A sourced journal
Gregory E. Abel, born in Edmonton in 1962, became chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway on January 1, 2026. This site is a biographical and business journal: how he grew up, how he entered energy, how he was chosen, and what the public record shows about his first months as CEO compared with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Facts are cited to primary sources. Opinion is labeled. It is not a tribute and not a hit piece.
Subject locked to the Canadian executive who led MidAmerican / Berkshire Hathaway Energy and succeeded Buffett. Other public Abels are not this person. About is the life page. Connections covers only a corroborated Horatio Alger Association role.
Greg Abel. Photograph by Tankforwin, Wikimedia Commons, File:Greg Abel.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Life
Horatio Alger’s own pages place his birth in Edmonton, early jobs from flyers to fire extinguishers, and a University of Alberta commerce degree with distinction. That is the start of the life, not a prairie novel.
Energy
Accounting shop, geothermal client, MidAmerican, then a decade as BHE chief executive. Titles from the Association bio, Abel’s 2025 letter, and the 2026 proxy.
Succession
Vice chair in 2018. Munger’s 2021 culture line. Buffett’s May 2025 recommendation. A unanimous board vote. CEO on January 1, 2026.
Comparison
Chair and CEO split. A homebuilder purchase with Abel’s name on the quote. Buybacks resumed. What Buffett still initiated.
Charlie Munger. Nick. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. File:Charlie_Munger.jpg. Used on the vs-Munger chapter; not a photo of another Abel.
Comparison
Munger was the partner and culture officer. Abel is the operating chief who inherited the brief. The 2021 sentence Abel still quotes.
Continuity
Decentralized autonomy, fortress balance sheet, no ordinary dividend on the stated test, insurance at the core, Buffett still chairman.
About
The full sourced arc on one page. High-confidence identity. Not the Maryland foundation Abel or other public names.
