I found Sokol to be a brilliant executive, a company builder who gets results.

我发现索科尔是一位非常出色的管理人士，在打造企业方面卓有成效。

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Mr Buffett says Mr Sokol had mentioned that he owned Lubrizol shares when they first discussed the company. No evidence has emerged that he continued to buy or sell after then.

巴菲特指出，在首次谈论收购路博润公司时，索科尔就承认他拥有该公司股票，没有证据显示索科尔在谈论后有继续买卖行为。

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Buffett has regularly praised Sokol's work, and many investors have speculated that Sokol was on the short list to succeed Buffett at the Omaha, Neb.-based company.

巴菲特循例赞扬了Sokol的工作。 许多投资者推测，在这家总部位于内布拉斯加洲奥马哈市的公司中，Sokol的名字是在于巴菲特继任者的短名单之中的。

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An internal Berkshire review later accused Sokol of violating company standards, but stopped short of concluding Sokol violated federal insider-trading laws.

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Former Berkshire Hathaway executive David Sokol misled the firm over its purchase of chemicals company Lubrizol, an internal report has concluded.

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Buffett recently faced intense scrutiny after news broke that he knew David Sokol, Berkshire Hathaway executive and his possible successor, bought shares in a company before the deal was announced.

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