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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A)At 11:31AM ET: 98,375.01  Down 613.99 (0.62%)  
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
3555 Farnam Street
Suite 1440
Omaha, NE 68131
United States - Map
Phone: 402-346-1400
Fax: 402-346-3375
Web Site: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com

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Index Membership:N/A
Sector:Financial
Industry:Property & Casualty Insurance
Full Time Employees:246,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm primarily engages in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business. Berkshire Hathaway was founded in 1889 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 87% of CGQ Universe companies and 52.9% of Insurance companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Warren E. Buffett , 78
    Chairman and Chief Exec. Officer
    $ 100.00KN/A
    Mr. Charles Munger , 85
    Vice-Chairman, Chairman of Wesco Financial Corp. and Chief Exec. Officer of Wesco Financial Corp.
    $ 100.00KN/A
    Mr. Marc D. Hamburg , 59
    Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 775.00KN/A
    Mr. David L. Sokol , 52
    Chairman of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co and Chief Exec. Officer of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co
    N/A N/A
    Mr. Ajit Jain ,
    Chief Exec. Officer of Reinsurance Division
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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