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Warren Buffett’s conglomerate held $334 billion in cash at the end of 2024, helping to stabilize earnings in the face of declines at more than half of the nearly 200 businesses it operates.

The conglomerate's operating profit — earnings from the company's wholly owned businesses — skyrocketed 71% to $14.5 billion in the fourth quarter.

The opportunity-starved organization is likely to start making major investments again -- just in a different way.

From 1965 to 2023, Berkshire Hathaway expanded its net earnings at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20% from $2 million to $96.2 billion. A $1,000 investment in the company on the day Buffett took the helm would be worth $2.48 million today. The same investment in the S&P 500 would only have grown to about $68,200.

Here are three ways to follow the path set out by Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett in the latest letter to shareholders.

Greg Abel, born in 1962 in Edmonton, Alberta, will succeed Warren Buffett as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He joined through its energy division and became Vice Chairman in 2018, with Buffett confirming him as his successor in 2021.

Berkshire Hathaway's stock trades near fair value, with strong insurance performance. Read why BRK.A stock remains a Hold amidst future growth and succession.

Berkshire Hathaway posted its third straight record annual operating profit, bolstered by increases in underwriting earnings and investment income in its insurance businesses.

Berkshire Hathaway’s $267 billion concentrated 38-stock portfolio added one new stock. Warren Buffett was likely a net seller of stocks for the ninth straight quarter.

Many investors closely follow Warren Buffett's trades in Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE ... It now owns well-known brands like GEICO, BNSF Railway, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, Duracell, Acme ...