Berkshire Hathaway
Insurance, rail, energy and manufacturing holding company · United States
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company that owns insurers such as GEICO, the BNSF railroad, a large energy business and many manufacturers, and invests the cash they produce.
What makes it different
It keeps a mountain of cash in Treasury bills.
$321.4BU.S. Treasury Bills heldFY2025
The cash waits for large deals, and the company will not buy back shares if its cash falls below $30 billion.
How big it is
How big is Berkshire Hathaway?
$371.4BTotal revenuesFY2025
$176BInsurance float2025
387,800Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025
Insurance first, then many businesses.
- Insurance28%$104.2B
- Manufacturing21%$78.5B
- McLane14%$51.0B
- Service and retailing12%$42.6B
- Other25%
How the business works
Insure. Invest the float. Own the rest.
- 1GEICO and reinsurance
- 2Float in stocks and Treasury bills
- 3BNSF, BHE and manufacturers
Premiums arrive before claims are paid, so Berkshire invests money that is not its own.
Who owns it
- Warren E. Buffett13.7%
CEO: Gregory E. Abel
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1965Buffett becomes controlling shareholder
- 1970Buffett becomes Chairman and CEO
- 1996Berkshire acquires GEICO
- 2010Berkshire completes the BNSF acquisition
- 2024BHE becomes wholly owned
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Berkshire Hathaway's own reports.
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What Berkshire Hathaway tracks19 metrics
BNSF freight volume
BHE regulated utility retail customers
Pilot fuel sold
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
United States
Western Europe
Asia Pacific
The full timeline16 moments
2023
2025
2026
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