How Much Is Buffett's Berkshire Worth

By Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson – Mar 30, 2013 at 12:00PM

NYSE: BRK.B

Berkshire Hathaway

Market Cap

$873B

Today's Change

(-0.26%) -$1.04

Current Price

$404.91

Price as of April 25, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

Warren Buffett has undoubtedly built an empire at Berkshire Hathaway, but is the really worth its $255 billion market cap?

Investors in Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B -0.26%) are not just investing in an insurance company. Buffett has slowly built a massive conglomerate of numerous different businesses that's now valued at over $250 billion. In this video, Fool financial analysts David Hanson and Matt Koppenheffer discuss whether Buffett's businesses as a whole are more attractive than individual companies that are stand-alone, public companies.

David Hanson owns shares of American International Group and Nike. Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of Berkshire Hathaway, American International Group, and The Clorox Company.

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