. . . Exhibit 21 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Subsidiaries of Registrant (1) December 31, 2003 Domicile or State of Company Name Incorporation - ------------ ------------- Acme Brick Company Delaware Acme Building Brands, Inc. Delaware Albecca Inc. Georgia The Ben Bridge Corporation Washington Ben Bridge Jeweler, Inc. Washington Benjamin Moore & Co. New Jersey Benjamin Moore & Co., Limited Canada Berkadia LLC Delaware Berkshire Hathaway Credit Corporation Nebraska Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation Delaware Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd. United Kingdom Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska Nebraska BHG Life Insurance Company Nebraska BHSF, Inc. Delaware BH Finance LLC Nebraska BH Shoe Holdings, Inc. Delaware Blue Chip Stamps California Borsheim Jewelry Company, Inc. Nebraska Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company Delaware Central States Indemnity Co. of Omaha Nebraska Central States of Omaha Companies, Inc. Nebraska Clayton Homes, Inc. Delaware CMH Homes, Inc. Tennessee CMH Manufacturing, Inc. Tennessee CMH Parks, Inc. Tennessee Cologne Reinsurance Company Ltd. Ireland Columbia Insurance Company Nebraska Continental Divide Insurance Company Colorado Cornhusker Casualty Company Nebraska CORT Business Services Corporation Delaware CTB International Corp. Indiana Cypress Insurance Company California Dexter Shoe Company Maine Europa Ruckversicherung AG Germany Fairfield Insurance Company Connecticut Faraday Reinsurance Company Ltd. United Kingdom Faraday Underwriting Limited United Kingdom The Fechheimer Brothers Company Delaware FlightSafety International Inc. New York FlightSafety Services Corporation Delaware Fruit of the Loom, Inc. Delaware Garan, Incorporated Virginia GEICO Casualty Company Maryland GEICO Corporation Delaware GEICO General Insurance Company Maryland GEICO Indemnity Company Maryland GRD Corporation Delaware Gen Re Holdings, Inc. Delaware Gen Re Intermediaries Corporation New York Gen Re Securities Holdings LLC Delaware Exhibit 21 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Subsidiaries of Registrant (1) December 31, 2003 Domicile or State of Company Name Incorporation - ------------ ------------- General & Cologne Life Re of America Connecticut General Re-CKAG Reinsurance and Investment S.a r.l. Luxembourg General Re Corporation Delaware General Re Financial Products Corp. Delaware General Re Financial Products (Japan) Inc. Delaware General Re Securities Ltd. United Kingdom General Re Services Corporation Delaware General Reinsurance Corporation Delaware General Star Indemnity Company Connecticut General Star National Insurance Company Ohio GeneralCologne Life Re Australia Ltd. Australia GeneralCologne Re Africa Ltd. South Africa GeneralCologne Re Ruckversicherungs-AG, Wien Austria GeneralCologne Re UK Limited United Kingdom Genesis Indemnity Insurance Company North Dakota Genesis Insurance Company Connecticut Government Employees Insurance Company Maryland Helzberg's Diamond Shops, Inc. Missouri H. H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Delaware Homemakers Plaza, Inc. Iowa International Dairy Queen, Inc. Delaware Johns Manville Delaware Johns Manville Corporation Delaware Johns Manville Slovakia A.S. Slovakia Jordan's Furniture, Inc. Massachusetts Justin Brands, Inc. Delaware Justin Industries, Inc. Texas Kansas Bankers Surety Company Kansas Kolnische Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG Germany Larson-Juhl US LLC Georgia Lowell Shoe, Inc. New Hampshire McLane Company, Inc. Texas McLane Foodservice, Inc. Texas MiTek, Inc. Delaware Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company Pennsylvania National Fire & Marine Insurance Company Nebraska National Indemnity Company Nebraska National Indemnity Company of the South Florida National Indemnity Company of Mid-America Iowa National Liability and Fire Insurance Company Connecticut National Re Corporation Delaware National Reinsurance Corporation Delaware Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc. Nebraska NetJets Inc. Delaware Oak River Insurance Company Nebraska OBH Inc. Delaware OCSAP, Ltd. Maine The Pampered Chef, Ltd. Illinois Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc. Illinois R.C. Willey Home Furnishings Utah Exhibit 21 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Subsidiaries of Registrant (1) December 31, 2003 Domicile or State of Company Name Incorporation - ------------ ------------- Redwood Fire and Casualty Insurance Company Nebraska Schuller Gmb H Germany The Scott Fetzer Company Delaware Scott Fetzer Financial Group, Inc. Delaware See's Candies, Inc. California See's Candy Shops, Inc. California Shaw Contract Flooring Services, Inc. Georgia Shaw Industries Group, Inc. Georgia Star Furniture Company Texas Union Underwear Company, Inc. Delaware United States Liability Insurance Company Pennsylvania U.S. Investment Corporation Pennsylvania U.S. Underwriters Insurance Company North Dakota Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc. Tennessee Wesco Financial Corporation Delaware Wesco-Financial Insurance Company Nebraska Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc. Nebraska World Book/Scott Fetzer Company, Inc. Nebraska XTRA Corporation Delaware (1) Each of the named subsidiaries is not necessarily a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, and Berkshire has several additional subsidiaries not named above. The unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a "significant subsidiary" at the end of 2003.