Berkshire Hathaway

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Owned	USA
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Conglomerate

The world's 3rd richest man, Warren Buffett, owns about a quarter of the company. Berkshire Hathaway owns stakes of $1 billion or more in many companies including American Express, The Coca-Cola Company, Procter & Gamble, Sanofi, Wells Fargo, and IBM. Acquired half of Heinz in 2013.


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Berkshire Hathaway Inc

0% in Forest 500 Rankings

Insuring coal projects

23.9% in conflict minerals rankings

0.0% in Newsweek Green Ranking 2017

9/100 S&P Global ESG Score

39.6% at JUST Capital

0% on Corporate Equality Index

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Type	Public company
Revenue	US$162 billion in 2012
Employees	288,500 in 2012
Subsidiaries	Fruit of the Loom Ltd Clothing Production occurs in Latin America, and at a new manufacturing plant in Morocco which serves the European market. Distributed in Australia by Range Works Pty Ltd. - Russell Brands LLC Clothing Part of Bershire Hathaway's Fruit of the Loom division. Brands include Russell, Brooks, Spalding & Sherrin. Duracell Inc Battery manufacturer Formerly owned by Procter & Gamble. Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in late 2014. Kraft Heinz Company (27% owned) Food and beverages Formed in 2015 when Heinz and Kraft merged, creating the 3rd largest food and beverage company in North America and the 5th largest food and beverage company in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands. - HJ Heinz Company Australia Ltd Food manufacturing Heinz began production in Australia in 1935. Bought Golden Circle in 2008 and Cerebos in 2018. In 2015 Heinz merged with Kraft, becoming Kraft Heinz.