2008–2018: The Proxy Says He Was CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy

DOCUMENTED

Berkshire Hathaway’s 2026 definitive proxy (Schedule 14A) states that between 2008 and 2018, Gregory E. Abel served as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company, a wholly owned Berkshire subsidiary. The same bio says he served as BHE’s chairman until July 2025.

The company’s Form 8-K dated for May 3, 2025, adds that he had served as BHE’s chairman since 2011. Horatio Alger’s member page places the MidAmerican-to-BHE rename in 2014 and says the energy group then held assets in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the Philippines. Those are organizational and SEC sentences. They are not a finding about any state rate case.

This site does not invent a crime, a political office, or a utility-rate verdict from the CEO title. The title is in the filing.

Sources

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 2026 Definitive Proxy Statement (DEF 14A), director biography of Gregory E. Abel. sec.gov

Company PDF of the same proxy. berkshirehathaway.com

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Form 8-K, earliest event May 3, 2025 (BHE chairman since 2011). sec.gov

Horatio Alger Association. Member page, Gregory E. Abel. Accessed 2026-08-22. horatioalger.org

Opinion

The following is commentary by this site. It is not a finding of fact and not a legal conclusion.

Compiler take

Ten years as CEO of the energy box. Then the vice-chair job. Then the top job. The filings walk the ladder. Do not confuse a ladder with a legend.