Berkshire's Biggest New Position Came From Warren Buffett, Not From Greg Abel
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The biggest change in years at Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA +1.26% ) ( BRKB +1.01% ) occurred at the start of 2026, when Greg Abel replaced Warren Buffett as CEO, with Buffett taking on the role of president of the board. But how much really changed when it comes to stock picking? If Buffett's admission that he initiated a massive second-quarter investment in Alphabet ( GOOG +0.46% ) is any indication, the answer could be not much. But, perhaps that's the best outcome possible. Here's why. Warren Buffett is famous because of his investment success . But that was largely driven by his acumen in buying good businesses at reasonable prices and holding them for the long term. It was not because he was good at running the businesses he bought outright for Berkshire Hathaway. In fact, Buffett was known as a hands-off manager, letting the CEOs of the businesses he acquired run them without his interference. That generally worked out well for Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, but it has left the company with a sprawling collection of fully owned businesses. While many have little in common, others overlap materially. Abel has already made clear that he intends to take a different, more active approach. When Berkshire Hathaway announced the $8.5 billion acquisition of Taylor Morrison Home, Abel specifically said that: "Over time, we expect to unify our site-built homebuilding operations into a combined platform enabling us to deliver the dream of homeownership to more Americans." It is highly unlikely that Buffett would have made a similar statement.
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