Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Leadership and contact

The people responsible for Berkshire, and how to reach the company.

Berkshire's own site publishes the charters of its board committees but not who sits on them, and lists no director or officer on any page. The roster below is drawn from the 2026 proxy statement and the 10-K signature page.

Officers

  • Gregory E. Abel — President and Chief Executive Officer
    Chief executive since 1 January 2026
  • Warren E. Buffett — Chairman of the Board
    Chief executive from 1970 to the end of 2025
  • Ajit Jain — Vice Chairman, Insurance Operations
  • Marc D. Hamburg — Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    Also Corporate Secretary
  • Daniel J. Jaksich — Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer

Board of directors

Thirteen directors, all standing for re-election in 2026. 8 are independent; of the four who are not, two are executives of the company and two are Warren Buffett's children.

Berkshire Hathaway's board of directors, with age and year joined.
DirectorSinceIndependent
Warren E. Buffett
Age 95 — Chairman of the Board since 1970
Chief executive from 1970 to the end of 2025		1965No
Gregory E. Abel
Age 63 — President and Chief Executive Officer
An executive of the company		2018No
Ajit Jain
Age 74 — Vice Chairman, Insurance Operations
An executive of the company		2018No
Howard G. Buffett
Age 71 — Chairman and chief executive, Howard G. Buffett Foundation
Son of Warren E. Buffett		1993No
Susan A. Buffett
Age 72 — Chair, The Sherwood Foundation and the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Daughter of Warren E. Buffett		2021No
Stephen B. Burke
Age 67 — Former chief executive, NBCUniversal		2009Yes
Kenneth I. Chenault
Age 74 — Former chief executive, American Express		2020Yes
Christopher C. Davis
Age 60 — Chairman, Davis Advisors		2021Yes
Susan L. Decker
Age 63 — Founder and chief executive, Raftr; former president of Yahoo!		2007Yes
Charlotte Guyman
Age 69 — Former general manager, Microsoft		2003Yes
Thomas S. Murphy, Jr.
Age 66 — Partner, Crestview Partners		2022Yes
Wallace R. Weitz
Age 76 — Founder, Weitz Investment Management		2022Yes
Meryl B. Witmer
Age 64 — Eagle Capital Partners		2013Yes

Board committees

The proxy statement names the membership of the governance committee only. Berkshire does not publish the audit committee's membership on its site.

Contacting the company

Berkshire's site gives a postal address and notes that its corporate office is too small to reply individually. The telephone number below is real but appears only on the cover of its SEC filings, never on a web page.

  • Telephone
    (402) 346-1400
  • Post
    3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, United States