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Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway as chairman from 1970 and as CEO until January 1, 2026, and now serves as chairman emeritus and a board member.

1,556 claims collected, 281 researched, 78 resolved. Report of 5 November 2026, method 0.1.0+28da144b.

Scores by kind of claim

Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    85 79 91

    High confidence, 51 factual claims resolved. From 14 documents, 2001 to 2026; 15 documents sampled from 31 candidates found.

    Not scored: 51 unresolvable, 45 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    78 65 89

    Low confidence, 14 predictions resolved. From 6 documents, 2001 to 2024; 15 documents sampled from 31 candidates found.

    Not scored: 71 unresolvable, 2 checkable only against their own records. 10 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

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  • Promises

    Commitments to the person's or organisation's own future action, with something to deliver: was it delivered?

    72 57 85

    Low confidence, 12 promises resolved. From 7 documents, 2001 to 2026; 15 documents sampled from 31 candidates found.

    Not scored: 17 unresolvable, 4 not yet due, 1 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Guidance

    A company's own figures for its results over a period, checked against what it then reported.

    Insufficient record: 1 guidance claim resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 2 unresolvable.

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All types combined: 82 (likely 76 to 87, high confidence), from 77 claims: 51 factual claims, 14 predictions, 12 promises. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Warren Buffett's claims

