According to world famous businessman Warren Buffet, Apple should have told shareholders about his liver transplant. Buffet claims Jobs' condition was a "material fact" for Apple's investors, and they have the right know how Jobs was doing. "If I have any serious illness, or something coming up of an important nature, an operation or anything like that, I think the thing to do is just tell the American, the Berkshire shareholders about it. I work for 'em," Buffet said. "Some people might think I'm important to the company. Certainly Steve Jobs is important to Apple. So it's a material fact. Whether he is facing serious surgery or not is a material fact. Whether I'm facing serious surgery is a material fact." As reported by the Chicago Tribune, companies are not compelled to disclose medical details of executives. However, anything considered significant to the business and to investors should be divulged. Apple previously announced that Jobs was on medical leave, however, his liver transplant was kept from the public until after the CEO was successfully operated.
