Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel Becomes U.S. Citizen at Iowa Ceremony
Greg Abel, Warren Buffett's successor at Berkshire Hathaway, was sworn in as a U.S. citizen at an Iowa Cubs baseball game naturalization ceremony.
Greg Abel just made it official. The incoming Berkshire Hathaway CEO took the oath of U.S. citizenship Thursday night at an Iowa Cubs game in Des Moines — and yes, that's as American as it gets.
Abel was born in Edmonton, Canada, back in 1962, but he's been an Iowa resident for years. He joined roughly two dozen other new citizens from 16 different countries at the annual naturalization ceremony hosted by the minor league ballclub. Baseball, apple pie, and a Fortune 500 CEO raising his right hand — you really can't script it better.
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For Berkshire Hathaway watchers, this is more than a feel-good moment. Abel is Warren Buffett's hand-picked successor to lead one of the most consequential conglomerates in American business history. His formal citizenship cements a personal milestone that aligns neatly with the deeply American identity Berkshire has always projected under Buffett.
The ceremony itself is a tradition the Iowa Cubs run annually, welcoming new Americans from across the globe into the fold. Abel was just one of two dozen participants, but given his profile, he's easily the highest-profile name to go through the Des Moines naturalization process in recent memory. It's a reminder that the next steward of Berkshire Hathaway came the long way around to calling himself American — and made it count.
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