You gotta love him. The Oracle of Omaha goes Axl in this music video that's part of Geico's annual employees video. Buffett, who owns the insurance company through Berkshire Hathaway, has appeared in the video in the past (he's played a DJ and a hobo), but this time out they really wanted to push things. "We thought -- what's the most ridiculous getup we could think up for Warren -- and thought, nah, we can't do that," says Phil Ovuka, director of creative media services.
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