As of December 31, 2021, U.S. multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway owned a significant portion of some of the largest companies in the world. Their shares in Apple - with a market value of over 160 billion U.S. dollars at this time - meant they owned 5.6 percent of the company, while their Bank of America holding translated to an ownership stake of almost 13 percent. Other household names in which Berkshire Hathaway holds a major stake include American Express, the Coca Cola Company, Chevron, General Motors, Mitsubishi, and Verizon.
Largest common stock investments of Berkshire Hathaway in 2021, by market value and percentage of company owned
(in billion U.S. dollars)
* Held by BHE; consequently, Berkshire shareholders have only a 91.1% interest in this position.
Figures have been rounded.
Source adds the following information:
"Below we list our fifteen largest equity holdings, several of which are selections of Berkshire’s two long-time investment managers, Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. At yearend, this valued pair had total authority in respect to $34 billion of investments,many of which do not meet the threshold value we use in the table. Also, a significant portion of the dollars that Todd and Ted manage are lodged in various pension plans of Berkshire-owned businesses, with the assets of these plans not included in this table."
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