BRK-A

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-A) is a multinational conglomerate holding company founded in 1839 as a textile manufacturing company in Massachusetts. The company was transformed under the leadership of Warren Buffett, who began acquiring shares in 1962 and became chairman and CEO in 1970. What started as a struggling textile business has evolved into one of the world's largest and most successful investment holding companies, with Buffett's value investing philosophy guiding its growth for over five decades. Today, Berkshire Hathaway operates as a diversified conglomerate with wholly-owned subsidiaries spanning insurance, energy, transportation, manufacturing, and retail sectors, while also maintaining a substantial portfolio of publicly traded securities.