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Warren Buffett Gives Shout-Outs To 2 Bank CEOs

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Brian Moynihan Bank Of America

Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are read repeatedly and studied carefully even years after they are published.

There are few honors as high as being praised personally in these letters.

In his latest letter, Warren Buffett gives shout-outs to two big bank CEOs.

First is the already popular Jamie Dimon.  On the matter of share buybacks, one letter writer recommends another letter writer:

One CEO who always stresses the price/value factor in repurchase decisions is Jamie Dimonat J.P. Morgan; I recommend that you read his annual letter.

Second was Bank of America's Brian Moynihan, who has been under fire for the way he has managed his bank.  Buffett sticks up for him, saying that banks woes weren't his fault:

At Bank of America, some huge mistakes were made by prior management. Brian Moynihan has made excellent progress in cleaning these up, though the completion of that process will take a number of years. Concurrently, he is nurturing a huge and attractive underlying business that will endure long after today’s problems are forgotten.

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Sam was a deputy editor at Business Insider, where he led the site's global coverage of markets. He previously served as an equity analyst for the Forbes Special Situation Survey and Forbes Growth Investor equity newsletters. His work has been published in Forbes, DealBreaker, and The Fiscal Times. Sam has also held positions at James F. Reda & Associates, Brown Brothers Harriman, and Paul Weiss. He has a bachelor's degree in religion from Boston University, and he is a CFA charterholder.