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Gregory Abel

Chief Executive Officer & Director, Berkshire Hathaway

Search every verified Gregory Abel interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Gregory Abel, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, discussed the company's investment in Alphabet during a September 1, 2026, appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box." He stated that Alphabet is a "significant player" in artificial intelligence, and that the company's growing stake in the tech firm was influenced by the visible impact of AI across Berkshire's own businesses. Abel noted that the decision to invest was made collaboratively with Warren Buffett, with whom he communicates frequently, and that Buffett initiated the position in Alphabet. Abel also addressed Berkshire's investments in Japan and its partnership with Tokio Marine, noting "nice increases in the underlying returning capital" that are being delivered back to shareholders. Regarding data centers, he said that while there is community pushback in some areas, no specific site has been rejected, and he emphasized the importance of addressing concerns about water usage and becoming a welcomed member of the community. He described energy as a "big constraint" but also a "significant opportunity" for Berkshire Hathaway Energy, citing its work in Iowa as an example.

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“Yeah, it's really interesting as they continue to announce all the data centers and data center sites. I've sort of always had a strong view that energy would be the constraint. I and there be energy we can produce the energy. It's do we have a how long it would take to get the sites prepared and being in a position they could serve the data centers and I continue to see that as a big constraint will come to one of t”

“Yeah, it's very topical obviously here in Tokyo and in Japan in the newspapers. I will say, Becky, I found it interesting. Not a single one of the trading companies raised it as a fundamental challenge right now. And because they're still when you think about they're talking about the Yeah. But they're still relatively modest when you think about it. I think the 10-year hit 30 year high and it went right to 3% as you”

“We see our conglomerate structure working without the bureaucracy and bloated costs. We see a great opportunity to continue to move capital across those different groups in a very tax-efficient way. Other people can't say I want to move capital. BNSF's a great example. We can take that capital and decide is it needed in a different operating business or do we see opportunities in equities and if we don't see those op”

“We have a situation where we've actually announced we're selling a portion of Pacific Corp, our Washington state utility. And that's really a function of the fact that we have a multi-state process in Pacific Corp. There's six different states and each customer is impacted in different ways. Unfortunately we were in a situation in Washington where they clearly had policy that they wanted from Pacific Corp. And it was”

“We are not going to ever say, geez, this is a a specific sector for us or we need to be in it. If there's something in the technology sector or in that group of companies and we understand one of those companies to understand again what their uh opportunities are and what we view as the economic prospects for it and we have an understanding of what those risks are. that doesn't preclude us just because it's in a tech”

“If there's someone else who could operate it and make it be more successful both for the customer and for uh our employees then we have to consider that otherwise that business is unfortunately in a place where uh we can't just fund it and experience losses. We would wind it down over a period of time but we'd look for a better solution for our customers employees.”

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