Berkshire Hathaway

Mid Global Public Record

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Multinational conglomerate holding company

Data Confidence: 78% · Sources: 3 · Last Updated: Sep 18, 2026

Net Worth ▲: $1.1T
Reach ▲: 1.0B people
Power ▲: Commands over $1.25 trillion in total assets and $58 billion in liquid cash reserves, employing nearly 396,500 workforce members across essential sectors like BNSF Railway, GEICO, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
Influence ▲: Moves global capital and stock markets through multi-billion-dollar investments in market-defining public companies like Apple Inc., Bank of America, and American Express while shaping North American freight transportation and energy infrastructure.
Network ▲: Maintains direct executive oversight across dozens of market-leading operating companies and executive-level corporate ties across global finance and industrial sectors.
Legacy ▲: Pioneered the modern decentralized conglomerate and value-investing framework transformed by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger since 1965, growing from a textile firm into a multi-hundred-billion-dollar revenue enterprise.
Trajectory ▲: Stable — first assessment on record.

Power Trajectory

Tracked on ApexHierarchy since first profiled — not the entity's full real-world history.

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About

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Evolving from a 19th-century textile manufacturing business into a global investment powerhouse under Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and successor Greg Abel, it holds full ownership of over 80 operating companies. Its major subsidiaries span property and casualty insurance, freight rail transport, energy utilities, and consumer goods, alongside substantial minority equity holdings in major global corporations such as Apple Inc.

Known For

Known as one of the world's largest public holding companies, built into a $1 trillion conglomerate through the long-term value investing strategy of Warren Buffett.