Greg Abel, the vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, was tapped in 2021 to eventually succeed CEO Warren Buffett. In this 2024 video, the WSJ’s Karen Langley outlines why shareholders have been ...

Mr. Abel’s strengths lie more in running businesses. By Michael J. de la Merced Investors had speculated in recent years that Warren E. Buffett might eventually retire. But the 94-year-old ...

Warren Buffett is stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO by the end of 2025, with Greg Abel, a Canadian executive, appointed as his successor. Abel, currently overseeing Berkshire's non ...

Greg Abel is set to succeed Warren Buffett as the head of Berkshire Hathaway, marking a significant transition for the $1.18 trillion conglomerate. Buffett expressed full confidence in Abel's ...

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) -When Greg Abel succeeds Warren Buffett at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of this year, he is expected to preserve the culture at the behemoth even if he does ...

Greg Abel has been Buffett’s right-hand man for many years and the public heir apparent for the past five, but Buffett, in making his announcement, said he hadn’t told Abel the moment was coming.

Buffett will remain as chairman and said he has no plans to sell any part of his $160 billion stake in Berkshire Hathaway, making clear that his confidence in Abel is more than symbolic.

For the past seven years, Abel has been overseeing Berkshire's BNSF railroad and its treat makers, See's Candies and Dairy Queen, along with dozens of other manufacturing and retail businesses ...

The 94-year-old legendary investor also said he will recommend to his board that Greg Abel should become CEO. Buffett said at his annual shareholders gathering, often called "Woodstock for ...

He has tasked CEO-in-waiting Greg Abel with running most of the companies the sprawling conglomerate owns. He named Abel a vice chairman, worked with him on recent investments in Japan and shared ...