Warren Buffett reveals how quickly his $10 billion role in the Anadarko deal came together
. And he said that they were involved in financing the Occidental deal, and that the Occidental people would like to talk to me. "was arranged for Sunday morning. "They arrived at 10 a.m. And by 11 we had a deal. And they had us committed unequivocally, come hell or high water, for $10 billion," Buffett said. The Berkshire investment is contingent on Occidental being able to complete an Anadarko deal.
Another interesting facet of the story is that Occidental corporate plane. A corporate jet-tracking service spotted the plane in Omaha,, guessing the plane's presence meant that Buffett was getting into a major energy deal, which turned out to be the case.
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