Berkshire Hathaway | Warren Buffett named Greg Abel as his future successor

France Media Agency

“Leaders agree that if anything happens to me tonight, Greg will be responsible tomorrow morning,” said Warren Buffett, the world’s sixth-largest fortune teller with $ 103.7 billion, according to the TV channel. Forbes ranking.

Some evidence in this direction emerged from a general meeting of shareholders of the company over the weekend at the company of his friend and lifelong business partner Charles Munger, who could not conclude that it was a question of an official legacy.

Ajit Jain, an American businessman nicknamed the “Oracle of Omaha” and currently the group’s head of insurance, said he had taken the reins of Mr Abel’s incompetence.

“They are two wonderful people,” Mr Buffett told CNBC.

Warren Buffett, 90, a billionaire who oversees some sixty companies, including American insurer Zico and Duracell battery manufacturers, has put an end to years of suspense over his next position as head of Berkshire Hathaway.

The billionaire was born into a middle-class family in Omaha (Nebraska) on August 30, 1930, a highly respected leader who at the same time succeeded in developing, thanks to intelligently orchestrated communication and accessible personality.

Fifty years later, the remarried father of three has turned Berkshire Hathaway into a conglomerate worth over $ 640 billion, thanks to his financial investments in blue chip stocks.