September 30, 2025: The Board Split Chair and CEO in the Bylaws

DOCUMENTED

Berkshire Hathaway’s Form 8-K for September 30, 2025, states that the board voted that day to amend and restate the bylaws immediately. “The primary purpose of the amendment was to separate the role of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the role of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.” The filing points back to the May 3, 2025, 8-K: the May 4 unanimous appointment of Greg Abel as President and CEO effective January 1, 2026, replacing Warren Buffett as CEO, with Buffett remaining chairman.

The Epoch Times published “Berkshire Hathaway Votes to Split Chair and CEO Roles Ahead of Leadership Change,” recapping the September 30 vote and the January 1 CEO date. That article is reporting. The bylaw purpose sentence is in the 8-K.

A split of two titles is a governance act. It is not a finding that Abel already ran the company in September 2025, and it is not a finding about any acquisition.

Sources

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Form 8-K, earliest event Sept. 30, 2025. sec.gov

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Form 8-K, earliest event May 3, 2025. sec.gov

Epoch Times. “Berkshire Hathaway Votes to Split Chair and CEO Roles Ahead of Leadership Change.” (reporting). theepochtimes.com

Opinion

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

Compiler take

They wrote it into the bylaws so one man is chairman and another is CEO. After sixty years of one man doing both. Paperwork. Necessary paperwork. Still paperwork.