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  1. Berkshire Hathaway traces its roots to a textile manufacturing company established by Oliver Chace in 1839 as the Valley Falls Company in Valley Falls, Rhode Island. [9] Chace, who was a carpenter, started working for Samuel Slater, the founder of the first successful textile mill in America. [10]

  2. May 9, 2004 · 1839. Oliver Chace founded what eventually would become Berkshire Hathaway as the Valley Falls Co., Valley Falls, Rhode Island. Chace gained his textile experience with Samuel Slater and started his first plant in 1806. Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing began in Adams, MA in 1889.

  3. Jan 12, 2022 · Berkshire Hathaway was founded by Oliver Chace in 1839. What sectors does Berkshire Hathaway own firms in? Berkshire Hathaway is a conglomerate that owns companies in the insurance, rail transportation, energy generation, distribution, manufacturing, and retailing industries.

  4. May 9, 2014 · Oliver Chace: Founded: 1839 (as Valley Falls Company) / 1955 (as Berkshire Hathaway) Type: Public: NYSE stock symbol: Class A: BRK.A Class B: BRK.B: Revenue: $194.673 billion (2014) Net income: $19,872 million (2014) Earnings per share: $8.06 USD (2014) Employees: 316,000 (2014) Website: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/ Contact number: (402 ...

  5. Oliver Chace Headquarters Omaha, Nebraska, USA: Key people Warren E. Buffett (Chairman & CEO) Charles T. Munger (Vice Chairman) Area served USA: Industry: Property and casualty insurance, Diversified investments Products Conglomerate US$13.213 Billion (2007) Employees: 233,000 (mostly in subsidiaries) (2008) Subsidiaries

  6. While everyone associates Berkshire Hathaway with being an investment company, that isn’t how the company started. Founded in 1839 by Oliver Chace in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, Berkshire Hathaway was originally founded as a textile manufacturing firm under the name Valley Falls Company.

  7. About: Oliver Chace. Oliver Chace (August 24, 1769 – May 21, 1852) was an American 18th and 19th-century businessman. He was the founder of several New England textile manufacturing companies in the early 19th century, including the Valley Falls Company, the original antecedent of Berkshire Hathaway, which as of 2019 is one of the largest and ...

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