Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel Buys Taylor Morrison, Repurchases Shares

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Greg Abel, who succeeded Warren Buffett as Berkshire Hathaway's CEO at the beginning of 2026, has made a major acquisition by buying homebuilder Taylor Morrison and has been buying back many Berkshire Hathaway shares, boosting the value of the remaining shares. Abel has much of the Berkshire Hathaway stock portfolio invested in top holdings Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, Alphabet, and Bank of America. Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway into a company now worth more than $1 trillion and increased its share price by more than 6,000,000% over 60 years, stepped down from the CEO post at the beginning of 2026 and just turned 96. The company operates as a true conglomerate, owning multiple insurance and energy operations along with GEICO, Benjamin Moore, McLane, NetJets, Dairy Queen International, See's Candies, Fruit of the Loom, Pilot Travel Centers, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, and the entire BNSF railroad.

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Berkshire CEO Greg Abel made a major acquisition by buying homebuilder Taylor Morrison.

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