Why “Berkshire” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Berkshire Hathaway is in some sense also PE (though done by a public company that you can invest in) and Warren Buffett's culture is to find great companies run by great manager…
by mizzao · Sep 21, 2026
Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
by andsoitis · Sep 20, 2026 · 2 points
What about all the people that Berkshire provides with gainful employment? What about all the goods and services its businesses provide to communities? What about all the tax it…
by Tycho · Sep 20, 2026
It proves it? How? This is more like an exception than the norm and Berkshire is not really something to generalize. Most investment funds of that size do chose to maintain prop…
by altmanaltman · Sep 19, 2026
Describing him just as a "a farmer" seems kind of ridiculous. Here has extensive business experience unrelated to his farm. From the Wikipedia page on him [1]: > Buffett was Cor…
by tzs · Sep 19, 2026
Berkshire HQ has exactly 27 people. so I think those comments about culture are spot on. but the issue of "what would walt/steve/warren do?" will eventually bite you i…
by gorfian_robot · Sep 18, 2026
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Berkshire, officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London to the east, Surrey to the south-east, Hampshire to the south, and Wiltshire to the west. Reading is the largest settlement and the county town. Read more on Wikipedia