Industry: insurance, finances, railway transport, utilities, food and non-food products.
The company is known for its permanent owner, an American investor and an entrepreneur: Warren Buffett.
The company is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Its share price of $293,750 that makes it the world’s most expensive stock.
Affiliated companies:
GEICO (care insurance);
General Re (reinsurance);
Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group (insurance);
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group (insurance and reinsurance);
BNSF — (railway transport);
Berkshire Hathaway Energy (electricity and gas supply);
McLane Company (wholesale commerce).
Over 40,000 shareholders took part in the 2015 annual meeting.
That’s why the meeting earned the facetious nickname “Woodstock for Capitalists”.
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