{"id":1667716,"date":"2026-03-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667716"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:00:00","slug":"berkshire-ceo-greg-abel-commits-salary-to-buying-company-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/berkshire-ceo-greg-abel-commits-salary-to-buying-company-stock\/1667716\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkshire CEO Greg Abel Commits Salary To Buying Company Stock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berkshire CEO Greg Abel Commits Salary To Buying Company Stock<\/span><\/p>\n

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Greg Abel said he plans to put all of his after-tax compensation into shares of Berkshire Hathaway for as long as he runs the company, according to Yahoo Finance\/Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He recently followed through by buying about $15.3 million of Berkshire stock, according to a regulatory filing. Abel said repeating the purchase each year after the company reports results could total \u201chundreds of millions\u201d of dollars over time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolute alignment with our shareholders, our partners, our owners is critical,\u201d Abel said in an interview with CNBC on Thursday. \u201cI already have some shares, but the goal was to continue to demonstrate alignment with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bloomberg writes<\/a> that the conglomerate also restarted its share repurchase program on Wednesday after leadership concluded the company\u2019s \u201cintrinsic value\u201d exceeded its trading price. Following the announcement, the stock rose as much as 2% in early trading in New York on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the week, Berkshire shares declined after the firm reported fourth-quarter results showing operating profit fell 30%, largely due to a 54% drop in insurance underwriting income.<\/p>\n

Investors had been looking for clues on Abel\u2019s buyback strategy, particularly since Berkshire had gone six consecutive quarters without repurchasing shares. In his first annual shareholder letter last week, Abel reiterated the company\u2019s long-standing approach to returning capital and signaled that a dividend remains unlikely.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve maintained that we will retain a dollar if we see the opportunity to create more than a dollar for our shareholders \u2014and that\u2019s been the test,\u201d Abel said. \u201cSo if we didn\u2019t meet that test, we\u2019d do a dividend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abel added that repurchasing stock won\u2019t prevent Berkshire from deploying its roughly $373 billion cash reserve elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s also \u2018Do we acquire stock?\u2019 And when we\u2019re looking at companies: \u2018Do we acquire whole companies also?\u2019 And then there\u2019s the \u2018Do we acquire equities?\u2019\u201d Abel said. \u201cEach of those, with the amount of capital we have, can be done independently. So when we\u2019re purchasing our shares, it\u2019s not taking away from any of the other decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 03\/06\/2026 – 07:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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