Buffett's star pick remains mysterious

Todd Combs, the Sarasota native recently hired by Warren Buffett to manage a large portion of investments at Berkshire Hathaway, has quickly developed an elusive reputation.

Combs shunned interviews from the day he was hired, even with the likes of the Wall Street Journal. For a few days, the only picture that circulated of Combs, 39, was one from his Riverview High School yearbook.

But a freelance photographer, using sources and persistence, spotted Combs Nov. 1 at an ice skating rink near the hedge fund manager's Darien, Conn. home. The photographer, J. Gregory Raymond, approached Combs and was able to take 50 pictures, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bloomberg News bought the photos.
Combs, however, still hasn't granted interviews. Even people he knows in Sarasota, including his parents, have spoken little to the media.