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      "title": "Berkshire After Buffett: Greg Abel Takes Over, and the Cash Starts Moving",
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      "date": "2026-09-18",
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      "title": "Buffett completes the handover: Chairman Emeritus at 96, with his son Howard elected Chairman",
      "summary": "Berkshire announced that Warren Buffett had been named Chairman Emeritus effective immediately, remaining a director, and that the board had elected Howard G. Buffett — a Berkshire director since 1993 — as Chairman. Susan Decker stays lead independent director. In the attached letter Buffett wrote that Abel \"has been making the decisions that matter for some time now\" and described his son's role as guarding the culture rather than running the company.",
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          "quote": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc. today announced that Warren E. Buffett has been named Chairman Emeritus, effective immediately , in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to Berkshire and its owners. As Chairman Emeritus, Mr . Buffett will remain a member of the Board of Directors and will continue to offer his valued judgment and perspective."
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      "date": "2026-02-28",
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      "title": "Greg Abel published his first annual Berkshire shareholder letter",
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          "quote": "I am honored by our Board’s decision to appoint me CEO of Berkshire and humbled to succeed Warren as I write my first annual letter to you."
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      "date": "2025-05-03",
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      "title": "Buffett tells the annual meeting he wants Greg Abel running Berkshire by year-end, and the board votes for it unanimously",
      "summary": "At the 2025 annual meeting in Omaha, Warren Buffett said he would recommend to the board that Greg Abel become chief executive at the end of the year. The directors voted unanimously two days later to appoint Abel president and CEO effective January 1, 2026, with Buffett staying on as chairman. Abel had been Berkshire's vice chairman for non-insurance operations since 2018 and had been named the designated successor in 2021.",
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          "quote": "On May 5, 2025, Berkshire Hathaway issued a press release regarding Mr. Buffett’s announcement on May 3, 2025; the unanimous vote of the Board of Directors to appoint Mr. Abel as President and CEO to be effective on January 1, 2026; and that Mr. Buffett will remain as Chairman of the Board of Directors."
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