Which CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is known as the 'Oracle of Omaha'?

Warren Buffett is the Berkshire Hathaway CEO known as the “Oracle of Omaha.”

Buffett built his reputation through disciplined value investing, buying stakes in durable businesses at prices he considered attractive and allowing them to compound over decades. He began acquiring shares of the struggling textile company Berkshire Hathaway in the 1960s and ultimately transformed it into a diversified holding company with insurance, railroads, utilities, manufacturing, and consumer brands.

Buffett became Berkshire's chairman in 1970 and served as its chief executive for decades. His annual shareholder letters and the company's yearly meeting in Omaha made him one of the world's most closely followed business figures. The nickname refers both to his Omaha home and to his reputation for unusually successful investment judgment.

Charlie Munger is often confused with Buffett because he was Berkshire's longtime vice-chairman and intellectual partner, but Munger was not the company's CEO. Bill Gates was a close friend and fellow philanthropist, not Berkshire's chief executive. Buffett has also been Berkshire's public face for far longer than most modern CEOs, even as succession planning has increasingly focused on Greg Abel.