Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New

Berkshire Hathaway operates dozens of wholly-owned businesses across insurance (GEICO, reinsurance), freight rail (BNSF Railway), utilities and energy (generation, transmission, pipelines), and manufacturing (everything from Dairy Queen restaurants to precision aerospace components) [Berkshire Hathaway website]. The company also manages a massive public stock portfolio, investing insurance premiums and operating cash in publicly traded companies like Apple and Alphabet. Think of it as both a holding company that owns and operates real businesses, and an investment firm that buys stakes in other companies.

Berkshire Hathaway is a massive conglomerate operating insurance, railroads, utilities, and manufacturing businesses, while also managing a $358 billion public stock portfolio [Wall Street Journal]. Under new CEO Greg Abel, the company is actively reshaping its investments — recently adding $10 billion to its Alphabet stake, making it Berkshire's third-largest holding at $37.9 billion, while trimming Bank of America and exiting Constellation Energy [Yahoo Finance Video]. With $1.1 trillion in market capitalization and trailing-twelve-month revenue of $384.7 billion through 30 June 2026, Berkshire remains one of the world's largest and most diversified financial services companies [Yahoo Finance].

Berkshire is extraordinarily healthy, generating $384.7 billion in trailing revenue and sitting on a net cash position of $235.3 billion (negative net debt) [Yahoo Finance].