This is a list of subsidiaries, equities, and cash equivalents owned by multinational holding company Berkshire Hathaway.
As of March 31, 2024, Berkshire Hathaway had $28.891 billion in cash and cash equivalents and $153.444 billion in short-term investments in U.S. treasury bills. [1]
Companies for which Berkshire Hathaway owns wholly or controls a majority of voting shares.
Company | Sector | Ownership % | Acquisition Date (YYYY/MM/DD) | Acquisition Price | Notes |
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Acme Brick Company | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2000/08/01 [2] | ~$600 Million ($4,392.65 Million 2017) [3] [4] | |
Alleghany Corporation | Insurance | 100% | 2022/10/19 [5] | $11.6 billion [5] | Included Alleghany subsidiary Kentucky Trailer, which designs and manufacturers trailers |
AltaLink | Electric Transmission | 100% [6] | 2014/12/01 [7] | C$3.24 Billion [8] | A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. Became full owner in October 2024(from 92% to 100%) |
Ben Bridge Jeweler | Luxury Items | 100% | 2000/07/18 [9] [10] | ||
Benjamin Moore & Co. | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2001 [11] | $1 Billion [12] [13] | |
Berkadia | Mortgage Financing | 50% | 2009/12/31 [14] | Joint venture with Jefferies Financial Group, formerly known as Leucadia | |
Berkshire Hathaway Assurance | Insurance | 100% | 2007/12/01 | ||
Berkshire Hathaway Automotive | Automotive | 90% | 2015/05/09 [15] | Renamed from Van Tuyl Group | |
Berkshire Hathaway Energy | Utilities | 100% [6] | 1999/03/26 | Renamed from Mid-American Energy Holdings. Became full owner in October 2024(from 92% to 100%) | |
BoatUS 20 | Insurance | 2007/07/27 | |||
Borsheim's Fine Jewelry | Luxury Items | 100% | 1989 [16] | ||
Brooks Sports | Apparel | 100% | 2006/08/02 | ||
BNSF Railway Company | Railroads and Logistics | 100% | 2010/02/12 | $34 Billion [17] | |
Business Wire | Media | 100% | 2006/03/01 [18] | ||
Cavalier Homes | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2008 | ||
Central States Indemnity | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 1992/10/20 [19] | ||
Charter Brokerage | Logistics | 100% | 2014/12/12 [20] | ||
Clayton Homes | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2007/05/10 [21] | $1.7 billion [22] [23] [24] | |
CORT Business Services | Furniture Related | 100% | 2000/01/14 | $467 Million ($3,418.94 Million 2017) [3] | |
CTB Inc. | Capital Goods | 100% | 2002 | ||
Dairy Queen [25] | Food and Beverage | 99% | 1997/10/21 | $585 Million [26] | |
Duracell | Household Products | 100% | 2016/02/29 [27] | $1.8 billion [28] | |
Ebby Halliday Companies | Real Estate | 100% | 2018/06/03 [29] | ||
Fechheimer Brothers Company | Clothing | 100% | 1986 | ||
FlightSafety International | Business Services | 100% | 1997 [30] | ||
Forest River | Automotive | 100% | 2005/08/31 | ||
Fruit of the Loom | Clothing | 100% | 2002/04/30 [31] | $835 Million [32] | |
Garanimals | Clothing | 100% | 2002/09/04 | ||
GEICO | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 1996/08/26 [33] | $2.3 Billion [34] | |
Gen Re | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 1998/12/21 [35] [36] | $22 Billion [37] | |
Helzberg Diamonds | Luxury Items | 100% | 1995 [38] | ||
H.H. Brown Shoe Group | Clothing | 100% | 1991/07/01 | ||
International Metalworking Companies (IMC) | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2006/05/08 | ||
Jazwares | Toys | 100% | 2022/10/19 | Acquired in connection to the acquisition of Alleghany Corporation | |
Johns Manville | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2001/02/27 [39] | $1.8 Billion [13] | |
Jordan's Furniture | Furniture Related | 100% | 1999/10/11 | ||
