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  1. By December 31, 2016, Berkshire had built up a stake of 57.4 million shares (1.1% of Apple) with an estimated average acquisition price of $110 per share (before the 2020 4:1 split). Aggressive stock purchases continued and by March 31, 2017, Berkshire had amassed a stake of 129 million shares (2.5% of Apple).

  2. This is a list of subsidiaries, equities, and cash equivalents owned by multinational holding company Berkshire Hathaway.

    Company
    Sector
    Ownership %
    Acquisition Date (mm/dd/yyyy)
    Materials and Construction
    100%
    August 1, 2000 [2]
    Insurance
    100%
    October 19, 2022 [5]
    Electric Transmission
    92%
    December 1, 2014 [7]
    Luxury Items
    100%
    July 18, 2000 [9][10]
    • Berkshire Hathaway: An Overview
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    Berkshire Hathaway's pre-Buffett history begins in the 19th century with two separate Massachusetts cotton mills called Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates and Hathaway Manufacturing. The companies mergedin 1955 to become Berkshire Hathaway. In 1965, Warren Buffett and his investment firm bought enough shares to take full control of the struggling c...

    Berkshire Hathaway's lifeblood is what industry insiders call a float. This is the money paid to Berkshire Hathaway's insurance subsidiaries in premiumsthat has yet to be used to cover claims. This money—also referred to as available reserve—is available for investment as company managers see fit. The company's float was $168.9 billion in 2023. As ...

    Dividends may be what attract Buffett to a company. However, the same man declines to pay them out to his own investors. The only time that Berkshire Hathaway has paid a dividend was in 1967, to the tune of 10 cents per share. Buffett later joked that he must have been in the bathroom when the dividend was authorized. That being said, it would be s...

    Some investors look for value and then purchase shares of companies that fit their criteria. Berkshire Hathaway takes a similar approach. However, instead of buying a few shares of a company's stock, it buys the whole company. By applying that investment strategyfor decades, Berkshire Hathaway became the massive global conglomerate that we know tod...

  3. Mar 21, 2024 · At the end of 2023, Berkshire owned about 132 million shares of Chevron, almost 6% of its entire portfolio and about 7% of Chevron's outstanding shares.

  4. May 8, 2023 · Berkshire Hathaway is a massive holding company that's been run by famed value investor Warren Buffett since the 1960s. Berkshire Hathaway has a market capitalization of over $700 billion.

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  5. Mar 28, 2024 · GEICO, Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, McLane Co, and BNSF Railway are major companies owned by Berkshire Hathaway.

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  7. Feb 21, 2020 · No one understands and illustrates this better than Warren Buffett, who 55 years ago bought a struggling New England textile mill called Berkshire Hathaway, and later turned it into the world’s...

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