Lennar shares pop as Berkshire builds almost a 10% stake in beleaguered homebuilder
The conglomerate built by Warren Buffett and led today by Greg Abel holds a sizable stake in Miami-based homebuilder Lennar.


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The conglomerate built by Warren Buffett and led today by Greg Abel holds a sizable stake in Miami-based homebuilder Lennar.

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New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel appears to be letting Warren Buffett and portfolio manager Ted Weschler make all the decisions on the company's equities.

In his second quarter as the new CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Greg Abel did some serious spending, including $4.5 billion on buybacks.

Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel has invested $10 billion in Google's parent company and repurchased about $4.5 billion of its shares

Strength across its energy, railroad and manufacturing businesses more than offset weaker insurance results.

Berkshire investors seem to be warming up to Greg Abel's leadership.

The back-to-back deals offer one of the clearest signals yet that Abel is prepared to put Berkshire's enormous balance sheet to work.

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Berkshire's purchase of homebuilder Taylor Morrison gives the conglomerate a larger foothold in housing and appears to have been struck at a bargain valuation.

The conglomerate's first portfolio disclosure under its new CEO hints at a willingness to lean further into technology.

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Greg Abel is getting decent, if not spectacular, reviews for leading his first annual shareholders meeting as CEO.

Many in the investment community were reassured by Abel's firm grasp over Berkshire's sprawling enterprise.

The reviews from longtime shareholders and professional investors were broadly positive, even as many acknowledged the notable absence of Warren Buffett,

Warren Buffett has loomed large at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meetings, and this will be a key challenge as new CEO Greg Abel takes center stage.

Greg Abel made a point of stopping by every booth in the hall, greeting employees and shaking hands with shareholders.

The mood in the air was cautiously optimistic as new and returning investors weighed the company's direction under a new chief executive.

For the first time, the 95-year-old Buffett won't be the central figure on stage, marking a new era for one of investing's most closely watched rituals.

The new CEO has already sold stocks previously overseen by Combs after the longtime investment manager and Geico chief left for JPMorgan at the end of 2025.

While the steps were viewed as positive signals, analysts said they are unlikely to materially alter their outlook for the shares.

The 62-year-old executive's purchase came a little more than two months into his tenure running the Omaha-based conglomerate.

Berkshire after Buffett: Key takeaways from Greg Abel's first shareholder letter as CEO

Some had hoped for more aggressive signals on capital deployment given the company's swelling cash balance.

Abel appears to have delivered the reassurance many shareholders were seeking at the outset of a new era.

Company's cash hoard at end of 2025 - which Abel noted was not a sign of an investment retreat - was down 2.1% from September to $373.3 billion.
Berkshire shareholder letter: What to expect from new CEO Greg Abel.

Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel released his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive.

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