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Reg. S-K
Item 601
Exhibit 21
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Subsidiaries of Registrant (1)
December 31, 1999
Domicile or
State of
Company Name Incorporation
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Berkshire Hathaway Credit Corporation Nebraska
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's Jewelry Company, Inc. Nebraska
Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company Delaware
Central States Indemnity Co. of Omaha Nebraska
Central States of Omaha Companies, Inc. Nebraska
General & Cologne Life Reinsurance Company of America Connecticut
General & Cologne Life Reinsurance Co. of
Australasia Ltd. Australia
Cologne Reinsurance Company Ltd. Ireland
The Cologne Reinsurance Company Ltd. United Kingdom
The Cologne & General Reinsurance Co. of Africa Ltd. South Africa
Columbia Insurance Company Nebraska
Continental Divide Insurance Company Colorado
Cornhusker Casualty Company Nebraska
Cypress Insurance Company California
Dexter Shoe Company Maine
DP Mann Limited United Kingdom
Europa Ruckversicherung AG Germany
Executive Jet, Inc. Delaware
Fairfield Insurance Company Connecticut
The Fechheimer Brothers Company (2) Delaware
FlightSafety International Inc. New York
GEICO Casualty Company Maryland
GEICO Corporation Delaware
GEICO General Insurance Company Maryland
GEICO Indemnity Company Maryland
GRD Corporation Delaware
Gen Re Holdings, Inc. Delaware
General Re-CKAG Reinsurance and Investment S.a r.l Luxembourg
General Re Corporation Delaware
General Re Europe Limited United Kingdom
General Re Financial Products Corp. Delaware
General Re Financial Products (Japan) Inc. Delaware
General Re Financial Securities Ltd. United Kingdom
General Re Services Corporation Delaware
General Reinsurance Corporation Delaware
General Star Indemnity Company Connecticut
General Star National Insurance Company Ohio
Genesis Indemnity Insurance Company North Dakota
Genesis Insurance Company Connecticut
Government Employees Insurance Company Maryland
Helzberg's Diamond Shops, Inc. Missouri
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Reg. S-K
Item 601
Exhibit 21
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Subsidiaries of Registrant (1)
December 31, 1999
Domicile or
State of
Company Name Incorporation
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Herbert Clough, Inc. New York
H. H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. Delaware
Isabela Shoe Corporation Delaware
Jordan's Furniture, Inc. Massachusetts
Kansas Bankers Surety Company Kansas
Kolnische Ruck Wien Austria
Kolnische Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG Germany
Lowell Shoe, Inc. New Hampshire
National Fire & Marine Insurance Company Nebraska
National Indemnity Company Nebraska
National Indemnity Company of the South Florida
National Indemnity Company of Mid-America Minnesota
National Liability and Fire Insurance Company Connecticut
National Re Corporation Delaware
National Reinsurance Corporation Delaware
Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc. Nebraska
Oak River Insurance Company Nebraska
OBH Inc. Delaware
OCSAP, Ltd Maine
R.C. Willey Home Furnishings Utah
Redwood Fire and Casualty Insurance Company Nebraska
The Scott Fetzer Company Delaware
Scott Fetzer Financial Group, Inc. Delaware
See's Candies, Inc. California
See's Candy Shops, Inc. California
Star Furniture Company Texas
Wesco Financial Corporation Delaware
Wesco-Financial Insurance Company Nebraska
Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc. Nebraska
World Book/Scott Fetzer Company Nebraska
(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 the year covered by this report.
(2) The names have been omitted of 31 wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries of
The Fechheimer Brothers Company, each of whom operated in the business of
uniform manufacturing and/or distribution.