Berkshire Hathaway
Nov. 4, 2010, Omaha: Warren Buffett's diverse empire, which includes Geico, NetJets, See's Candies, Fruit of the Loom, and the recently acquired Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, delivered enviable results in 2010. Berkshire Hathaway (No. 7) broke into the top 10 of the Fortune 500 for the first time, largely because of a 21% jump in revenue -- thanks, Burlington Northern -- to $136.2 billion. It hasn't been all cheery for Berkshire's directors, seen here enjoying Buffett's signature root beer floats at Piccolo Pete's. In March one of Berkshire's top executives resigned after making controversial stock trades that left Buffett and the board dealing with a sticky problem.
Left to right: Thomas Murphy, former CEO, Capital Cities/ABC; Ronald Olson, partner, Munger Tolles & Olson; Susan Decker, former president, Yahoo; Walter Scott Jr., chairman, Level 3 Communications; Howard Buffett, president, Buffett Farms; Charlie Munger, vice chairman, Berkshire Hathaway; Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway; David Gottesman, senior managing director, First Manhattan; Bill Gates, founder and former CEO, Microsoft; Charlotte Guyman, former chairman of the board of directors, UW Medicine; Stephen Burke, CEO, NBCUniversal
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