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

$1.0T

Today's Change

(-0.06%) -$0.26

Current Price

$476.30

Price as of July 30, 2025, 3:58 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 -0.06%) 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.

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Matt is the head of the Coverage Team for The Motely Fool's premium products. Previously, he was the GM of Motley Fool Ascent, led The Motley Fool Deutschland, and has been an investor on various Fool services. Matt is a heavy user of AI tools and is working on harnessing them to help Fool members.

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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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