Revenue breakdown
Insurance 30%
Mclane (distributor) 24%
MidAmerican (power) 10%
Investment and derivatives 5%
Shaw Industries 5%
Manufacturing 12%
Retail 3%
Servicees 6%
Cash (2007) USD 44.3 bn
Equity investment (2007) USD 75 bn
Shareholders’ equity (2007) USD 121 bn
Revenue (2007) USD 118 bn
NP (2007) USD 13 bn
Taxes (2007) USD 6.5 bn
Float from insurance USD 59bn
Book value growth only 10% in the past 8 yrs
26% in 1990s
29% in 1980s
19 staff at HQ
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2 comments:
When things become bigger...
Its getting harder to compound at 20 over percents each year..
Like Buffett always said, when he was younger, he had more ideas than money -- now he has more money than ideas.
The irony of success! Well it's a happy problem though. Actually too much money shouldn't be a problem at all!
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