Berkshire Hathaway Achieves $1 Trillion Milestone, Following Seven U.S. Tech Giants. Here's How Long It Took.
Berkshire Hathaway became the eighth U.S. company to achieve a $1 trillion market valuation on Wednesday. This milestone makes Berkshire the first non-tech U.S. company to reach this valuation, although Saudi Aramco holds the global title. Berkshire Hathaway took 44 years to reach a $1 trillion market valuation. The company's Class A shares began trading in 1980 and are now trading just below $700,000. Meta was the fastest U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market valuation. It achieved this milestone in the summer of 2021, just nine years after going public in 2012.
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00:00It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02Berkshire Hathaway became the 8th U.S. company to achieve a $1 trillion market valuation
00:07on Wednesday.
00:08This milestone makes Berkshire the first non-tech U.S. company to reach this valuation, although
00:13Saudi Aramco holds the global title.
00:15Berkshire Hathaway took 44 years to reach a $1 trillion market valuation.
00:20The company's Class A shares began trading in 1980 and are now trading just below $700,000.
00:26Meta was the fastest U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion market valuation.
00:30It achieved this milestone in the summer of 2021, just nine years after going public in
00:352012.
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