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Gregory E. Abel  

Businessman & Executive Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Energy

Gregory Abel is a Canadian Businessman. He currently serves as the Executive Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. In 2018, he was named Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman for Non-Insurance Business Operations. He has served on the board of directors since 2000.

Abel earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Alberta. He is a certified public accountant from AICPA. After graduating from the University of Alberta, he trained as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers until 1992, when he joined CalEnergy as a geothermal electricity producer. CalEnergy later acquired MidAmerican, where Abel became CEO in 2008. The company was renamed Berkshire Hathaway Energy in 2014.

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