Greg Abel
President and Chief Executive Officer, Berkshire Hathaway
Became chief executive on 1 January 2026, succeeding Warren Buffett. Has overall responsibility for Berkshire's equity investments.
Biography
Greg Abel was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1962 and graduated in accounting from the University of Alberta, starting his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He joined CalEnergy in 1992, which became part of Berkshire through MidAmerican Energy in 1999; he became MidAmerican's chief executive in 2008 and Berkshire's vice chairman for non-insurance operations in 2018. He wrote his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive in February 2026, which states that overall responsibility for equity investments rests with him.
In their own words
Letters and reports
- 2025 letter to Berkshire shareholders (signed by Greg Abel) berkshirehathaway.com
- Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters berkshirehathaway.com
Berkshire Hathaway’s largest US holdings
- AppleAAPL22.0%
- American ExpressAXP17.1%
- AlphabetGOOG12.6%
- Coca-ColaKO10.9%
- Bank of AmericaBAC9.2%
- ChevronCVX4.7%
- Occidental PetroleumOXY4.3%
- ChubbCB3.9%
- Moody'sMCO3.7%
- Kraft HeinzKHC2.6%
Also at Berkshire Hathaway
- Warren Buffett Chairman Emeritus and director
- Ted Weschler Investment manager