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  1. As of July 13, 2016, Buffett owned 31.7% aggregate voting power of Berkshire's shares outstanding and 18.0% of the economic value of those shares. [27] Charlie Munger , who was Berkshire's vice-chairman until his death in 2023, also held a stake big enough to make him a billionaire, and early investments in Berkshire by David Gottesman and ...

  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]
    • What Is Berkshire Hathaway?
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    Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company for a multitude of businesses, including GEICO and Fruit of the Loom. It's run by chair and CEO Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally, it was a company comprised of a group of textile milling plants. Buffett assumed control of the struggling New England company in ...

    Warren Buffett became the controlling shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway in the mid-1960s and began a progressive strategy of diverting cash flows from the core business into other investments. As of May 2023, Berkshire Hathaway had a market capitalizationof over $715 billion, making it one of the largest publicly traded companies worldwide. Berkshi...

    Succession has always been a hot topic for Berkshire. The big question is whether Buffett’s replacement can continue the streak of outperforming the market. This becomes even more pressing when you consider that Buffett turned 91 years old in August of 2021. In 2010, Buffett announced that he would be succeeded at Berkshire Hathaway by a team compr...

    Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company run by Warren Buffett that owns a diverse range of private businesses and significant minority interests in public companies such as Apple. It has a market capitalization of over $715 billion and is the sixth-largest public company in the world. Berkshire Hathaway's success is largely due to Buffett's value i...

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  3. Buffett invested in and eventually took control of a textile manufacturing company, Berkshire Hathaway. He began buying shares in Berkshire from Seabury Stanton, the owner, whom he later fired. Buffett's partnerships began purchasing shares at $7.60 per share.

  4. Jul 15, 2024 · Warren Buffett purchased Berkshire Hathaway in 1965 and, over the years, built it into the world's largest holding company.

  5. Feb 29, 2024 · Warren Buffett owns a total of 276 Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares and 227,416 Class A shares. Regarded as one of the world's most successful investors, Buffett is the company's chair and...

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  7. Sep 4, 2024 · His company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (ticker: BRK.B, BRK.A), which he still helms at age 94, owns a sprawling equities portfolio that directly reflects what stocks Buffett likes.