Berkshire CEO Greg Abel sworn in as U.S. citizen at baseball game

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.) Berkshire CEO Greg Abel sworn in as U.S. citizen at baseball game Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel is now a citizen of the United States. Abel, a longtime Iowa resident who was born in the Canadian city of Edmonton in 1962, was among the roughly two dozen people from 16 countries who participated in an annual naturalization ceremony hosted by the Iowa Cubs Thursday night in Des Moines, before the AAA minor league baseball team played the Buffalo Bisons. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel holds a U.S. flag at a naturalization ceremony hosted by the Iowa Cubs in Des Moines on June 25, 2026. Iowa Cubs/Michael Hill In an interview with CNBC's Becky Quick during the lunch break of last month's Berkshire annual meeting, Warren Buffett revealed Abel would be getting his American citizenship "very soon" and "as successful as he's been in everything else ... it means something to him to become an American citizen." "You can't buy that anyplace — (laughs) — or package it, you know?" Abel has an estimated net worth of around $1 billion and runs a company valued at more than $1 trillion, but he generally maintains a low profile in public and his role as Berkshire's CEO was not highlighted at the event, even as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game. …