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A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy: Ben Bridge Jeweler: Luxury Items 100% 2000/07/18 [8] [9] Benjamin Moore & Co. Materials and Construction 100% 2001 [10] $1 Billion [11] [12] Berkadia Mortgage Financing 50% 2009/12/31 [13] Joint venture with Jefferies Financial Group, formerly known as Leucadia Berkshire Hathaway Assurance: Insurance ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio holdings: Where Buffett & Co. are selling Apple (AAPL) Buffett and company reduced their stake in Apple, Berkshire’s largest holding, by about 13 percent during ...
Despite the superficial appearance of being diversified, 79% of Berkshire Hathaway's $314 billion of invested assets can be traced to only eight brand-name holdings.
It appointed two Berkshire Hathaway Energy executives as CEO and CFO of the company, retaining Jimmy Haslam as chairman. [106] On October 2, 2014, Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, an auto dealership subsidiary, was created through the acquisition of Van Tuyl Group, the remaining largest auto dealer in the nation and independently owned up to that ...
After Berkshire's 13-F filing in May showed that the company had sold more than 116 million shares of Apple, cutting its stake by 13%, Buffett addressed the move at the annual shareholder meeting ...
A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own stock of other companies to form a corporate group. In some jurisdictions around the world, holding companies are called parent companies, which, besides holding stock in other companies, can conduct trade and other business activities themselves.
Most of Berkshire's many other companies delivered solid results, including a 72% jump in operating profits at the utility unit, adding $717 million to Berkshire’s total. Revenue grew 5% to $89. ...
Diversification results in a reduction of investment risk. A downturn suffered by one subsidiary, for instance, can be counterbalanced by stability, or even expansion, in another division. For example, if Berkshire Hathaway's construction materials business has a good year, the profit might be offset by a bad year in its insurance business.