Warren Buffett Reveals He Stepped Down After Finally Feeling His Age
Warren Buffett can't put his finger on exactly when he decided to hand over the reins of Berkshire Hathaway to Greg Abel.
But in recent years Buffett observed just how much energy his appointed successor brought to each working day. And how his own days had slowed. The two men were operating at different speeds—increasingly so.
"There was no magic moment," Buffett, now 94, said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "How do you know the day that you become old?"
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