Berkshire Hathaway Ownership | Who Owns Berkshire Hathaway?

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Berkshire Hathaway Ownership Summary

Berkshire Hathaway is owned by 40.82% institutional investors, 0.39% insiders, and 58.79% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.15% of BRK-B shares.

BRK-B Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Berkshire Hathaway	40.82%	0.39%	58.79%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	36.95%	15.48%	47.58%
Industry	Diversified Insurance Stocks	46.15%	6.34%	47.51%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	154.33M	7.15%	$77.59B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	114.62M	5.31%	$57.62B
Blackrock	107.26M	4.97%	$43.63B
State street	72.81M	3.37%	$36.61B
Geode capital management	39.96M	1.85%	$20.03B
Morgan stanley	26.57M	1.23%	$13.36B
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	21.77M	1.01%	$10.94B
Northern trust	15.84M	0.73%	$7.96B
Canerector	13.83M	0.64%	$2.75B
Jpmorgan chase	12.58M	0.58%	$6.33B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
University of notre dame du lac	177.78K	100.00%	$72.32M
Tetrad	1.92M	90.41%	$966.83M
1922 investment	5.40K	89.35%	$2.71M
Black point wealth management	4.12K	57.26%	$2.00M
Cook & bynum capital management	114.38K	45.94%	$57.50M
Greylin investment management	528.35K	35.95%	$214.93M
Ardent capital management	165.28K	35.21%	$83.09M
Templeton & phillips capital management	96.00K	34.72%	$48.27M
Asset management advisors	112.62K	34.55%	$56.62M
United american securities inc. (d/b/a uas asset management)	315.41K	33.55%	$158.57M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Canerector	13.83M	1.47%	13.80M
Norges bank	6.80M	0.40%	6.80M
H&h investment	5.19M	17.78%	1.81M
Assenagon asset management	2.72M	1.87%	1.74M
Vanguard group	154.33M	1.16%	1.21M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Laurel wealth advisors	17.30K	1.22%	-8.13M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	21.77M	29.91%	-2.36M
Jpmorgan chase	12.58M	0.38%	-1.18M
Apg asset management	-	-	-997.30K
Ubs asset management americas	6.56M	0.72%	-938.65K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	6.80M	0.40%	6.80M	$3.08B
Barrow hanley mewhinney & strauss	1.19M	1.91%	1.19M	$600.36M
Two sigma investments, lp	379.10K	0.28%	379.10K	$190.59M
Madison investment advisors	245.48K	1.26%	245.48K	$111.27M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	198.96K	0.91%	198.96K	$80.94M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Beacon capital management	-1.00
Peak6 investments	-2.00
Thomas j. herzfeld advisors	-6.00
Cordant	-8.00
Coreview capital management	-9.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	4,462	-3.69%	881,312,202	-0.26%	40	2.44%	1,971	-9.50%	1,749	0.87%
Jun 30, 2025	4,520	-1.16%	881,363,173	1.15%	40	2.50%	2,120	1.19%	1,696	-5.25%
Mar 31, 2025	42	-99.07%	7,708,134	-99.11%	-	0.02%	10	-99.56%	14	-99.09%
Dec 31, 2024	2,786	-32.51%	265,258,157	-69.11%	12	0.78%	1,343	-25.68%	996	-37.20%
Sep 30, 2024	4,080	0.89%	857,231,139	-0.25%	39	2.50%	1,786	-4.13%	1,566	8.30%

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 08, 2023	Jain Ajit	Vice Chairman	Sell	$10.15M
Mar 17, 2023	Abel Gregory E.	Vice Chair	Buy	-
Mar 02, 2023	Jain Ajit	Vice Chairman	Sell	$2.00M
Dec 12, 2022	GUYMAN CHARLOTTE	-	Sell	$467.00K
Nov 29, 2022	Jain Ajit	Vice Chairman	Sell	$1.26M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q1	22	-
2023 Q4	12	2
2023 Q3	-	12
2023 Q2	13	-
2023 Q1	20	1

BRK-B Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Berkshire Hathaway?

Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 40.82%, followed by 0.39% insiders and 58.79% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Berkshire Hathaway's industry, Diversified Insurance Stocks, is 46.15%, which Berkshire Hathaway falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Berkshire Hathaway?

Berkshire Hathaway’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (154.33M shares, 7.15%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (114.62M shares, 5.31%), and Blackrock (107.26M shares, 4.97%). Together, they hold 17.43% of Berkshire Hathaway’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Berkshire Hathaway?

Yes, BlackRock owns 4.97% of Berkshire Hathaway, totaling 107.26M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.99% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 43.63B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -250K shares, a -0.23% change.

Who is Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

University of notre dame du lac is Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 177.78K Berkshire Hathaway shares, valued at 72.32M$.

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