#7. Berkshire Hathaway- $143.688 Billion
What started as two separate textile manufacturing companies, one if Rhode Island and the other in Massachusetts, soon become one of the richest companies in the world.
When they had the brilliant idea to merge in 1929 from Valley Falls Company and Berkshire Cotton Manufacturing Company into Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, their net worth hasn’t stop growing since.
The company now owns and operates an insurance arm, including GEICO, and utilities and energy group, multiple clothing manufacturers, including Fruit of the Loom, building products manufacturers, financial groups, and multiple retail arms.
It employs 260,000 people and currently is one of the richest companies in the world.
