Berkshire CEO Greg Abel Is Sitting on Nearly $400 Billion in Cash. Here's How His Deal-Making Approach Differs From Warren Buffett's.

Greg Abel, Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO, has inherited nearly $400 billion in cash and is signaling a shift from Warren Buffett's hands-off management style. Abel's acquisition of Taylor Morrison Home for $8.5 billion suggests he plans to integrate overlapping businesses into unified units, a more hands-on approach focused on operational synergies and bolt-on acquisitions rather than Buffett's strategy of buying companies and letting them operate independently.