Month: January 2017

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Lubrizol

Lubrizol Has New President

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Berkshire Hathaway’s wholly-owned specialty chemical company, Lubrizol Corp., has appointed a new CEO, effective Jan. 2, 2017.

Eric R. Schnur has taken on the role of chairman, president and CEO as part of a planned leadership transition announced in mid-2016. Schnur succeeds James L. Hambrick, who had been serving as chairman and CEO.

Schnur was named president and chief operating officer of Lubrizol on June 1, 2016, the company’s release stated. Prior to that, he had served as president of the company’s Advanced Materials business segment. In total, he has been with Lubrizol for more than 27 years, having joined it as an engineer in research and development. He has a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

© 2017 David Mazor

Disclosure: David Mazor is a freelance writer focusing on Berkshire Hathaway. The author is long in Berkshire Hathaway, and this article is not a recommendation on whether to buy or sell the stock. The information contained in this article should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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NetJets Brings Michelin-Starred Chef’s Cuisine to Flyers

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NetJets owners flying from Washington D.C. will have the opportunity to order from menus specially-curated by Michelin-starred chef José Andrés.

Andrés is chef/owner of ThinkFoodGroup, and with partner Rob Wilder, is the team responsible for popular dining destinations in Washington DC, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Miami and Puerto Rico. ThinkFoodGroup oversees all of José’s creative endeavors such as cookbooks, television programming, concept consulting and project development.

Andrés was named Outstanding Chef of the Year at the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards and was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2012.

Recently he was named Dean of the Spanish Studies program at the International Culinary Center.

© 2016 David Mazor

Disclosure: David Mazor is a freelance writer focusing on Berkshire Hathaway. The author is long in Berkshire Hathaway, and this article is not a recommendation on whether to buy or sell the stock. The information contained in this article should not be construed as personalized or individualized investment advice. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.