Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company owning subsidiaries in a variety of business sectors. The Company's principal operations are insurance business conducted nationwide on a primary basis and worldwide on a reinsurance basis. Berkshire's other operations include a railway company, a specialty chemical company, and an international association of diversified businesses.
This is Part 1 of our exclusive deep dive on “Sogo Shosha”, or Japanese trading companies. We’ve decided to break this deep dive into two parts...