Berkshire Hathaway
Also known as Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
American conglomerate holding company in Omaha, run by Warren Buffett from 1970 to 2025.
At a glance
Who owns it
Largest shareholder: Warren Buffett.
What it owns
Holds stakes in Alphabet.
People
Greg Abel (president and CEO)
See all 3
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- Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company in Omaha, Nebraska.
- A textile maker at first, it became a conglomerate from 1965 under Warren Buffett, its chairman and CEO from 1970 to 2025, with Charlie Munger as vice chairman from 1978 to 2023.
- It owns insurance, railway, energy, manufacturing and retail businesses, and large stakes in public companies.
- Greg Abel became CEO at the start of 2026.
Why it matters
- Its shareholder letters and returns made Buffett and Munger the best-known long-term investors of their time.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1839, as the Valley Falls Company1
- Headquarters
- 3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska2
- Type
- Public company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B)1
- Revenue
- $371.4 billion (2025)1
- Employees
- 387,800 (2025)1
- Shareholder returns
- 19.8% a year from 1965 to 2023, against 10.2% for the S&P 5001
- Market value
- In August 2024 it became the first non-technology company valued at over $1 trillion1
- Letters
- Its site keeps Warren Buffett's letters to shareholders and, from February 2026, Greg Abel's2
Who owns it
Largest shareholder: Warren Buffett.
Major shareholders
- Warren Buffett
largest shareholder: 38.4% of the Class A voting shares, a 15.1% economic interest 1
What it owns
Invested in
- AlphabetOrganization
agreed to invest $10B in Alphabet's $80B equity raise · since Jun 2026 source on Alphabet
People
Led by
- Greg Abel
president and CEO · since Jan 2026 1
Before
Led by until 2025
Warren Buffett (chairman and CEO) 1
Led by until Nov 2023
Charlie Munger (vice chairman, until his death) 1
Links
Sources
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