Todd Combs: Has Warren Buffett found his heir?

The legendary Buffett has hired an obscure Connecticut hedge fund manager. Can the new guy ever really replace the Oracle of Omaha?

Warren Buffet has hired 39-year-old Todd Combs, who is credited with avoiding Lehman Brothers and other financial "land mines."
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It has been one of the biggest succession mysteries in corporate America: Who will eventually take over the investing duties of one of the world's most famous investors, Warren Buffett? Buffett, 80, may have answered that question this week by hiring Todd Anthony Combs, an obscure 39-year-old hedge fund manager in Connecticut. How certain is it that Combs will become the person who decides where Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway puts its money, and can he really fill the Oracle of Omaha's giant shoes? (Watch a Fox Business report about Buffett's hire)

Who is Todd Combs?

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