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Who is Greg Abel, the executive picked to be successor to Warren Buffett?

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Greg Abel , 62 , has been one of Buffett 's top lieutenants for the past seven years .

Abel has been overseeing Berkshire Hathaway 's BNSF railroad, See’s Candies and Dairy Queen.

Abel grew up in Canada as a hockey player and learned the value of hard work as a small company filling fire extinguishers.

Abel will step forward to take responsibility for all of Berkshire 's eclectic assortment of businesses with their nearly 400,000 employees.