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Gregory E. Abel

Chief Executive Officer, Berkshire Hathaway

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Alpha ID
alpha:person:gregory-e-abel
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 13, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
Not yet signed Methodology
Published claims
17 3 distinct sources
Evidence records
10 0 pinned
Source conflicts
0 None open
Current role
Chief Executive OfficerStart date not published
Board seats
1Berkshire Hathaway
Committee seats
0None published

Governance snapshot

Inspect sources

Board oversight, responsibilities and disclosed experience. Each detail comes from this record’s published evidence.

Board service

Berkshire Hathaway

Current in the published record

Source disclosure: Mar 13, 2026. Status after that disclosure has not been established by this summary.

2018 to present

Appointment and supporting claims

Committee responsibilities

Committee memberships have not been published. This does not mean the person has no committee responsibilities.

How to read this record

Built from 3 distinct sources and 10 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Gregory E. Abel seat on Berkshire Hathaway, effective 2018-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2018E3

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

Berkshire Hathaway CurrentDirector, 2018 to presentOpen record
Supporting appointment claims (4)
Professional RoleDirector at Berkshire Hathaway
Source reportedE3
person:gregory-e-abel:role:1
Board membershipServes on the board of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
CorroboratedE2E9
person:gregory-e-abel:board_membership:5
Board roleBoard role: Director
Source reportedE1
person:gregory-e-abel:board_role:6
Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing
Source reportedE1
person:gregory-e-abel:committee_assignments:7

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence
  1. Current · dates not published
    Chief Executive OfficerBerkshire Hathaway
    E7

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE1E4
person:gregory-e-abel:ai_ml_experience:1
AI expertiseAI expertise: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE8
person:gregory-e-abel:ai_expertise:2
AI governance relevanceAI governance relevance reported from role and filings
Source reportedE8
person:gregory-e-abel:ai_governance_relevance:3
Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE1E4
person:gregory-e-abel:technology_background:15

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

Who may act on this authority. An agent about to transact, or one presenting itself as acting under this authority, checks these Claims first.

Published professional roleDirector, Berkshire Hathaway, from Jan 1, 2018
Source reportedE3
person:gregory-e-abel:role:1
Published professional roleChief Executive Officer, Berkshire Hathaway
Source reportedE7
person:gregory-e-abel:role:2
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)
Source reportedE2
person:gregory-e-abel:board_independence:4

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
CorroboratedE1E4
person:gregory-e-abel:cybersecurity_experience:8
Executive companyExecutive at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
CorroboratedE1E5E4E6E8
person:gregory-e-abel:executive_company:9
Executive functionOther Executive (OTHER_EXECUTIVE)
Source reportedE8
person:gregory-e-abel:executive_function:10
Executive titleExecutive title: Chief Executive Officer
Source reportedE1
person:gregory-e-abel:executive_title:11
Executive titleExecutive title: Vice Chairman Non-Insurance Operations
CorroboratedE4E5E6E8
person:gregory-e-abel:executive_title:12
ExperienceChief Executive Officer at Berkshire Hathaway (Current · start date not disclosed)
Source reportedE10
person:gregory-e-abel:experience:13
Other Company RoleGregory E. Abel is also linked to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as Chief Executive Officer.
Source reportedE4
person:gregory-e-abel:other_company_role:14

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Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
10 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
Claim this profileSuggest an edit

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Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    BRK.B DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 13, 2026. Retrieved May 9, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 13, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    Source title not published
    sec proxy. Published Mar 13, 2026. Retrieved Mar 23, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    BRK-B 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 2, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 6 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    BRK.B 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 2, 2026. Retrieved May 9, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    BRK-A 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 2, 2026. Retrieved Jul 28, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    Source title not published
    leadership page. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    BRK.B executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026
  • Gregory E. Abel seat on Berkshire Hathaway, effective 2018-01-01.
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  9. Conflicts and accountability1
  10. Other published claims7
  11. Coverage gaps4
  12. Linked records1
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  14. Subject and corrections6
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