48 claims

48 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Own records only Factual 10 Nov 2025 Buffett's children and the Berkshire directors are fully supportive of Greg Abel as CEO. Factual · 10 Nov 2025 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 10 Nov 2025 Buffett and Charlie Munger several times encountered a CEO's debilitating disease and failed to act. Factual · 10 Nov 2025 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 2025 Greg Abel has met many times with the managements of the five Japanese trading companies, and Buffett regularly follows their progress. Factual · 2025 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 2025 Carrie, whose grandfather was Bill Kizer, Sr., refused any payment for her extensive work on the new "Charlie" edition. Factual · 2025 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Warren Buffett alone made the decision for Berkshire to sell its Paramount stake, with no involvement from Ted Weschler or Todd Combs. Factual · 5 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Buffett receives very few calls from Berkshire's operating managers, close to zero. Factual · 5 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Warren Buffett said he thinks he read Ben Graham's book about five or six times. Factual · 5 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Buffett turned handling of the real estate brokerage settlement over 100% to Craig (Berkshire HomeServices), who kept him informed. Factual · 5 May 2024 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Buffett read through the Moody's Transportation Manual a couple of times when he was about 20 or 21. Factual · 5 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Buffett does not get phone calls from Berkshire's operating managers. Factual · 5 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 5 May 2024 Berkshire needed Disney's approval to use the Desperate Housewives actresses in its meeting movie, and the approval was easily obtained. Factual · 5 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 4 May 2024 Berkshire's operating executives overwhelmingly prefer to talk to Greg Abel and Ajit Jain rather than to Buffett. Factual · 4 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 4 May 2024 Warren Buffett said he thinks he read Ben Graham's book about five or six times. Factual · 4 May 2024 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 15 Dec 2020 Buffett said he has met many small business people through "the Goldman Sachs program." Factual · 15 Dec 2020 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 Buffett said he had never met the CEOs of any of the four airlines, though he added that he may have met one and shaken his hand at a Texas business Hall of Fame event. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 Buffett said he usually sees him maybe twice a year, at Sun Valley and perhaps one other time. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 Buffett said Berkshire had received nothing but good reports about the CEO, whom Greg Abel had known 20 years earlier. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 Buffett said that once he and the two others he referred to as "the three of us" learned that it was regarded as unfriendly, they had no intention of making one; the surrounding remarks refer to the 3G people and to Unilever. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 As of February 2017, no acquisition deal is in the works at Berkshire. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 Unilever was the only deal in that area that Buffett seriously thought about and that made sense. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 As of February 2017, there is no backup deal after the Unilever approach. Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 27 Feb 2017 On 27 February 2017, asked whether he was working on anything, Buffett said he is always looking but that there was "nothing close". Factual · 27 Feb 2017 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 15 Aug 2011 The tax burdens of the other 20 people in Buffett's office ranged from 33 to 41 percent and averaged 36 percent. Factual · 15 Aug 2011 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 23 Sep 2010 Berkshire's carpet, brick and insulation businesses have recovered less than 61 percent from their lows but are recovering. Factual · 23 Sep 2010 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 2007 Buffett said 35 university classes would come to Omaha for sessions with him in the 2006-2007 school year, and that he takes almost all visiting students, in aggregate more than 2,000, to lunch at Gorat's. Factual · 2007 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Promise 2007 Any shareholder coming from outside the U.S. or Canada will be given a special credential and instructions for attending the reception. Promise · 2007 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 2007 After reviewing the facts in the spring of 2006, Buffett and Ajit concluded that Equitas was likely to survive. Factual · 2007 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 2007 Taxes had nothing to do with Buffett's decision to give away his Berkshire shares or its timing. Factual · 2007 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 2007 Berkshire issues no incentive payoffs to CEOs that are unrelated to the business performance they control. Factual · 2007 Economics and markets
Own records only Factual 2007 Berkshire has three outstanding candidates to replace Buffett as CEO, as he has previously told shareholders. Factual · 2007 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Buffett made three decisions about Dexter that hurt Berkshire shareholders: buying it, paying for it with stock, and procrastinating on operational changes. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Berkshire's purchases of Fruit of the Loom debt indirectly reduced its purchase price for the whole company by a small amount. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Since Ajit Jain joined Berkshire in 1986, Buffett has known the details of almost every policy he wrote and never saw him break any of Berkshire's three underwriting rules. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 For at least the next year, the Civic Auditorium in downtown Omaha is the only site available for Berkshire's annual meeting. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Prediction 28 Feb 2002 The few fixed-income strategies involving highly-liquid AAA securities that Buffett manages have reasonable prospects of continuing to produce good returns over the next year or two. Prediction · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Berkshire's per-share intrinsic value grew somewhat faster than book value over 37 years, and in 2001 it probably decreased less than book value. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 The new R.C. Willey store in Henderson, Nevada outsells all other stores in the chain, with volume far above any competitor's and twice what Buffett anticipated. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Berkshire's headquarters added one employee in 2001 and now has 14.8 employees. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Berkshire's roughly 50-year experience investing in distressed debt has so far been rewarding. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Borsheim's operates on a gross margin fully twenty percentage points below that of its major rivals. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Buffett concluded that Dexter could keep coping with low-cost foreign competition, and that conclusion was wrong. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2002 Berkshire has never purchased a newly-issued junk bond. Factual · 28 Feb 2002 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2001 Berkshire analyzes purchases on an all-equity basis, so its evaluations did not change when LBO operators became less aggressive in 2000. Factual · 28 Feb 2001 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2001 In its last 36 years, Berkshire has never had a manager of a significant subsidiary voluntarily leave to join another business. Factual · 28 Feb 2001 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2001 The Washington Post Company reviews its acquisitions three years after they are made. Factual · 28 Feb 2001 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Prediction 28 Feb 2001 CORT looks like a good bet to beat Berkshire's original expectations for the business. Prediction · 28 Feb 2001 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2001 Buffett said "we believe" that Berkshire's gain in per-share intrinsic value for the year (2000) moderately exceeded its gain in book value, and he called this judgment "necessarily subjective". Factual · 28 Feb 2001 Their own work or organisation
Own records only Factual 28 Feb 2001 Buffett knew nothing about CORT but immediately printed out its SEC filings and liked what he saw. Factual · 28 Feb 2001 Their own work or organisation
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Warren Buffett

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“My children are already 100% behind Greg as are the Berkshire directors.”

Warren Buffett, chairman, in Berkshire news release 10 November 2025 Berkshire news release Nov 10, 2025 (Thanksgiving letter) (Berkshire Hathaway)

Buffett's children and the Berkshire directors are fully supportive of Greg Abel as CEO.

Own records only Only the person's or their organisation's own records speak to it, so it is not scored.

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

Reasoning

Private support of family and directors; only public statements exist.

Cite this claim

Warren Buffett, “Buffett's children and the Berkshire directors are fully supportive of Greg Abel as CEO.” (said 10 November 2025). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_8460ddee569b, method 0.1.0+28da144b. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_8460ddee569b

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