Selected Financial Data For the Past Five Years

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Selected Financial Data for the Past Five Years
(dollars in millions, except per share data)

	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996
Revenues:
Insurance premiums earned	$19,343	$14,306	$ 5,481	$ 4,761	$ 4,118
Sales and service revenues	7,331	5,918	4,675	3,615	3,095
Interest, dividend and other investment income	2,791	2,314	1,049	916	778
Income from finance and financial products businesses	556	125	212	32	25
Realized investment gain ⁽¹⁾	3,955	1,365	2,415	1,106	2,484
Total revenues	$33,976 ======	$24,028 ======	$13,832 ======	$10,430 ======	$10,500 ======

Earnings:
Before realized investment gain	$ 936	$ 671	$ 1,277	$ 1,197	$ 884
Realized investment gain ⁽¹⁾	2,392	886	1,553	704	1,605
Net earnings	$ 3,328 =====	$ 1,557 =====	$ 2,830 =====	$ 1,901 =====	$ 2,489 =====

Earnings per share:
Before realized investment gain	$ 614	$ 442	$ 1,021	$ 971	$ 733
Realized investment gain ⁽¹⁾	1,571	583	1,241	571	1,332
Net earnings	$ 2,185 =====	$ 1,025 =====	$ 2,262 =====	$ 1,542 =====	$ 2,065 =====

Year-end data ⁽²⁾:
Total assets	$135,792	$131,416	$122,237	$56,111	$43,409
Borrowings under investment agreements and other debt ⁽³⁾	2,663	2,465	2,385	2,267	1,944
Shareholders’ equity	61,724	57,761	57,403	31,455	23,427
Class A equivalent common shares outstanding, in thousands	1,526	1,521	1,519	1,234	1,232
Shareholders' equity per outstanding
Class A equivalent share	$ 40,442 ======	$ 37,987 ======	$ 37,801 ======	$25,488 ======	$19,011 ======

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⁽¹⁾      The amount of realized investment gain/loss for any given period has no predictive value, and variations in amount from period to period have no practical analytical value, particularly in view of the unrealized appreciation now existing in Berkshire's consolidated investment portfolio.

⁽²⁾      Year-end data for 1998 includes General Re Corporation acquired by Berkshire on December 21, 1998.

⁽³⁾      Excludes borrowings of finance businesses.