Berkshire Hathaway Ownership | Who Owns Berkshire Hathaway?

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Berkshire Hathaway Ownership Summary

Berkshire Hathaway is owned by 33.15% institutional investors, 0.39% insiders, and 66.46% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.28% of BRK-B shares.

BRK-B Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Berkshire Hathaway	33.15%	0.39%	66.46%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Diversified Insurance Stocks	36.79%	11.93%	51.28%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	157.10M	7.28%	$78.97B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	121.19M	5.61%	$60.92B
Blackrock	107.26M	4.97%	$43.63B
State street	73.93M	3.42%	$37.16T
Geode capital management	40.02M	1.85%	$20.06B
Morgan stanley	26.28M	1.22%	$13.21B
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	21.77M	1.01%	$10.94B
Northern trust	15.84M	0.73%	$7.96B
Jpmorgan chase	12.88M	0.60%	$6.48B
Bank of new york mellon	11.17M	0.52%	$5.61B

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	92.96%	$966.66M
1922 investment	5.38K	80.88%	$2.70M
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
Templeton & phillips capital management	96.00K	34.72%	$48.27M
Asset management advisors	111.80K	33.99%	$56.19M
United american securities inc. (d/b/a uas asset management)	315.41K	33.55%	$158.57M
Aquamarine zurich	97.60K	33.25%	$49.06M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	8.46M	0.46%	8.46M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	121.19M	1.03%	6.57M
Vanguard group	157.10M	1.14%	2.78M
H&h investment	5.19M	17.78%	1.81M
Ubs asset management americas	7.95M	0.84%	1.39M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Canerector	27.64K	6.80%	-13.80M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	21.77M	29.91%	-2.36M
Assenagon asset management	1.78M	1.23%	-944.67K
Bessemer group	76.33K	0.06%	-846.32K
Jane street group	74.97K	0.01%	-600.85K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	8.46M	0.46%	8.46M	$4.25B
Apg asset management	736.28K	0.89%	736.28K	$315.12M
Two sigma investments, lp	379.10K	0.28%	379.10K	$190.59M
Cibc world markets	349.15K	0.84%	349.15K	$175.50M
Madison investment advisors	245.48K	1.26%	245.48K	$111.27M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Systrade	-1.00
Peak6 investments	-2.00
Darwin wealth management	-4.00
Thomas j. herzfeld advisors	-6.00
Cordant	-8.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	3,944	-15.05%	715,588,641	-19.40%	33	1.96%	1,767	-13.89%	1,616	-11.21%
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%

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 33.15%, followed by 0.39% insiders and 66.46% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Berkshire Hathaway's industry, Diversified Insurance Stocks, is 36.79%, which Berkshire Hathaway falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Berkshire Hathaway?

Berkshire Hathaway’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (157.1M shares, 7.28%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (121.19M shares, 5.61%), and Blackrock (107.26M shares, 4.97%). Together, they hold 17.86% 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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