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Charles T. Munger

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

Wesco Financial Corporation (WSC)

Vice Chairman of the Board; Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Wesco Fi

Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRKB)

Industry: Finance

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CHARLES T. MUNGER, age 83, has been a Director since 1973, and Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Wesco since 1984. He has also served Wesco as President since May 2005. He has been Chairman of the Board of Blue Chip Stamps ("Blue Chip") since 1976, having joined its board in 1969; Blue Chip, the parent of Wesco, is engaged in the trading stamp business. Since 1978, Mr. Munger has been Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire"), the parent of Blue Chip; Berkshire is engaged in the property and casualty insurance business and many other diverse businesses. Mr. Munger is Chairman of the Board of Daily Journal Corporation, a publisher of specialty newspapers primarily in California. He is also a director and chairman of the audit committee of Costco Wholesale Corporation, which operates a large chain of membership warehouses.


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