Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2025.
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The Berkshire Hathaway board voted unanimously on Sunday to make Greg Abel president and CEO on January 1, 2026 and for Warren Buffett, 94, to remain as chairman, sources told CNBC’s Becky Quick.
Buffett shocked Berkshire shareholders and Abel, 62, by announcing in the final minutes of the annual shareholder meeting Saturday that he would be asking the board to replace him as CEO at year-end with the current vice chairman of non-insurance operations for Berkshire.
The ‘Oracle of Omaha,’ who currently holds both the chairman and CEO title, did not make it clear whether this would mean he would relinquish the chairman title, although he did say he would be hanging around to help where he could.
