Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett's Portfolio
Last Updated on 2/27/09 @ 02:50pm
| Ticker | # of Shares | Price | Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KO | 200,000,000 | $54.75 | $10,950,000,000 | |
| WFC | 290,244,868 | $30.38 | $8,817,639,090 | |
| BNI | 70,089,829 | $100.21 | $7,023,701,765 | |
| PG | 96,316,010 | $63.84 | $6,148,814,079 | |
| AXP | 151,610,700 | $40.33 | $6,114,459,531 | |
| COP | 79,896,273 | $52.37 | $4,184,167,818 | |
| KFT | 138,272,500 | $29.63 | $4,097,014,175 | |
| WSC | 5,703,087 | $392.00 | $2,235,610,104 | |
| JNJ | 28,611,591 | $65.11 | $1,862,900,691 | |
| BUD | 35,563,200 | $51.45 | $1,829,726,640 | |
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Warren Buffett is considered one of the greatest investors of all time. Through his Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.a) holding company, Buffett has accumulate great wealth, and in 2007 was number 3 on Forbes list of richest people in the world, behind Bill Gates and Carlos Slim.
Over the last 44 years (1965-2008), the book value of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has grown from $19 to $70,530 - 20.3% compounded annually. The overall gain for the time period is 362,319%, versus 4,276% for the S&P 500. 2008 was Mr. Buffett's worst year ever due to the housing, credit and stock market meltdowns. He lost 9.6% decline in per-share book value in 2008. His only other losing year was 2001 with a 6.2% drop.
Buffett is often called the "Oracle of Omaha". Buffett is from Omaha, Nebraska and continues to operate from there.Buffett is also a great philanthropist. In 2006, Buffett made plans to give a vast majority of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett and fellow billionaire Bill Gates have become good friends over the years in part due to their love of the card game bridge. Check out Warren Buffett's portfolio here.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI) 28.4% HIGHER; The boards of directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) and Burlington Northern today announced a definitive agreement for Berkshire Hathaway to acquire for $100 per share in cash and stock the remaining 77.4% of outstanding BNI shares not currently owned to increase its holdings to 100%. Based on the number of outstanding BNI shares (including shares currently owned by Berkshire) on Nov. 2, 2009, the transaction is valued at approximately $44 billion, including $10 billion of outstanding BNSF debt, making it the largest acquisition in Berkshire Hathaway history. Click here for the full report.
Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) 25.1% HIGHER; Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) and Diedrich announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Peet's will acquire Diedrich in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $26.00 per share or a ...
