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How Much Is Buffett's Berkshire Worth

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

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

Investors in Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) 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 Koppenheffer
Matt Koppenheffer is the former Head of the Coverage Team at The Motley Fool. He was a full-time Motley Fool employee from 2012-2025 and is a former advisor and analyst for multiple Motley Fool services. Matt's articles and analysis have been published around the world and his views have been cited in worldwide publications from the Financial Times and The New York Times to the Toronto Star and Germany's Focus Money. He has appeared to offer analysis on a variety of outlets including CNBC and NPR. Matt is the co-author of The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global as well as the creator and former co-host of The Motley Fool's Industry Focus podcast.
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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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Berkshire Hathaway Stock Quote
Berkshire Hathaway
NYSE: BRKB
$479.90
(-1.09%)-$5.30
American International Group Stock Quote
American International Group
NYSE: AIG
$76.88
(-1.08%)-$0.84
CSX Stock Quote
CSX
NASDAQ: CSX
$42.25
(-0.58%)-$0.25
KeyCorp Stock Quote
KeyCorp
NYSE: KEY
$21.48
(-0.79%)-$0.17
Duke Energy Stock Quote
Duke Energy
NYSE: DUK
$131.79
(-0.91%)-$1.21

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