Oracle of Omaha Slams Independent Directors for Kowtowing to CEOs.

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Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. who's known as the Oracle of Omaha, slammed independent directors for being too focused on their paychecks, and not on keeping the CEO in check.

"You don't get invited to be on boards if you belch too often at the dinner table," Buffett said at the company's annual meeting in Omaha, Neb.

"I've been on 20 public company boards; I've seen a lot of corporate boards operate. The independent directors, in many cases, are the least independent," he explained. If directors get about $250,000 a year, and that's an important part of their income...