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Buffett's Berkshire Buys Google Parent Alphabet, Its Third-Largest Holding

Buffett's Berkshire Buys Google Parent Alphabet, Its Third-Largest Holding
The Google bet Buffett regrets missing is now Berkshire’s 3rd-largest holding at $36.6 billion · financialexpress.com

Berkshire Hathaway is a very big company that invests in other companies.

Warren Buffett, a famous investor, used to be its boss, but he gave that job to Greg Abel in 2026.

Buffett still helps choose which stocks to buy.

For a long time, Berkshire was selling more stocks than it was buying.

Now it has started buying again.

The biggest new purchase is shares of Alphabet, the company that owns Google.

Buffett once said he missed his chance to invest in Google years ago, and that he "blew it."

Now Alphabet is Berkshire's third-biggest stock holding.

Apple is still the biggest.

The company also added more shares of Delta Air Lines, The New York Times and Macy's, while selling some Bank of America shares.

Key facts

Company
Berkshire Hathaway
Alphabet holding
$36.6 billion, third-largest publicly traded holding
Q2 2026 net stock purchases
Nearly $19.8 billion ($23.5B bought, $3.7B sold)
Filing
13F submitted after market close on August 14
Largest holding
Apple, about 22% of the portfolio
Portfolio value
About $299.3 billion across 29 companies
Delta Air Lines stake
$5.4 billion, an 8.7% stake making Berkshire the second-largest shareholder
CEO transition
Greg Abel took over as CEO at the beginning of 2026

Quotes

Warren Buffett

Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

“I am not doing anything that he doesn’t approve of. He’s not doing anything I don’t approve of. We talk all the time, but he is the decider.”
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“I initiated it.”
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