Omaha Paper says Buffett to hit the stage at 2026 years, says Omaha Paper

(Bloomberg) -Warren Buffett will not take the stage at the Berkshire Hathaway 2026 annual meeting, preferring to make his successor come the spotlight after retiring, reports the Omaha World Herald. Buffett, 94, announced at the end of this year’s meeting two weeks ago that he will act as CEO of the Conglomerate he founded, but that he would remain chairman of the council. His successor Greg Abel will become the next CEO of Berkshire at the end of the year and will take Buffett’s place on stage at Buffett’s request, the newspaper reports, with the rise to Buffett’s daughter Susie. Meanwhile, Buffett plans to sit with the rest of the board of directors, the newspaper reports. Abel told the newspaper that the annual company meeting will be in Omaha on May 2. Abel said Buffett’s commitment to the company is “unwavering” by promising not to sell a single part of its Berkshire share and to put it all in a charity confidence on his death. Susie Buffett, Warren Buffett’s daughter and a Berkshire board member, told the newspaper that her father thought it was appropriate for Abel to take up the stage without him. “I’m not going to be there,” she remembered him, saying when he first told her his decision. “I’m going to leave it to Greg.” Susie Buffett said it was unclear whether the annual meeting would still attract as many as 30,000 investors without her father, but the company expects people to attend next year to see how the opportunity is without him. More stories like these are available on Bloomberg.com © 2025 Bloomberg LP