ClaimsWarren Buffett

“I turned it over 100% to him.”

Warren Buffett, Berkshire CEO, at shareholder meeting 5 May 2024 Transcript: Berkshire's 2024 annual shareholder meeting (Steady Compounding) archived copy

Factual Economics and markets

Buffett turned handling of the real estate brokerage settlement over 100% to Craig (Berkshire HomeServices), who kept him informed.

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Reasoning

Internal delegation and communication between Buffett and HomeServices' Craig is not publicly documented.

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Warren Buffett, “Buffett turned handling of the real estate brokerage settlement over 100% to Craig (Berkshire HomeServices), who kept him informed.” (said 5 May 2024). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_b3ffa33aad2c, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_b3ffa33aad2c

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