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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: RAS337 ✸  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Ron Olson Stepping Down
Date: 03/15/25 10:57 AM
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This seems odd to me, what do some of the long time owners feel about this? No big deal?

One thing that comes to mind for me is that, in the past few years, Berkshire had two directors (Charlie Munger and Sandy Gottesman) die while still serving on the Board, and another director (Tom Murphy) die very soon after stepping down from the Board. I imagine it's disruptive to have such sudden departures from the Board, so this might just be an effort to reduce the risk of that going forward.
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