Warren Buffett praises East Tennessee entrepreneurs behind two of his businesses. March 1, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. | Updated March 2, 2021 at 12:14 a.m.

"On a personal note, Warren Buffett’s confidence in Pilot Flying J and his commitment to Knoxville is a wonderful tribute to my dad, who started the company with one gas station almost 60 years ago.

As Warren Buffett celebrates his 94th birthday, he was treated with a remarkable early present. Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate he has led for decades, crossed 1 trillion dollar in market value.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will take over majority ownership of Pilot Flying J from the Haslam family by 2023. ... "We've had good business in Tennessee," Buffett said.

Warren Buffett's company buys Gallatin's Goodall Homes Berkshire Hathaway's Clayton Homes now owns Middle Tennessee's second largest homebuilder.

Warren Buffett, the legendary ... Tennessee, and to furthering our deep commitment and philanthropy throughout the region that we all love," said James A. Haslam II, who founded the company in ...

Each of those companies was started by young University of Tennessee graduates with little capital, Buffett wrote. Today, they each have annual pre-tax earnings of more than $1 billion.

Warren Buffett's Pilot Co is shuttering its international oil trading business, ... Tennessee-based Pilot began international trading after Berkshire Hathaway took a 39% stake in 2017.

Berkshire Hathaway, billionaire Warren Buffett's company, bought insurance company Alleghany Corp. for $11.6 billion in cash, or $848.02 per share, ... Tennessee, with a 20% stake.