Which company, led for decades by Warren Buffett, is identified by the stock ticker BRK.A?

Berkshire Hathaway, led for decades by Warren Buffett, is identified by the stock ticker BRK.A.

The company began as a Massachusetts textile manufacturer and was formed through the 1955 merger of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates and Hathaway Manufacturing Company. Buffett began buying Berkshire shares in the 1960s and eventually transformed it into a diversified holding company.

Berkshire owns or invests in businesses across insurance, railroads, energy, manufacturing, retail, and finance. Its best-known operating companies include GEICO, BNSF Railway, and Berkshire Hathaway Energy. It also holds large publicly traded investments.

BRK.A refers to Berkshire’s original Class A shares, which have an unusually high price per share. Berkshire also offers Class B shares, traded as BRK.B, with much lower individual prices and fewer voting rights. The two tickers represent the same corporate group, but they are not identical share classes.