Which Warren Buffett-led company is classified as a conglomerate and has the ticker BRK.A?

Berkshire Hathaway is the Warren Buffett-led conglomerate whose Class A shares trade under the ticker BRK.A.

Berkshire Hathaway began as a textile manufacturer, but Warren Buffett and his investment partners gradually transformed it into a diversified holding company. Its businesses include insurance, railroads, utilities, energy, manufacturing, retail, and investments in publicly traded companies.

Berkshire’s Class A shares are famous for their extremely high per-share price because the company has never carried out a conventional stock split. Class B shares, introduced in 1996, provide a lower-priced alternative and represent a much smaller economic interest. Both classes trade publicly.

Berkshire is sometimes mistaken for an investment fund or bank. It is a publicly traded operating conglomerate with insurance at its core, and its large equity portfolio is only one part of the overall business. Buffett became chairman and chief executive after acquiring control in the 1960s.