Cigarettes, Poultry, Gas and Marijuana: Berkshire by The

Cigarettes, Poultry, Gas and Marijuana: Berkshire by The

CIGARETTES, POULTRY, GAS AND MARIJUANA: BERKSHIRE BY THE NUMBERS Dozens of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiaries will show off their products as ChiefExecutive Officer Warren Buffett hosts the company’s annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Below are some numbers highlighting the scope of the company and its units. Berkshire Hathaway Energy has $84 billionin assets, Hathaway Automotive network. up from $46 billion in 2010. The holdings include Berkshire's Cubic Designsunitcreates cannabis 33,000 16,000 6% 7% industry mezannines thatcan increase the amountof milesof milesof of solarof wind marijuana growing space inside a building by 100% transmission natural gas in the generation to 200%. lines pipelines US Berkshire's BNSF Railwayoperates 32,500 route About26%of cigarette-makerAltria Group's milesof railroad tracks. That's more than fourtimes as revenue comes from Berkshire's McLane. The trucking long as all combined US border. The business business acts as a middleman and makes deliveries to transports 17%of all US inter-city freight, whether more than 46,000 retail locations. transported by rail, road, air, waterorpipeline. Berkshire has equity stakes of atleast$3 billionin Brooks running shoes, also made by Berkshire, were eightcompanies thattrade in the US. Thatincludes the second most-worn brand atthe 2015 Boston more than $20 billionin both Kraft Heinzand Marathon, accounting for19%of the total shoes in Wells Fargo.* the race*. Otherclothing brands atBuffet's company * As of April 27, 2016 include Fruit of the Loomunderwear, Vanity Fair lingerieand Justin boots. The Claytonsubsidiary, which builds mobile homes, * According to a study conducted by competitor.com sold 34,397 residenceslastyear, about45% of the marketin the US of so-called manufactured Buffet's residential real-estate brokerage has more housing. than 400franchises in 1,400offices with more than 44,000sales associates and operates underbrands Meyn, partof Berkshire's CTB agricultural-products including Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. unit, sells machines thatprocess 9.2 billionchickens The unitis the second-largestcompany in its industry a year. The companies offerings include the Killerand in the US. the Maestro Eviscerator. Berkadia, Berkshire's commercial real-estate venture with Leucadia National Corp, services more Oriental Trading, the party-supply subsidiary that than $240 billionof loans. sells toys, games and classroom supplies, offers more than 40,000products. Berkshire's aviation-training subsidiary FlightSafety Consumers with more expensive tastes can shop at operates more than 300full-flightsimulators, the three differentjewellery retailers — Borsheims, world's largestfleet. Helzbergand Ben Bridge— orbuy a vehicle atone of the 80+ dealerships in the Berkshire Source: Bloomberg PHOTO: BLOOMBERG.

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