List of assets owned by Berkshire Hathaway

This is a list of assets owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's

investment company. This list includes private subsidiaries and large common stock holdings, as well

as Berkshire's sizable cash position.

Cash and equivalents

As of December 31, 2008, Berkshire Hathaway had $24.30 billion in cash and cash equivalents. [1]

Subsidiaries

Company Sector Ownership % Acquisition Date

Acme Brick Company Materials and Construction 100% 2000-08-01 (August 1, 2000)

Applied Underwriters Insurance and Finance 100% 2004-05-22 (May 22, 2004)

Ben Bridge Jewelers Luxury Items 100% 2000-07-18 (July 18, 2000)

Benjamin Moore & Co. Materials and Construction 100% 2001-01-01 (January 1, 2001)

Blue Chip Stamps Other 100% 1983-03 (March 1983)

Borsheim's Fine Jewelry Luxury Items 100% 1989

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. Railroads and Logistics 100% 2010-02-12 (February 12, 2010)

Business Wire Media 100% 2006-03-01 (March 1, 2006)

Central States Indemnity Company Insurance and Finance 100% 1982-10-20 (October 20, 1982)

Clayton Homes Materials and Construction 100% 2007-05-10 (May 10, 2007)

CORT Business Services Furniture Related 100% 2000-01-14 (January 14, 2000)

CTB Inc. Capital Goods 100% 2002

Dairy Queen Food and Beverage 100% 1997-10-21 (October 21, 1997)

Fechheimer Brothers Company Clothing 100% 1986

FlightSafety Business Services 100% 1997

Fruit of the Loom Clothing 100% 2002-04-30 (April 30, 2002)

Garan Children's Clothing Clothing 100% 2002-09-04 (September 4, 2002)

Geico Insurance and Finance 100% 1996-08-26 (August 26, 1996)

General Re Insurance and Finance 100% 1995-12-21 (December 21, 1995)

H.H. Brown Shoe Group Clothing 100% 1991-07-01 (July 1, 1991)

Helzberg Diamonds Luxury Items 100% 1995

ISCAR Metalworking Materials and Construction 80% 2006-05-08 (May 8, 2006)

Johns Manville Materials and Construction 100% 2001-02-27 (February 27, 2001)

Jordan's Furniture Furniture Related 100% 1999-10-11 (October 11, 1999)

Justin Brands Clothing 100% 2000-08-01 (August 1, 2000)

Kansas Bankers Surety Company Insurance and Finance 100% 1998-04-10 (April 10, 1998)

Larson-Juhl Furniture Related 100% 2001-12-17 (December 17, 2001)

McLane Company Logistics 100% 2003-05-23 (May 23, 2003)

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company Utilities 75% 1999-03-26 (March 26, 1999)

MiTek Materials and Construction 90% 2001-06-12 [4]

National Indemnity Company Insurance and Finance 100% 1977-02-23 (February 23, 1977)

Nebraska Furniture Mart Furniture Related 90% 1983

NetJets Business Services 100% 1998

NetJets Europe Business Services 100% 1998

Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc. Materials and Construction

1979 [5]

RC Willey Home Furnishings Furniture Related

1995 [3]

Scott Fetzer Companies Other 100% 1985

See's Candies Food and Beverage 100% 1972-01-03 (January 3, 1972)

Shaw Industries Materials and Construction

2002-01-21 [6]

Star Furniture Furniture Related 100% 1997-07-14 (July 14, 1997)

The Buffalo News Media 100% 1977-04 (April, 1977)

The Pampered Chef Food and Beverage 100% 2002-09-23 (September 23, 2002)

United States Liability Insurance Group Insurance and Finance 100% 2000-08-08 [1]

Wesco Financial Corporation Insurance and Finance 80% 1978 [2]

XTRA Corporation Logistics 100% 2001-09-20 (September 20, 2001)

Significant minority holdings

Company Sector Ownership % Acquisition Date

American Express Insurance and Finance 13.1% 2005-08-08 (August 8, 2005)

M&T Bank Insurance and Finance 15.9% of common stock

Anheuser-Busch Food and Beverage 9.8% 2005 (as of end of Q3 2005)

The Coca-Cola Company Food and Beverage 8.64% 2009-06-20 (June 20, 2009)

The Washington Post Company Media 18.1% 2004 (as of end of 2004)

Procter & Gamble Consumer Goods 4.0% 2005 (as of end of 2005)

More investments

Insurance and finance subsidiaries

Verisk Analytics

Duval

GEICO

General Re

Kansas Bankers Surety Company

National Indemnity Company

Wesco Financial Corporation

Applied Underwriters Inc.

Medical Protective

Nederlandse Reassurantie Groep

Berkshire Hathaway Assurance

Other subsidiaries

Acme Brick Company

Ben Bridge Jeweler

Benjamin Moore Paints

Borsheim's Fine Jewelry

Brooks Sports, Inc.

Business Wire

Clayton Homes

Cort Furniture

Dairy Queen

FlightSafety International

Forest River

Fruit of the Loom

Helzberg Diamonds

HH Brown Shoe Group

ISCAR Metalworking

Jordan's Furniture

Justin Brands Inc.

Kirby Company

Marmon Holdings Inc

McLane Company

Mouser Electronics

Nebraska Furniture Mart

NetJets cediada em Portugal (Tires) The Pampered Chef

Richline Group

Russell Corporation

See's Candies

Shaw Industries

Star Furniture

R.C. Willey Home Furnishings

TTI, Inc.

Wayne Water Systems

World Book

Xtra Lease

Common stock holdings

This includes outstanding stock as reported in the last SEC EDGAR filing (Form 13F), and the

latest annual report.

American Express Co. (13.1%)

Anheuser-Busch Cos. (4.8%)

Bank of America

BYD Company (9.89%)[7]

Carmax (10%)

The Coca-Cola Company (8.6%)

Comcast

Comdisco (38%)

ConocoPhillips (5.6%)

Costco Wholesale

Diageo PLC

Gannett

General Electric

GlaxoSmithKline

Goldman Sachs

The Home Depot

Ingersoll Rand

Iron Mountain

Johnson & Johnson (2.2%)

Kraft Foods (6%)[8]

Lowe's Companies

M&T Bank (6.1%)

MidAmerican (83.7%)

Munich Re (10%)

Moody’s Corporation (19.1%) NRG Energy

Nike

Norfolk Southern Corp.

Outback Steakhouse

Posco (4.5%)

Procter & Gamble Co. (3.3%)

Sanofi-Aventis (1.3%)

ServiceMaster

Shaw Communications

SunTrust Banks

Tesco (2.9%)

Torchmark (3.2%)

UnitedHealth Group

Union Pacific Railroad

United Parcel Service

USG (19.0%)

U.S. Bancorp (4.4%)

WABCO

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (0.5%)

The Washington Post Company (18.2%)

Wells Fargo (9.2%)

Wellpoint