Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett talks with a reporter before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 6, 2017.
2017年5月6日，伯克希爾·哈撒韋公司在內(nèi)布拉斯加州奧馬哈市舉辦了年會。在那之前，公司總裁沃侖·巴菲特與記者進行了交流。

The meeting also included discussions about Berkshire’s succession plans, and whether it will start paying dividends or make an acquisition.
年會上還討論了伯克希爾的繼任者計劃，以及公司是開始分紅還是進行收購。

Buffett has said Berkshire could have a new chief executive within 24 hours if he died or could not continue.
巴菲特表示，如果他去世了或者不能繼續(xù)擔(dān)任總裁，伯克希爾在24小時之內(nèi)就可以有一位新總裁。

He said it may have been hard to single people out because “we have never had more good managers.”
他表示，要選出一個人可能會很難，因為“我們從來都沒有更多優(yōu)秀的經(jīng)理人。”

But he also said it would be a “terrible mistake” if capital allocation were not the “main talent” of his successor.
不過他也表示，如果資本配置不是他的繼任者的“主要才能”的話，這將是一個“非常嚴(yán)重的錯誤”。

Buffett did lavish much praise on top insurance executive Ajit Jain, who some investors believe could be that successor, saying “nobody could possibly replace Ajit.”
巴菲特確實慷慨地給予了保險高管阿吉特·杰恩許多稱贊，并表示“沒有人能替代阿吉特。”一些投資人也認為阿吉特·杰恩會成為巴菲特的繼任者。

Buffett also raised the possibility Berkshire could pay its first dividend since 1967, after all, the company had too much cash it could not reasonably deploy.
巴菲特也提出了這樣的可能性，那就是伯克希爾可能會支付自1967年以來的第一筆紅利，畢竟這家公司有太多的現(xiàn)金無法合理配置。

‘It could be repurchases, it could be dividends,” he said.
“可以回購股份，也可以是紅利?！?/div>

Berkshire ended March with more than $96 billion of cash and cashlike instruments, and Munger said it could do a “$150 billion” acquisition if it wanted.
三月末，伯克希爾持有960多億美元的現(xiàn)金以及現(xiàn)金一類的票據(jù)，而芒格表示，如果伯克希爾愿意的話，它可以完成一項“1500億美元”的收購。

（翻譯：Dlacus）

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