NEW YORK: Warren Buffett needed just two weeks to put together Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s US$11.6bil (RM49bil) takeover of Alleghany Corp, its largest acquisition in six years, even as he balked at paying the insurer’s banking fee, a regulatory filing on Monday shows.
Alleghany said its chief executive officer Joseph Brandon met with Buffett for dinner in New York City on March 7, where after some “casual conversation” Buffett offered US$850 (RM3,600) per share in cash for the company, less the fee for bankers at Goldman Sachs.
