Berkshire Hathaway Organizational Structure & Subsidiaries

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company, so its most useful visual is a map of controlled operating businesses. GEICO, BNSF and Berkshire Hathaway Energy belong on that map; minority holdings in public stocks belong in a different portfolio view.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. organizational chart

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Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s reporting structure as of 2026-09. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom — or open it in QueryChart and edit it as your own.

Industry: Diversified holding company
Headquarters: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Founded: 1839 (textile predecessor)
Employees: Approximately 387,800 (year-end 2025)
CEO: Greg Abel
Revenue: $371.4B total revenue (2025)
Ownership: Public
Structure as of: 2026-09
Structure last reviewed: 2026-09-24

About the company

Berkshire Hathaway owns businesses in insurance, freight rail, energy, manufacturing, services and retailing. Its operating companies have substantial autonomy, so a conventional employee chart centered on the Omaha office would hide most of the group's economic structure.

This September 2026 chart groups selected consolidated operating businesses by activity. It includes the 2026 CEO and chair transitions and recent acquisitions. It is selective rather than a complete list of subsidiaries; the 2025 annual report's operating-company list and Berkshire's subsidiary links provide a fuller inventory. Dotted lines denote group membership or control, not a direct personnel reporting line.

A decentralized family of operating companies

Insurance includes GEICO, General Re, National Indemnity and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance. Railroad operations center on BNSF. Berkshire Hathaway Energy holds utilities and energy businesses. These are not interchangeable with Berkshire's holdings of publicly traded shares.

Manufacturing includes Precision Castparts, Lubrizol and OxyChem, whose acquisition closed in January 2026. Services and retail include McLane, NetJets, International Dairy Queen and See's Candies. Taylor Morrison joined the group after its acquisition closed in July 2026 and is shown in the housing branch. The diagram names selected companies to make the corporate family readable rather than pretending to list every legal entity.

Greg Abel became CEO on January 1, 2026. A September 18 company announcement made Howard G. Buffett chairman, while Warren Buffett became chairman emeritus and remained a director. Governance is shown as its own branch; it is not the parent company of the operating businesses. The primary chart is an ownership and business map, not an assertion that subsidiary staff report to the board chair.

Key leadership roles

Greg Abel
Chief Executive Officer — Succeeded Warren Buffett as CEO on January 1, 2026.
Howard G. Buffett
Chairman of the Board — Elected chairman on September 18, 2026.
Warren E. Buffett
Chairman Emeritus and Director — Became chairman emeritus in September 2026 and remains a director.

How this structure supports the business

Sector groupings let readers see how dissimilar businesses fit under one public holding company. The visual also explains why a familiar brand such as Dairy Queen can belong to Berkshire without functioning as an insurance or railroad division.

Decentralized operations give each business room to run its own activities while Berkshire allocates capital at the parent level. The separate governance branch keeps the board and CEO roles visible without turning them into fabricated reporting managers for subsidiary employees.

Advantages and disadvantages

Autonomous operating companies retain their industry expertise and brand identity.: A single group chart cannot show the full internal structure of each subsidiary.
A corporate-family map makes control relationships easier to understand.: A simplified tree must omit ownership percentages, joint ventures and minority public-equity investments or explain them separately.

Interesting facts

Greg Abel became Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive on January 1, 2026.
Howard G. Buffett became chairman on September 18, 2026; Warren E. Buffett became chairman emeritus and remained a director.
Berkshire's 2025 annual report groups its businesses into insurance, railroad, utilities and energy, manufacturing, service and retailing.
OxyChem was acquired in January 2026, and the Taylor Morrison acquisition closed in July 2026.
A stock in Berkshire's investment portfolio is not automatically a Berkshire subsidiary or controlled operating business.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Berkshire Hathaway an operating company or a holding company?

Berkshire describes itself as a holding company that owns subsidiaries in insurance, rail, energy, manufacturing, services and retailing.

Are Berkshire's stock investments its subsidiaries?

No. Minority shares in public companies are investments; the operating-company tree shows businesses Berkshire controls and consolidates.

Who leads Berkshire Hathaway in 2026?

Greg Abel is CEO. Howard G. Buffett became board chairman in September 2026, and Warren E. Buffett is chairman emeritus and a director.

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