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by simula67 879 days ago
Berkshire Hathway is also a conglomerate, but it does perform fairly well.
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But it is a holdings company, and their business model is to make returns on equity (and possibly loaning out capital to their subsidiaries) instead of directly managing their subsidiaries' operations and generating revenue.
BH is extremely delegated. Bufett is not in the business of managimg Fruit of the Loom for example.
Some sizable part of their total equity is in Apple.