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A Look Back At Warren Buffett’s Pivotal Deal To Buy Blue Chip Stamps

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Rupert Hargreaves
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It is often reported that one of Berkshire Hathway's first subsidiaries was See's Candies. This is not the case. See's was one of the first businesses Warren Buffett and his right-hand man, Charlie Munger, acquired, but it was not through Berkshire.

Berkshire's oldest operating subsidiary is National Indemnity Company, an insurance company based in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Buffett acquired this business in 1967 when he was still running his investment partnerships. It formed the foundations of Berkshire we know today.

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Around the same time, Buffett and Munger,...

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