In which U.S. city is Berkshire Hathaway headquartered?

Berkshire Hathaway is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. The company’s corporate offices are located at Blackstone Plaza, a landmark associated with Berkshire since Warren Buffett established his Omaha office there in 1962.

Berkshire’s Omaha base reflects the company’s unusual structure. Unlike many conglomerates, it has historically operated with a very small corporate headquarters staff while its dozens of subsidiaries run their own businesses. Those operating companies span insurance, railroads, energy, manufacturing, retail, and services.

Omaha is also central to Berkshire’s public identity. Warren Buffett became closely associated with the city, earning the nickname “Oracle of Omaha,” and the annual shareholder meeting in Omaha grew into one of the world’s best-known investor gatherings. A common mix-up is confusing Berkshire’s headquarters with the locations of its subsidiaries, such as GEICO’s Washington, D.C., base or BNSF Railway’s Fort Worth headquarters.