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Warren Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman, Names Son to Replace Him

323 points · 221 comments · saimiam

bell-cot · 1789730957 · focus · HN ↗
Best wishes and all. But given Berkshire's scale, and the son's age (71), questions about the next succession plan seem appropriate.
Also, since the NYT says nothing else about the son: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Graham_Buffett" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Graham_Buffett In context, his recent involvement in local politics seems rather odd.
1. roryirvine · 1789731570 · focus · HN ↗
  Sounds like there's a grandson who's being groomed for that: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Warren_Buffett" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Warren_Buffett
  They all seem very similar to the British "new nobility" in the mid-late 19th century, albeit with less syphilis and opium.
  1. echoangle · 1789732243 · focus · HN ↗
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    avazhi · 1789732528 · focus · HN ↗
    This is how groomed is used, yes. The sexually overt connotation is a very recent thing.
    SirFatty · 1789732833 · focus · HN ↗
    You should spend less time on 4chan.
    bell-cot · 1789737093 · focus · HN ↗
    The word has a many meanings - <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/groom" rel="nofollow">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/groom
    Squinting at a [Compact] 1971 Oxford English Dictionary - the pedophilic meaning postdates that edition.

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