Below is the list of companies acquired by Berkshire Hathaway, under the management of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.
1967
- 100% of National Indemnity Group for $8.6 million
1970
- Cornhusker Casualty Company now Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
1972
- 67.30% of See’s Candy for $25 million
- 100% of Wesco Financial for $127 million
1977
- 100% of The Buffalo News for $32.5 million
1979
- Precision Steel Warehouse
1983
- 90% of Nebraska Furniture Mart for $60 million
1986
- 84% of Scott Fetzer
- 100% of Fechheimer Brothers for $315 million
1988
- 80% of Borsheims Jewelry
1991
- H.H. Brown
1992
- 82% of Central States Indemnity
1995
- 100% of GEICO for $2.76 billion
- Helzberg Diamonds
- R.C.Willey Home Furnishings
1996
- Kansas Bankers Security for $75 million.
- Flight Safety International for $1.5 billion
1997
- International Dairy Queen for $590 million
- Star Furniture
1998
- 100% of General Re for $22 billion
- Netjets for $725 million.
1999
- MidAmerican Energy for $1.25 billion
- Jordan’s Furniture
2000
- United States Liability Insurance Group
- Ben Bridge Jeweler
- Benjamin Moore Paint for $1 billion
- CORT Business services for $386 million
- Johns Manville Corp for $1.8 billion
- Justin Industries for $570 million
- Shaw Industries
2001
- Larson Juhl
- MiTek Inc for $500 million
- XTRA for $590 million
- 100% of Fruit of Loom for $835 million
2002
- CTB International for $180 million
- Garan for $$270.6 million
- The Pampered Chef
2003
- Clayton Homes for $1.7 billion
- McLane Company for $1.45 billion
2005
- Medical Protective for $825 million
- Applied Underwriters
- Business Wire
- Forest River for $800 million
- 100% of Iscar for $6.05 billion
- TTI
2007
- Boat America Corporation
- Richline Group
- Russell Corporation for $600 million
- Marmon Group
2009
- 100% of Burlington Nothern Santa Fe for $44 billion
2011
- 100% of Lubrizol for $9.7 billion
- Omaha Herald for $150 million
2012
- Media General for $142 million
- Prudential Connecticut
- Oriental Trading Company
2013
- 50% H.J.Heinz for $12.25 billion
- 100% of NV Energy for $5.6 billion
2014
- Van Tuyl Group now Berkshire Hathaway Automotive
- Charter Brokerage
- Duracell for $4.7 billion
2015
- Detlev Louis Motorrad-Vertriebs GmbH
- Precision Castparts for $37.2 billion
2017
- 38.60% in Pilot Flying J.
Mr Buffett, waiting for your next big acquisition to mention here.
Source
Compiled from publicly disclosed information.
