for Greg when he calls, because he brings me great ideas and is truly innovative in his thinking and business approach,” Warren Buffett told the University of Alberta’s alumni magazine in 2013.
We now have a good idea of who most likely will be in charge when current Chairman and Chief Executive Warren Buffett gives up the reins of the Omaha-based company he built into a $500 billion conglomerate.
Berkshire sent out a press release announcing that Ajit Jain, 66, is now the Omaha-based company's vice chairman of insurance operations and Greg Abel, 55, is vice chairman of non-insurance operations.
If there's one thing Warren Buffett likes as much as making an acquisition, it's having a deputy land a deal for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. a…
Warren Buffett, 85, has said he considers Ajit Jain family. The 64-year-old built a separate underwriting unit, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, into one of the company’s largest operations. He has expanded that business, even amid increased industrywide competition, while Gen Re has retrenched in some markets.