Buffett Adds Eagle Capital’s Witmer to Board of Directors
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Meryl Witmer, a general partner at Eagle Capital, will be the first new director since 2009, as the panel prepares for the eventual departure of Chairman Warren Buffett.
The appointment of Witmer expands the board to 13 and will follow her election at the company’s May 4 annual meeting, Debbie Bosanek, an assistant to Buffett, wrote in an e-mail. Billionaire Buffett, 82, is chief executive officer and chairman of Berkshire, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska.