Warren Buffett
Chairman Emeritus and director, Berkshire Hathaway
Stepped down as chief executive on 31 December 2025 (succeeded by Greg Abel). Stepped down as chairman on 18 September 2026 and was named Chairman Emeritus; remains on the board. Howard G. Buffett was elected chairman.
Biography
Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1930 and studied under Benjamin Graham at Columbia Business School, later working at Graham-Newman Corp. from 1954 to 1956. He ran investment partnerships from 1956, took control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and was its chairman from 1970 to 2026, and chief executive until the end of 2025. His annual letters to Berkshire shareholders set out his approach of buying wonderful businesses, wholly or in part, and holding them for the long term.
In their own words
Letters and reports
- Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letters berkshirehathaway.com
Profiles
- Berkshire Hathaway press release, 18 September 2026: Buffett named Chairman Emeritus 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
- Greg Abel President and Chief Executive Officer
- Ted Weschler Investment manager