Archive for April, 2009
The Inner Circle: Warren Buffett
Bloomberg Television reports on Warren Buffett and succession plans at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The report includes highlights of an interview with Buffett and comments from Berkshire board members Bill Gates and Don Keough, Buffett adviser Byron Trott, and David Sokol, head of Berkshire’s MidAmerican Energy Holding Co.
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“Business Buddha” Warren Buffett #16 On Portfolio’s List of Best CEOs Ever
Warren Buffett is ranked number 16 on a new list of the 20 Best American CEOs of all time.
The ranking has been compiled by Condé Nast’s Portfolio in consultation with a panel of business-school professors. They were asked to “consider each CEO’s record of creating or destroying value, innovation, and management skills or lack thereof.”
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Warren Buffett on Wells Fargo
As the largest shareholder of Wells Fargo through Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB), Warren Buffett knows the San Francisco bank deeply. He first invested before Wells Fargo was bought by Norwest, where current Wells Chairman Dick Kovacevich was CEO. As part of his reporting for his feature on Wells Fargo (WFC, Fortune 500), Fortune Editor at Large Adam Lashinsky spoke at length with Buffett by telephone on March 26.
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