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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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.

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.

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

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.

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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.

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

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Abel, 63, takes the helm of Berkshire Hathaway after a six-decade run by Buffett.

Investors digested the formal end of Warren Buffett's six-decade tenure as chief executive and the start of a new era under successor Greg Abel.

It's Greg Abel's first day on the job.

Warren Buffett expects Greg Abel to do big things when he takes over as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
With Buffett remaining as chairman, shareholders may be comforted that the 'Oracle of Omaha' will remain to help Abel with any big acquisition opportunities.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett announced that he intends to step down as CEO of the empire he built at the end of 2025. He tapped Vice Chair Greg Abel as…

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