Berkshire Hathaway

In Berkshire Hathaway’s Form 13F regulatory filing, the company, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, revealed it had bought a stake in banking giant Citigroup.  Berkshire Hathaway purchased 55.2 million shares, or approximately 2.8% of…

On Monday, Berkshire Hathaway announced it had agreed to purchase insurance company Alleghany for $11.6 billion in cash. The company said the deal, expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, represents “a multiple of 1.26 times…

Chris West, CEO of Verbal Identity, explores the similarities between billionaires Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Steve Jobs. An obvious thing is the huge personal fortunes made from the companies they built. The less obvious thing is…

With a current net worth of $105.6 billion (according to Forbes), Warren Buffett is one of the most successful and influential investors and business magnates in the world. The son of a US congressman, Buffett first bought stock when he was…

Image by Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy - Mark Zuckerberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72121838 Frugality or thriftiness might not be words commonly associated with the ultra-wealthy, yet a small subset…

At the last count, Berkshire Hathaway owned 152 million shares of American Express, giving the company a 19% stake. American Express’ stock price has rocketed this year, raising the value of Berkshire Hathaway's position to $26 billion, up…

Warren Buffett’s multi-billion dollar company will receive a $1.3 billion refund on the proposed purchase of Questar Pipelines. The deal would also have included a $430 million of Dominion Energy’s debt when the deal was announced last…

In a statement released on June 23, the 90-year old billionaire said: “Society has a use for my money; I don't." Within the statement, he also announced he would be stepping down as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This…

The 65-year-old said that he wished to devote his time to ‘philanthropic priorities’.

With 2018 behind us, it feels like so long ago that some of the year’s biggest stories have gone by and faded into obscurity—though some have had such a piercing impact that we still feel the rippling effect to this day. As we begin the new…

There are a number of different ways to run a business, and it takes a careful balance of different factors. Do you lead with your personality? Your sense of management? Honesty and humility, or being brash and bold? Lead with…

By Louisa Rochford Apple Inc. reached a valuation of one trillion dollars in August of this year, the first of this phenomenon in history. At the time, the company was in tight competition with Amazon, both vying for this…