Billionaire Warren Buffett names two potential heirs to Berkshire CEO role

Published January 10, 2018 7:27pm ET



Warren Buffett, the investing legend who heads Berkshire Hathaway, has finally named a potential successor.

Two of them, in fact. The 87-year-old Buffett appointed Ajit Jain, who heads Berkshire’s reinsurance operations, and Gregory Abel, who runs Berkshire Hathaway Energy, as vice chairmen of the parent company, a title previously held solely by Buffett’s longtime partner, Charlie Munger, who’s 94.

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