Also known as
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA and NYSE: BRKB) is a conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. Berkshire Hathaway's core business is insurance, including property and casualty insurance, reinsurance and specialty nonstandard insurance. The Company averaged an annual return in excess of 21% to its shareholders for the last 42 years while employing large amounts of capital and minimal debt. Warren Buffett is the... full article at wikipedia
Date founded
  • 1888
Headquarters
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  • 1440 Kiewit Plaza
Revenue
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valid date
  • 118,245,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2007
Operating income
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  • 20,161,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2007
Market capitalization
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  • 196,000,000,000.0
  • 2008
Net income
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  • 13,213,000,000.0
  • Dec 2007
Number of employees
number
date
  • 233,000
  • 2008
Ticker symbol
stock exchange
ticker symbol
  • BRK-A
  • BRK-B
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Previous names
Parent company
Spun off from
Acquired by
Companies acquired
company acquired
date
  • 2002
  • Jan 1996
  • 1998
  • May 2003
  • Aug 2, 2006
  • Apr 29, 2002
  • Sep 2001
  • Dec 2000
  • 2001
  • Jul 2001
Involved in merger
Business Locations