{"id":846262,"date":"2025-05-05T06:58:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/berkshire-hathaway-inc-news-release-28\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T06:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:58:01","slug":"berkshire-hathaway-inc-news-release-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/berkshire-hathaway-inc-news-release-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkshire Hathaway Inc. News Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>Berkshire Hathaway Inc. News Release<\/b><\/p>\n<p>OMAHA, Neb.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\n(BRK.A; BRK.B) \u2013\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAt a question and answer session that preceded Berkshire Hathaway\u2019s Annual Shareholders Meeting that was held on May 3, 2025, Warren Buffett Berkshire\u2019s Chairman and CEO announced that he was going to recommend to Berkshire\u2019s Board of Directors at its meeting to be held on the next day that Greg Abel, Berkshire\u2019s Vice Chairman Non-Insurance Operations be appointed Berkshire\u2019s Chief Executive Officer to become effective on January 1, 2026. On May 4, 2026, Berkshire\u2019s Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Greg Abel to become Berkshire\u2019s President and CEO effective on January 1, 2026. Warren Buffett will remain the Chairman of the Board of Directors.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>About Berkshire<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nBerkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in diverse business activities including insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, freight rail transportation, manufacturing, services and retailing. Common stock of the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading symbols BRK.A and BRK.B.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20250505633752r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250505633752\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250505633752\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nMarc D. Hamburg<br \/>\n<br \/>402-346-1400\n<\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America Nebraska<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Banking Other Retail Professional Services Utilities Energy Residential Building &amp; Real Estate Other Manufacturing Construction &amp; Property Retail Rail Insurance Transport Manufacturing<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 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About Berkshire Berkshire Hathaway &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/berkshire-hathaway-inc-news-release-28\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Berkshire Hathaway Inc. News Release&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-846262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 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