Company Name | Berkshire Hathaway |
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Website | https://en.wikipedia.org |
Snippet | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1839 as a textile manufacturer, it transitioned into a major conglomerate starting in 1965 under the management of chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and vice chairman Charlie Munger (1924-2023). Greg Abel now oversees most of the company's investme… |
ISIN | US0846707026 |
Type | Public |
Owner | Warren Buffett (30.71% of the aggregate voting power and 16.45% of the economic interest)[2] |
Founded | 1839 |
Founder | Oliver Chace[1] |
Revenue | US$245.5 billion (2020) |
Website | berkshirehathaway.com |
Formerly | Valley Falls Company(1839–1929)Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates(1929–1955) |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Products | Diversified investments, Property & casualty insurance, Utilities, Restaurants, Food processing, Aerospace, Toys, Media, Automotive, Sporting goods, Consumer products, Internet, Real estate |
Traded as | NYSE: BRK.A (Class A), NYSE: BRK.B (Class B), S&P 100 component (BRK.B), S&P 500 component (BRK.B) |
Key people | Warren E. Buffett(Chairman & CEO)Charles T. Munger(Vice Chairman) |
Net income | US$42.5 billion (2020) |
Area served | Global |
Predecessor | Valley Falls Company(1839–1929), Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates(1929–1955; formed in 1929 by the merger of Valley Falls Company and Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company), Hathaway Manufacturing Company(1888–1955; merger in 1955) |
Headquarters | Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Subsidiaries | List of subsidiaries |
Total assets | US$873.7 billion (2020) |
Total equity | US$443.2 billion (2020) |
Operating income | US$55.7 billion (2020) |
Number of employees | 360,000 (2020) |
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