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  1. Mar 10, 2020 · In 1962, intrigued by the company’s long-term business success and strong balance sheet, Buffett began buying up Berkshire Hathaway stocks, at a price of $7.60 a share. By 1965, he owned a...

  2. May 9, 2024 · He first invested in Berkshire Hathaway — a failing textile manufacturer — in 1962 and spent the next 20 years attempting to revive the textile industry. Fortunately, he had begun using Berkshire Hathaway as a holding company some years previously, and in the decades that followed, he purchased dozens of businesses and stocks.

  3. With its stock price just above $2, Berkshire invests $4 million in GEICO (Insurance) and continues to do so until 1996, when Berkshire will acquire the company.

  4. Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( / ˈbɜːrkʃər /) is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1839 as a textile manufacturer, it underwent a drastic restructuring into a conglomerate starting in 1965 under the leadership of chairman and CEO Warren Buffett ...

  5. Sep 13, 2023 · Warren Buffett purchased Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and, over the years, built it into the world's largest holding company.

  6. Dec 12, 2018 · Warren Buffett first invested in Berkshire Hathaway on Dec. 12, 1962, and paid $7.50 for his first shares. At the time, Berkshire was a struggling textile company and wasn't going to make it...

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    After several years of acquiring what he sees as undervalued shares of Berkshire Hathaway, a struggling textile mill in New Bedford, Mass., Buffett takes control of the company in 1965.

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