Ronald Peltier: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of HomeServices of America, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Affiliate - HomeServices of America is the nation’s second-largest full-service residential real estate brokerage firm and became the conduit through which Berkshire Hathaway entered the real estate industry. Ron has helped build HomeServices of America into a massive conglomeration of 22 companies that provide integrated real estate services including mortgage, title and homeowners insurance, among other home related services. Ron’s keen insight and experience in virtually all aspects of the real estate industry gives him a bird’s eye view probably better than any other single human being in the US.