The company’s previous highest net profit was in 2021, when it reached nearly $90 billion. But Buffett sees net income as a misleading measure of performance because it includes gains and losses from owning stocks like Apple and Bank of America, regardless of what Berkshire buys or sells.
The company’s operating profit, which excludes capital gains or losses, also improved. Last year it reached 37.4 billion dollars, a year ago it was 30.9 billion dollars. During the last quarter of last year, operating profit increased by 28 percent year-on-year to $8.5 billion.
Last year, the company also bought back its own shares for $9.2 billion.
The Berkshire Hathaway Group controls dozens of subsidiaries that operate in various industries. He also owns significant shares in a number of well-known companies, for example in the world’s largest producer of soft drinks Coca-Cola or in the technology company Apple.
In his letter to shareholders this year, Buffett recalled the personality of his right-hand man, Charlie Munger, who died last year at the age of 99. According to Buffett, Munger was the architect of the company, while the American billionaire described himself as a “general contractor” who fulfilled his partner’s visions with daily work.
Billionaire Charlie Munger has died
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