American Express and Visa are both long-term Berkshire investments. Visa's lightweight business model allows it to expand ...

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While 2025 is Buffett's last year leading Berkshire Hathaway, he plans to remain the company's largest shareholder. He owns 37.9% of the shares outstanding, and his decision to keep holding every ...

Who should take over for Ajit Jain—the brains behind Berkshire’s insurance powerhouse—when he’s ready to step down? Berkshire ...

During the weeks since Buffett’s retirement, investors have pondered who might be capable of filling his shoes.

As Buffett prepares to step down as CEO in 2025, his investment principles and Berkshire’s powerful foundation are set to ...

In fact, Munger’s comment that gave away Abel’s future role was that “Greg will keep the culture.” Executives at a diverse mix of Berkshire subsidiaries, including sneaker maker Brooks ...

Abel is a more hands-on manager than Buffett, asking managers tough questions and encouraging them to collaborate with other subsidiaries when it makes sense. “It’s way better with Greg than ...

Pope Leo, the new head of the Catholic Church, takes responsibility not just for 1.4 billion souls, but also for a complex ...

Jon Smith reviews the performance of Warren Buffett's company but explains how succession risks mean the future might not be ...

Helped by the deregulation of the sector in the 1980s and brilliant advertising, Mary Perkins and her husband Doug have taken ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of his shareholders Saturday by announcing that he wants to retire at the end of the year. Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway ...