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Market value Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway The company's market capitalization surpassed $1 trillion for the first time on Wednesday, making it the first non-technology company in the United States to reach that level.
Buffett's company joins six other companies in an exclusive club of $1 trillion market capitalization, including Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta.
Berkshire Hathaway The company's shares have outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 index so far this year, rising more than 28% compared with an 18.5% gain for the index.
The milestone is the latest signal of the market's long-term confidence in Mr. Buffett's leadership. Mr. Buffett, who turns 94 on Aug. 30, has led the company since 1965, and its shares have risen more than 5.6 million% since he took the helm. That equates to an annualized return of about 20%, nearly double the annual gain of the S&P 500, including dividends.
Buffett's Berkshire cuts Apple stake in half, boosts cash reserves to $277 billion and goes on the defensive
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett's company surpassed the $1 trillion mark in assets on Wednesday. (Kevin Dietch/Getty Images)
Berkshire's portfolio includes dozens of businesses across the energy, insurance, manufacturing, retail and services sectors, which generated a combined profit of $22.8 billion in the first half of this year.
| Ticker | safety | last | change | change % |
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| BRK.B | Berkshire Hathaway | 462.44 | +1.94 |
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Among the businesses it controls are auto insurer Geico, BNSF Railroad, running shoe maker Brooks, fast-food chain Dairy Queen, knife maker Gins and encyclopedia maker World Book.
Berkshire also has a large Stock and bond investment portfolio.
Buffett's Berkshire Now Holds More Short-Term Treasury Bills than the Federal Reserve
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway recently reduced its holdings of Apple and Bank of America while increasing its holdings of short-term U.S. Treasury bonds. (Scott Morgan/File Photo/Reuters Photo)
The company Apple stock While the company's holdings have been halved, it remains the company's largest holding, with 400 million shares valued at $84.2 billion as of June 30.
Buffett also reduced his stake in Berkshire's second-largest holding. Bank of AmericaThe company has sold $982 million worth of stock in recent days, bringing its assets down to about $35.85 billion after losing about $5.4 billion since mid-July.
Berkshire Hathaway's holdings of short-term government bonds reached a massive $234 billion, according to its latest earnings report, exceeding the $195 billion in U.S. Treasury securities. Federal Reserve Balance Sheet.
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Buffett, who was the sixth-richest person in the world with a net worth of about $144.9 billion as of Tuesday, according to Forbes magazine, still owns more than 14% of Berkshire Hathaway, despite having donated more than half his holdings to charity since 2006.
Reuters contributed to this report.
