Berkshire Hathaway
BRK-B· Finance· Fiscal year ends in December
No proxy on file names the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. At the 2017 meeting, 99% of votes supported executive pay.
Executives3
See all- 1Gregory E. AbelFY2023
- 2Marc D. HamburgFY2023
- 3Warren E. BuffettFY2023
Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.
Pay
See allBerkshire Hathaway paid its 3 named executives $24.3M in total in FY2023 (Dec).
of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.
Say on pay1
See all99% of votes supported executive pay.
| May 9, 2017 | 99.4% |
From the 8-K the company files after each annual meeting. Support is votes for over votes cast.
Peers
No disclosed peer group
No proxy on file names a pay peer group for Berkshire Hathaway. The peer group comes from the proxy statement, so it shows here when a proxy read has it.
Insider trades4
See allInsiders sold $1.6M of stock in the 12 months before the latest trade.
| Mar 3, 2025 | WITMER MERYL BDirector | Sold | 50.0% | No | ||
| Mar 11, 2016 | OLSON RONALD LDirector | Bought | Not disclosed | Not stated | ||
| Jan 5, 2016 | WITMER MERYL BDirector | Bought | Not disclosed | Not stated | ||
| Jan 4, 2016 | WITMER MERYL BDirector | Bought | Not disclosed | Not stated |
Open-market buys and sales from Form 4. A plan trade is marked .
Board12
See all- Howard G. BuffettDirector · 32 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
- Charlotte GuymanDirector · 22 yr on the boardIndependentGovernance—Paid as an executive
- Ajit JainDirector · 7 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
- Gregory E. AbelDirector · 7 yr on the boardNot independent—Paid as an executive
- Kenneth I. ChenaultDirector · 5 yr on the boardIndependentGovernance—Paid as an executive
- Christopher C. DavisDirector · 4 yr on the boardIndependentAudit—Paid as an executive
The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).
Shared directors
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Activity
Filings286
See all| Current report | 8-K | May 7, 2026 | — |
| Proxy statement | DEF 14A | Mar 13, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Annual report | 10-K | Mar 2, 2026 | FY2025 |
| Current report | 8-K | Dec 11, 2025 | — |
| Insider trade (Form 4) | 4 | Nov 12, 2025 | — |
| Insider trade (Form 4) | 4 | Nov 5, 2025 | — |
