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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Stocks A to Z / Stocks B / Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)
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Author: rrr12345 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: $362.87B
Date: 01/13/24 2:14 PM
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"What are the chances we ever(10 - 20 years) have one class of shares?"

Ravi Nagarajan has calculated the economic interest and voting interest of A-shares in total, as well as the A-shares owned by Buffett and the A-shares owned by the Berkshire board (including Buffett) back to 1996 when the B-shares were first issued.

rationalwalk.com - Berkshires future depends on voting control

The economic interest of A-shares has decreased considerably, but because the A-shares have 1500 times the economic interest of B-shares but 10,000 times the voting interest, the voting interest of the A-shares has changed little.

See Ravi's article for historical graphs.
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