{"id":837771,"date":"2026-06-01T22:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/837771\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T22:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T22:59:15","slug":"warren-buffetts-berkshire-hathaway-buys-homebuilder-taylor-morrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/837771\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys homebuilder Taylor Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 Berkshire Hathaway<\/a> \u2018s new CEO Greg Abel<\/a> hinted that he may depart from Warren Buffett<\/a> \u2018s longtime hands-off operating model at the conglomerate as he announced a $6.8 billion acquisition of homebuilder Taylor Morrison. <\/p>\n

Abel suggested in the deal announcement he plans to consolidate Taylor Morrison with Berkshire\u2019s existing site-built homebuilding operations that are part of its Clayton Homes subsidiary. For six decades under Buffett, Berkshire promised to largely leave companies alone after it acquired them and allow the executives to keep running the day-to-day operations the same way.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver time, we expect to unify our site-built homebuilding operations into a combined platform,\u201d Abel wrote, \u201cenabling us to deliver the dream of homeownership to more Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Clayton, which specializes in manufactured homes but also has a site-built unit, Berkshire owns several other housing related businesses including Benjamin Moore paint and Shaw Floors.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear how much consolidating Abel might do among the dozens of companies Berkshire owns. Those holdings include an assortment of insurers like Geico, major manufacturers such as Precision Castparts and a slew of retail and service companies like NetJets, Dairy Queen and Helzberg Diamonds. But Abel is known as a much more active manager than Buffett ever was. <\/p>\n

\u201cGiven Greg\u2019s strength as an operator it will be interesting to see if he does consolidate these units to get some greater scale and efficiencies,\u201d said CFRA Research analyst Cathy Seifert.<\/p>\n

Abel has been overseeing all of Berkshire\u2019s non-insurance businesses since 2018, and he hasn\u2019t made any major changes in operations though he has encouraged the company\u2019s subsidiaries to cooperate more when it makes sense. Abel became CEO<\/a> in January, but Buffett remains chairman<\/a> and Berkshire\u2019s largest shareholder.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder Greg, where it makes sense for efficiencies or scale, we\u2019ll likely see more consolidation than we saw under Buffett when Berkshire was smaller and the acquired company\u2019s founders were still in place,\u201d said investor Steven Check, who is president of Check Capital Management.<\/p>\n

Berkshire shareholders<\/a> will likely be excited just to see Abel making deals, given that the Omaha-based company is currently sitting on nearly $400 billion cash. This deal by itself isn\u2019t likely to make a meaningful impact on Berkshire\u2019s bottom line because the conglomerate is so big, but dealmaking and investing<\/a> are the areas of Abel\u2019s resume that investors had the most questions about. <\/p>\n

Buffett praised Abel in an interview with CNBC on Monday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreg did that faster than I could have done it, smoother than I could have done it, and I never talked to the CEO. He has launched,\u201d Buffett told CNBC.<\/p>\n

Abel has led acquisitions before while leading Berkshire\u2019s massive utility division, but obviously Buffett would have signed off on those. Now Abel is making the decisions with advice from Buffett and the rest of the board. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think investors will cheer Greg\u2019s foray into M&A as CEO. The purchase price seems rich given the current interest rate\/macro environment,\u201d Seifert said. <\/p>\n

Berkshire agreed to pay Taylor Morrison investors $72.50 per share in the all-cash deal. That represents a 24% premium over the company\u2019s previous closing price of $58.50. Shares of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based homebuilder jumped up near that purchase price on Monday while Berkshire\u2019s shares slipped 1%.<\/p>\n

But Raymond James analyst Buck Horne said in a research note that it\u2019s possible Berkshire could face some competition from private equity firms or other potential buyers who might be willing to pay more for Taylor Morrison before its shareholders can vote on whether to accept this offer. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe would not be shocked if other players and\/or private equity began to sharpen their pencils before the ink on this agreement is fully dry,\u201d Horne said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 Berkshire Hathaway \u2018s new CEO Greg Abel hinted that he may depart from Warren…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":837772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[5643,11029,69465,21028,64,235534,343301,108426,59,8396,15226,3336,28597,343080,67,132,68,4327],"class_list":["post-837771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-arizona","tag-az-state-wire","tag-benjamin-moore","tag-berkshire-hathaway","tag-business","tag-cathy-seifert","tag-clayton-homes","tag-greg-abel","tag-inc","tag-mergers-and-acquisitions","tag-ne-state-wire","tag-nebraska","tag-omaha","tag-taylor-morrison","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-warren-buffett"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116677336544020998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}