Fabian Vera

The $10B Handshake: How Warren Buffett Became Oxy’s Permanent Landlord

How an oil CEO’s $55B vision became an investor’s $12B annuity and left shareholders working for Berkshire’s 8% dividend

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Fabian Vera
Oct 03, 2025
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It’s this time of the week. Today’s deep dive feels like a 2019 Summer flashback but we blinked once and now we are in Fall 2025. The relationship between Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway represents one of modern finance’s most complex corporate dynamics. What began as a 2019 emergency financing for the $55B …

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