Berkshire's New CEO Is Restarting Stock Buybacks and Snapping Up Shares Himself—Why That Matters [Yahoo! Finance]
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CEO Greg Abel, who stepped into the role after Warren Buffett retired at the end of 2025, also moved to buy $15 million worth of shares. Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO has the company buying back its own stock for the first time in two years. He's also buying up the shares, in a show of confidence in their future gains. Greg Abel , who took the helm of Berkshire ( BRK.A BRK.B ) at the start of the year, told CNBC in a televised interview Thursday the buybacks follow the company's longstanding playbook when shares fall below their perceived intrinsic value The conglomerate's class B shares were up about 2% in recent trading following the news, recovering some of their recent losses after a disappointing fourth-quarter report released over the weekend. Berkshire's "value proposition is very strong, and we're doing it on behalf of, obviously, others and owners. We have to view this as value that we're creating value for our shareholders long term," Abel said. Why This Matters to
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