Berkshire Hathaway is an Ohama-based holding company that owns numerous smaller companies called subsidiaries. We also own significant minority holdings in several public companies like Apple and American Express.

According to the Forbes Global 2000 list and formula, Berkshire Hathaway is the eighth-largest public company in the world, the tenth-largest conglomerate by revenue and the largest financial services company by revenue in the world.

Berkshire's Class B stock is the seventh-largest component of the S&P 500 Index and the company is famous for having the most expensive share price in history with Class A shares costing around $400,000 each.