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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, originally a nineteenth-century textile manufacturing business before Warren Buffett gained control of it in 1965 and transformed it into a diversified holding company. It owns and invests in businesses spanning insurance, railroads, utilities, manufacturing and consumer brands, and it is one of the largest companies in the world by market capitalization, widely studied for Buffett's long-term value-investing approach and his closely followed annual shareholder letters.

Facts
Company Type
Conglomerate holding company 1
Founded Year
1955 1
1955 is the merger of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates and Hathaway Manufacturing that created the Berkshire Hathaway textile company; the conglomerate transition under Warren Buffett began in 1965. An earlier predecessor, Valley Falls Company, dates to 1839.
Headquarters
Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. 1
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Finance, Practice Disciplines

Warren Buffett's investment holding company, widely studied in finance for its value-investing approach to capital allocation.

Holding Company, Business Models

Berkshire Hathaway, run by Warren Buffett, is the most commonly cited real-world example of a holding company, a parent structure owning controlling stakes across many independently operated businesses rather than running them directly.

Led By

Warren Buffett has served as Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway since 1965, transforming the former textile manufacturer into a diversified holding company; he did not found the original 1839 textile firm but built the modern conglomerate.

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    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally a textile manufacturer, the company transitioned into a conglomerate starting in 1965 under the management of chairman and CEO Warren Buffett (from 1970 to 2025) and vice chairman Charlie Munger (from 1978 to 2023).
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    Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally a textile manufacturer, the company transitioned into a conglomerate starting in 1965 under the management of chairman and CEO Warren Buffett (from 1970 to 2025) and vice chairman Charlie Munger (from 1978 to 2023).
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