Berkshire Hathaway’s equity holding from Warren Buffett’s 2008 shareholder letter. Note this does not include Moody’s or Burlington Northers Santa Fe due to different accounting treatment since Berkshire owns greater than 20% of the company.
| Shares | Company | %Co Owned | Cost | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151,610,700 | American Express Co | 13.1 | $ 1,287 | $ 2,812 |
| 200,000,000 | The Coca-Cola Co | 8.6 | 1,299 | 9,054 |
| 84,896,273 | ConocoPhillips | 5.7 | 7,008 | 4,398 |
| 30,000,000 | Johnson & Johnson | 1.1 | 1,847 | 1,795 |
| 130,272,500 | Kraft Foods Inc | 8.9 | 4,330 | 3,498 |
| 3,947,544 | POSCO | 5.2 | 768 | 1,191 |
| 91,941,010 | The Proctor & Gamble Co | 3.1 | 643 | 5,684 |
| 22,111,966 | Sanofi-Aventis | 1.7 | 1,827 | 1,404 |
| 11,262,000 | Swiss Re | 3.2 | 773 | 530 |
| 227,307,p00 | Tesco plc | 2.9 | 1,326 | 1,193 |
| 75,145,426 | U.S. Bancorp | 4.3 | 2,337 | 1,879 |
| 19,944,300 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc | 0.5 | 942 | 1,118 |
| 1,727,765 | The Washington Post Co | 18.4 | 11 | 674 |
| 304,392,068 | Wells Fargo & Co | 7.2 | 6,702 | 8,973 |
| Others | 6,035 | 4,870 | ||
| Total Common Stocks Carried at Market | $ 37,135 | $ 49,073 |
