BBC Warren Buffett has announced he will retire as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the year. The veteran investor, known as the Oracle of Omaha, told his company’s annual meeting he would hand over the reins to Vice-Chairman Greg Abel. “I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive of...
Hathaway is, of course, not alone in being a big-name Hollywood star supporting an English football team. Russell Crowe of Gladiator fame is a big Leeds supporter and part owner of the club. The Australian explained last year that he has been following Leeds since the 1970s, saying: “In the middle of the day you...