COMPANY

Founded 1955 by the merger of Hathaway Manufacturing Company merged with Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates. Since 1964 operates as an investment bank and holding company controlled by Warren Buffett. One share of Berkshire Hathaway stock which originally sold for $19 is now valued in excess of $100,000.

Official Website:
http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/

Industry:
Diversified

Ticker:
NYSE:BRK.A (etc)

Corporate headquarters:
Omaha, NE

Sales:
$81.6B (2005)

Employees:
200,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Warren Buffett	Business	30-Aug-1930		Billionaire in Omaha
Marc D. Hamburg	Business	c. 1950		CFO of Berkshire Hathaway
Ajit Jain	Business	1951		Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group
Charles T. Munger	Business	1-Jan-1924		Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Howard G. Buffett	Relative	16-Dec-1954		Son of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett	Business	30-Aug-1930		Billionaire in Omaha
Malcolm Chace	Business	c. 1934		Chairman, Bancorp Rhode Island
Susan Decker	Business	c. 1963		President of Yahoo
Bill Gates	Business	28-Oct-1955		Co-Founder of Microsoft
David S. Gottesman	Business	26-Apr-1926		First Manhattan Company
Charlotte Guyman	Business	c. 1956		Former GM, MSN Sales
Donald R. Keough	Business	4-Sep-1926		Chairman of Allen & Company
Charles T. Munger	Business	1-Jan-1924		Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Thomas S. Murphy	Business	31-May-1925		CEO of Capital Cities/ABC, 1966-90
Ronald L. Olson	Attorney	1941		Munger Tolles & Olson
Walter Scott, Jr.	Business	c. 1931		Chairman of Level 3 Communications

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mary Maxwell Gates	Business	5-Jul-1929	9-Jun-1994	Mother of Bill Gates

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