Berkshire CEO Greg Abel Becomes U.S. Citizen at Iowa Ceremony With 24 New Americans
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Updated · CNBC · Jun 27
Berkshire CEO Greg Abel Becomes U.S. Citizen at Iowa Ceremony With 24 New Americans
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Jun 27
Summary
Greg Abel was sworn in as a U.S. citizen Thursday night in Des Moines, joining roughly two dozen people from 16 countries at the Iowa Cubs’ annual naturalization ceremony.
The 1962-born Edmonton native has long lived in Iowa, and Warren Buffett said at Berkshire’s May annual meeting that gaining citizenship “means something to him” and would happen “very soon.”
Abel kept a low profile at the event despite running Berkshire Hathaway, a company worth more than $1 trillion; local coverage identified him simply as a former Canadian citizen who threw out the first pitch.
The ceremony was the Iowa Cubs’ 18th annual event and brought total game-day naturalizations to 533, while another 5,000 candidates have become citizens at non-game-day ballpark ceremonies over the past six years.