But BD has many of the characteristics of companies Buffett likes to invest in: well-regarded management, entrenched and dominant position in many of its markets, and leverage in its business model that allows it to gain efficiencies and lift profits faster than sales rise.
Set to begin shipping in April of this year, the new bot is said to be 30 percent faster than the current generation model, boasting twice the gripping strength and able to drag larger objects and lift twice the weight of its predecessor.
He is very critical of Mr Chavez's left-wing policies and says he is inspired by the Brazilian model of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose government managed to achieve economic growth and lift millions of people out of poverty.