Berkshire Hathaway: The World’s Largest Holding Company

The wide scope of its businesses and Warren Buffett’s astute investment strategies make Berkshire Hathaway a stand-out example among other companies. Indeed, unlike manufacturing or selling businesses such as Apple or Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway is a holding conglomerate: its strength comes from holding the controlling stock in other companies. By investing mostly in companies that have a history, based on which it is possible to predict their future performance, Buffett has put money in a broad range of businesses.

The most notable are primary and reinsurance operations, freight rail transportation companies, and a cluster of utility and energy-producing and distribution companies. The diversity of Buffett’s investment interests earned Berkshire Hathaway a market cap of $593.15 billion in October 2022 and $669.12 billion in the previous year, placing it 7th among the world’s most valuable companies by market capitalization.

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