Business Strategy CEOs

  • Shareholder power important part of system: Gates

    Bill Gates, Microsoft founder; Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, share their thoughts on activist investors. An immediate bump in the stock price should not be the measure if someone accomplished something successfully in a corporation, adds Buffett.

  • How Gates met Buffett

    Microsoft's Bill Gates tell the story of how he first met Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett.

  • Three traits need to get elected to Berkshire board

    We look for directors who are shareholder oriented, business savvy, and interested in Berkshire, says Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, talking with Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, and Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, about the criteria they look for when selecting board members.

  • Pharmacy biz wants zero tax rate: Munger

    Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discuss U.S. corporate tax codes.

  • Amazon model will change US: Munger

    Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discuss how Amazon's "disruptive" business model is likely to change America.

  • Retail sector is a moving target: Buffett

    Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, share their thoughts on the announcement Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel is stepping down, and the difficulty in working in the retail space.

  • Gregg Steinhafel, CEO of Target to step down.

    The departure comes in the wake of a massive data breach that impacted millions of Target customers late last year.

  • There's honesty in what we do: Munger

    Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, and Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discuss why their partnership works so well. There is enormous respect between us, says Buffett.

  • How Charlie met Warren

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, and Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, discuss how they met and formed a partnership, and what they most want to be remembered as.

  • Capital allocation easier under current structure: Buffett

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, explains why it makes sense not to split up Berkshire Hathaway and what he is looking for in a successor. The chief executive should think exactly like an owner, Buffett says.

  • We are not unduly burdened by taxes: Buffett

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, weighs in on corporate tax inversion and tax advantaged investments.

  • Tax reform could cause one hell of a fight: Buffett

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, shares his thoughts on corporations moving operations overseas to avoid paying higher corporate taxes and why tax reform in the U.S. is likely.

  • Buffett on BofA

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, shares his thoughts on Bank of America's mistake in regulatory capital calculations.

  • Buffett: Mary Barra is made for the job

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, shares his thoughts on General Motors CEO Mary Barra. She is on the hot seat but not one of her own making, says Buffett.

  • We will never do a hostile deal:  Buffett

    We would not have done the Heinz deal by ourselves, says Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discussing his partnership with 3G Capital. The thing I like about them is they think big, adds Buffett.

  • I don't want to embarrass Coca-Cola: Buffett

    Coca-Cola is in a great position to reexamine their position, says Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discussing Coke's compensation plan. They have a lot of time to think about what's best, adds Buffett.

  • Buffett: Generally fighters not invited on boards

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discusses corporate governance and why he did not go against Coca-Cola's board. Corporate boards are part business, part social groups, explains Buffett.

  • Buffett: No desire to go to war with Coca-Cola

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, explains why he abstained from voting to reject Coca-Cola's compensation plan. Also Buffett weighs in on his investment style versus Carl Icahn.

  • 10-year not part of my strategy: Buffett

    Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, discusses robust sales at Berkshire holding Nebraska Furniture Mart, record attendance at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting and why the 10-year Treasury is not a factor in his investment strategy.

  • Legg Mason CEO: Recovery will be bumpy and slow

    Joe Sullivan, Legg Mason CEO, weighs in on today's better than expected jobs report and remaining cautions for the individual investor. Sullivan also discusses Nelson Peltz's support for growth at Legg Mason.