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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
OPERATING COMPANIES
INSURANCE BUSINESSES
Company Employees Company Employees
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies ..... 627 General Re Corporation .................... 2,574
Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group ........ 593 Kansas Bankers Surety Company ............ 18
Boat America Corporation .................... 377 Medical Protective Corporation ............. 422
Central States Indemnity Co. .................. 431 National Indemnity Primary Group .......... 384
GEICO .................................... 22,249 United States Liability Insurance Group ...... 513
Insurance total ............................ 28,188
NON-INSURANCE BUSINESSES
Company Employees Company Employees
Acme Building Brands ....................... 2,307 Kirby (1) .................................. 648
Adalet (1) ................................... 266 Larson-Juhl .............................. 1,810
Altaquip (1) ................................. 310 The Marmon Group (4) ..................... 18,000
Applied Underwriters, Inc. .................... 455 McLane Company ......................... 16,078
Ben Bridge Jeweler .......................... 778 MidAmerican Energy Company (2) ........... 3,150
Benjamin Moore ............................ 2,467 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (2) . . 654
Borsheim’s Jewelry .......................... 204 MiTek Inc. ............................... 1,818
The Buffalo News ............................ 846 Nebraska Furniture Mart ................... 2,712
Business Wire ............................... 520 NetJets .................................. 7,945
CalEnergy (2) ................................ 329 Northern Natural Gas (2) .................... 864
Campbell Hausfeld (1) ........................ 579 Northern and Yorkshire Electric (2) .......... 2,444
Carefree of Colorado (1) ...................... 211 Northland (1) .............................. 107
Clayton Homes, Inc. ......................... 11,998 PacifiCorp (2) ............................. 3,192
Cleveland Wood Products (1) .................. 79 Pacific Power (2) ........................... 1,224
CORT Business Services ...................... 2,773 The Pampered Chef ........................ 814
CTB International ........................... 1,079 Precision Steel Warehouse .................. 194
Dairy Queen ................................ 2,362 Richline Group ........................... 2,337
Douglas/Quikut (1) ........................... 70 Rocky Mountain Power (2) .................. 2,180
Fechheimer Brothers ......................... 715 Russell Corporation (3) ..................... 4,239
FlightSafety International .................... 4,482 Other Scott Fetzer Companies (1) ............ 147
Forest River, Inc. ............................ 4,461 See’s Candies ............................. 3,000
France (1) .................................. 104 Shaw Industries .......................... 28,974
Fruit of the Loom (3) ......................... 34,896 Stahl (1) .................................. 167
Garan ..................................... 4,563 Star Furniture ............................ 710
H. H. Brown Shoe Group ..................... 1,182 TTI, Inc. ................................. 2,782
Halex (1) ................................... 126 United Consumer Finance Company (1) ....... 202
Helzberg’s Diamond Shops ................... 2,009 Vanity Fair Brands, Inc. (3) .................. 4,819
HomeServices of America (2) ................... 2,602 Wayne Water Systems (1) ................... 153
Iscar ...................................... 10,413 Wesco Financial Corp. ..................... 13
Johns Manville .............................. 7,280 Western Enterprises (1) ..................... 360
Jordan’s Furniture .......................... 1,165 R. C. Willey Home Furnishings .............. 2,486
Justin Brands ............................... 911 World Book (1) ............................ 190
Kern River Gas Transmission Company (2) ...... 164 XTRA ................................... 595
Kingston (1) ................................. 162 Non-insurance total ........................ 217,876
Corporate Office .......................... 19
246,083
(1) A Scott Fetzer Company
(2) A MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
(3) A Fruit of the Loom, Inc. Company
(4) Approximately 130 manufacturing and service businesses that operate within 11 business sectors.
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