Justin Brands | Clothing | 100% | 2000/08/01 | $570 Million [13] | |
Kansas Bankers Surety Company | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 1998/04/10 | ||
Kern River Pipeline | Pipeline | 100% [6] | 2006/03/21 | $960 Million [40] | A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Became full owner in October 2024(from 92% to 100%) |
Larson-Juhl [41] | Furniture Related | 100% | 2001/12/17 | ||
Louis Motor | Motorcycles | 100% | 2015/02/20 | ||
Lubrizol | Chemicals | 100% | 2011/09/16 | $9.7 Billion [42] [43] | |
Marmon Group | Diversified Holding Company | 99% | 2008 [44] [45] | $4.5 Billion | |
McLane Company | Logistics | 100% | 2003/05/23 [46] | $1.45 Billion [47] | |
Medical Protective | Liability Insurance | 100% | 2005/06/30 [48] [49] | ||
MiTek | Materials and Construction | 90% | 2001/06/12 [50] | Other 10% owned by MiTek management | |
National Indemnity Company | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 1967/03/01 [51] | $6.8 Million ($49.78 Million inflation adjusted) [52] | |
Nebraska Furniture Mart | Furniture Related | 80% | 1983 [53] | $60 Million [54] | |
NetJets | Business Services | 100% | 1998 [55] | $725 Million [56] | |
Northern Natural Gas | Pipeline | 100% [6] | 2002/08/01 | $928 Million [57] | A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Became full owner in October 2024(from 92% to 100%) |
NV Energy | Electric & Gas Distribution | 100% [6] | 2013/12/19 [58] | $5.6 Billion [59] | A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Became full owner in October 2024(from 92% to 100%) |
Omaha World-Herald | Media | 100% | 2011/12/01 [60] | $150 Million [61] | |
Oriental Trading Company | Toy Party Craft | 100% | 2012/11/02 [62] | ||
PacifiCorp | Electric Distribution | 100% [6] | 2005 | $9.4 billion [63] | A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy Became full owner in October 2024(from 92% to 100%) |
Pampered Chef [64] | Food and Beverage | 100% | 2002/09/23 | ||
Pilot Flying J | Retail, Food and Beverage, Petroleum | 100% | 2017/10/03 [65] | $2.76 billion in 2017 for a 38.6% Pilot stake; $8.2bn in 2023 for an additional 41.4% | Initially started with a 38.6% stake in 2017. [65] Became a full owner in January 2024. [66] |
Precision Castparts Corp. | Aerospace and Defense | 100% | 2016/01/29 | $37 Billion [67] | |
Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc. | Materials and Construction | 100% | 1979 [68] | ||
RC Willey Home Furnishings | Furniture Related | 1995 [69] | |||
Richline Group | Wholesale and Manufacturing | 100% | 2007/05/01 [70] | ||
Russell Brands | Sports Equipment Manufacturer | 100% | 2006 [31] | $600 Million [71] | A division of Fruit of the Loom |
Scott Fetzer Company | Other | 100% | 1985 | $230 Million [13] | |
See's Candies | Food and Beverage | 100% | 1972/01/03 | $25 Million [72] [73] | |
SE Homes | Materials and Construction | 100% | 2007 | ||
Shaw Industries | Materials and Construction | 2002/01/21 [74] | |||
Star Furniture | Furniture Related | 100% | 1997/07/14 | ||
TTI, Inc. | Electronic Component Distribution | 100% | 2007/03/30 | ||
United States Liability Insurance Group | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 2000/08/08 [75] | ||
Wesco Financial | Insurance and Finance | 100% | 1978 [76] | Business units dissolved into Berkshire Hathaway | |
WPLG-TV | Media | 100% | 2014/07/01 [77] | ||
XTRA Lease | Commercial Semi Trailer Rental and Leasing | 100% | 2001/09/20 [78] |
Sourced from Berkshire Hathaway's Form 13F-HR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as of May 2022: [79]
Company | Ticker | Sector | Ownership % | # of Shares | Value | As of date |
