Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B BRK-B Chairman

What Howard G. Buffett says in public, and what their own SEC filings show they own.

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Howard G. Buffett

Chairman · Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B

Elected Chairman on September 18, 2026, succeeding his father Warren Buffett, who became Chairman Emeritus. A Berkshire director since 1993. Chairman and CEO of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation focused on global food security.

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What they own

Ownership

Skin in the game
12/ 70
Level 1Steward

Buffett holds a stake in Berkshire Hathaway Inc., per the person's own SEC filings.

SEC filings
50
Stake No share count to size the stake against 0/35
Founder Not assessed — whether they founded the company has not been researched Not assessed
Tenure No start date on record, so tenure scores nothing 0/10
Track record Not assessed — their prior companies have not been researched Not assessed
Direction No open-market buys or sales in the last year 5/15
Discipline 2 late Form 4s in 50 filings 7/10

Nobody has researched this person's career yet, so founder and track record are left out of the score and of the total above.

Score = stake band (35) + founder (15) + tenure (10) + track record (15) + 12-month direction (−10…15) + filing discipline (10). An axis we have not researched is left out of the score and of the total it is shown over. Every input links to a filing or to our own research; the bands are ours.

Reported · Forms 3, 4, 5 112 Every lot on the person's own filings, as of Dec 31, 2003
Paper trail 2 late filings Form 4 covering a 2005-04-20 open-market sale in LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO was filed 2006-02-07, 200 business days later; Section 16 allows two.
How the stake is held
SecurityHeld viaShares
Class B Common StockDirect49
Class B Common Stockspouse49
Class A Common StockDirect14
Reported as of 2003-12-31112
Held directly
56%
Vehicles
1 trust or entity
Share classes
2
Last filing
Feb 13, 2004
Every issuer Howard G. Buffett files as an insider of
CompanyRoleReportedBeneficial% of class
KO COCA COLA CO Director 48,592
2017-03-31		 — —
LNN LINDSAY CORP Director 31,825
2015-01-26		 — —
BRK.A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC This page Director 112
2003-12-31		 — —

Reported is every lot on the person's own Forms 3, 4 and 5 — direct and through trusts. Beneficial is the figure stated on the latest Schedule 13D/G cover page, which can exclude shares the person disclaims and include options exercisable within 60 days, so the two are never added together.

Paper trail

50 filings under CIK 0001253718 · captured 2026-09-19 · All filings on EDGAR ↗

In their own words

Podcasts, interviews & articles

2 recorded appearances

2025

Interview Fortune · Apr 7, 2025

Warren Buffett's son is on track to donate $1 billion in aid to Ukraine this year—and pledges to continue despite Trump's shaky relations

Interviewed in Ukraine, Buffett says shifting US policy "doesn't change anything we do" and that his foundation's aid is on track. On a peace deal he says of Putin: "he won't respect it."

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2024

Interview Yahoo Finance Opening Bid · Jun 1, 2024

Warren Buffett's son Howard Buffett on his life as the potential next chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

Two years before his election, Buffett describes the job he expected: "I won't be running the company as a non-executive chairman. My job will be to support [Greg Abel] in every way that I can." He also says he will cut back on risky travel.

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