Warren Buffett is not going anywhere.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B,
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Revealed that a shareholder measure that would remove him as chairman was irresistibly rejected.
According to the filing, the proposal calling for an independent chair received only 54,425 votes (about 11%) to 448,868 votes (89%), according to the filing. Measurements from the National Legal and Policy Center – and CalPERS, backed by the country's largest state public pension fund – argued that weak corporate governance exists when the same person is CEO and chairman.
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Buffett, 91, became CEO of Berkshire in 1965 and has been chairman since 1970.
According to the filing, the group's three other shareholder arrangements have also failed by a wide margin, including the need for greater transparency in the group's climate-related risks and opportunities.
Berkshire held its annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Neb, on Saturday.