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Ally Financial | NYSE : ALLY | Financial Services | 9.40 | 29,000,000 | $971,500,000 | December 31, 2024 |
Amazon | Nasdaq : AMZN | Technology and Retail | 0.01 | 10,000,000 | $1,945,400,000 | December 31, 2024 |
American Express | NYSE : AXP | Financial Services | 21.6 | 151,610,700 | $39,618,908,124 | December 31, 2024 |
Aon plc | NYSE : AON | Financial Services | 1.90 | 4,100,000 | $1,635,859,000 | December 31, 2024 |
Apple Inc. | Nasdaq : AAPL | Technology | 2.0 | 300,000,000 | $68,244,000,000 | December 31, 2024 |
Bank of America | NYSE : BAC | Banking | 8.9 | 680,233,587 | $27,093,703,770 | December 31, 2024 |
BYD Company | SEHK : 1211 | Automotive | 4.90 | 54,200,142 | $2,357,706,177 | December 31, 2024 |
Charter Communications | Nasdaq : CHTR | Telecommunications | 1.40 | 1,991,759 | $743,961,822 | December 31, 2024 |
Chevron Corporation | NYSE : CVX | Petroleum | 6.70 | 118,610,534 | $18,689,461,842 | December 31, 2024 |
Citigroup | NYSE : C | Banking | 0.80 | 14,639,502 | $986,848,830 | December 31, 2024 |
The Coca-Cola Company | NYSE : KO | Food & Drink | 9.30 | 400,000,000 | $28,580,000,000 | December 31, 2024 |
DaVita | NYSE : DVA | Healthcare | 43.9 | 35,142,479 | $5,338,142,560 | December 31, 2024 |
Diageo | NYSE : DEO | Alcohol | 0.01 | 227,750 | $25,551,273 | December 31, 2024 |
Itochu | TYO : 8001 | Conglomerate | 7.50 | 118,331,800 | $5,385,201,953 | December 31, 2024 |
Johnson & Johnson | NYSE : JNJ | Pharmaceuticals | 0.01 | 327,100 | $57,890,158 | December 31, 2024 |
Kraft Heinz | Nasdaq : KHC | Food & Drink | 27.3 | 325,634,818 | $10,491,953,836 | December 31, 2024 |
Kroger | NYSE : KR | Retail | 6.90 | 50,000,000 | $3,386,000,000 | December 31, 2024 |
Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class A | Nasdaq : LILA | Media | 6.50 | 2,630,792 | $17,363,227 | December 31, 2024 |
Liberty Latin America Ltd. Class C | Nasdaq : LILAK | Media | 0.80 | 1,284,020 | $8,423,171 | December 31, 2024 |
Liberty Media Formula One Series C | Nasdaq : FWONK | Media | 3.1 | 6,801,360 | $579,135,804 | December 31, 2024 |
Liberty Sirius XM Group Series A | Nasdaq : LSXMA | Media | 14.4 | 20,207,680 | $812,146,659 | May 12, 2022 |
Liberty Sirius XM Group Series C | Nasdaq : LSXMK | Media | 14.4 | 43,208,291 | $1,729,627,889 | May 12, 2022 |
Mastercard | NYSE : MA | Financial Services | 0.4 | 3,986,648 | $2,141,308,374 | December 31, 2024 |
Moody's Corporation | NYSE : MCO | Financial Services | 13.7 | 24,669,778 | $11,108,554,336 | December 31, 2024 |
Nu Holdings Ltd | NYSE : NU | Banking | 0.8 | 40,180,168 | $406,623,300 | December 31, 2024 |
NVR Inc | NYSE : STOR | Industrials | 0.4 | 11,112 | $83,378,003 | December 31, 2024 |
Occidental Petroleum | NYSE : OXY | Petroleum | 28.2 | 264,941,431 | $12,547,626,172 | December 31, 2024 |
T-Mobile US | Nasdaq : TMUS | Telecommunications | 0.40 | 4,350,000 | $1,159,840,500 | December 31, 2024 |
Verisign | Nasdaq : VRSN | Technology | 14.00 | 13,289,880 | $3,176,547,118 | December 31, 2024 |
Visa Inc | NYSE : V | Financial Services | 0.40 | 8,297,460 | $2,833,416,641 | December 31, 2024 |
At year end 2021, Berkshire Hathaway Energy owns 7.7% of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD Company, and Berkshire Hathaway owns approximately 6% stakes in five major Japanese conglomerates, ITOCHU Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. [80]
Company | Sector | Ownership % | Disposal Date | Notes |
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H. J. Heinz Company | Foods | 52.5% | July 2, 2015 | Merged into Kraft-Heinz |
Applied Underwriters | Insurance | 100% | July 13, 2019 | Sold [81] |
The Buffalo News | Media | 100% | Mar 16, 2020 | Sold [82] |