Sokol, who used to run Berkshire subsidiaries MidAmerican and NetJets, was widely seen as Buffett's heir apparent, an image Buffett biographers say the "Oracle of Omaha" cultivated.

索科尔本来掌管着伯克希尔的两家子公司：中美（MidAmerican）和奈捷特（NetJets），被广泛地认为是巴菲特的法定继承人，一位巴菲特的传记作者称“奥马哈的贤者”（指巴菲特）还特意栽培了他。

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He doesn't have that power, and lots of people know that he's on the way out and doesn't have an heir apparent.

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