Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts stake in Google parent Alphabet by whopping 83%

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 14, 2026 · 455 words · By Reuters

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts stake in Google parent Alphabet by whopping 83% See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts stake in Google parent Alphabet by whopping 83% See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said Friday it boosted the size of its investment in Alphabet by 83% in the second quarter, making the parent of Google and YouTube its third-largest stock holding.

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Berkshire said in a regulatory filing that it owned nearly 106 million Alphabet shares worth about $37.8 billion as of June 30, up from 57.8 million shares three months earlier.

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Claim 1: “Apple remained Berkshire’s largest stock investment, worth $66 billion at the end of June”

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Only one provided source (VMVirtualMachine.com) explicitly confirms the $66 billion valuation for Apple as the largest investment at the end of June. Other sources mention Apple generally but not the specific figure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. () is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Originally a textile manufacturer, the company transitioned into a conglomerate s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Hathaway

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gregory Edward Abel (born June 1, 1962) is a Canadian-American businessman who has been president and chief executive officer of the American multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway since Januar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Abel

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of subsidiaries, equities, cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments owned by multinational holding company Berkshire Hathaway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Berksh…

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Claim 2: “Berkshire said in a regulatory filing that it owned nearly 106 million Alphabet shares worth about $37.8 billion as of June 30”

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Three separate web search results confirm the specific figures: nearly 106 million shares valued at approximately $37.8 billion as of June 30.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the annual Fortune Global 500 rankings and other sources. Among the 50 largest companies, 23 are in the United S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page lists the largest annual and quarterly earnings and losses in corporate history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rio Grande is a jewelry-making equipment, tools and supplies company located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1944 by jeweler Saul Bell, the company is run by Arien Gessner (CEO). Rio Grande, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Grande_(company)

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Claim 3: “a stake Berkshire began building in last year’s third quarter”

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Claim 4: “Berkshire bought $23.5 billion and sold $3.7 billion of stocks in the second quarter”

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Claim 5: “The stake included a $10 billion investment announced in June, to help Alphabet expand its AI infrastructure”

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Two independent sources confirm a $10 billion investment in Alphabet in June specifically linked to AI infrastructure/spending.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This page lists the largest annual and quarterly earnings and losses in corporate history.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of publicly traded companies, that have the largest market capitalization or "market value". Most or all of these companies would be categorized as megacap stocks. Market capit…
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Claim 6: “up from 57.8 million shares three months earlier”

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Multiple sources confirm the previous share count was 57.8 million shares three months prior.

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Claim 7: “Berkshire’s cash stake fell to $364.7 billion on June 30 from $380.2 billion on March 31”

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Claim 8: “Chief Executive Greg Abel has begun reducing the enormous cash pile that his predecessor Warren Buffett left him when the legendary investor stepped down at year end”

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Claim 9: “the Macy’s investment more than doubled to about 7.3 million shares worth $173 million”

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Claim 10: “The changes were disclosed in a filing describing Berkshire’s U.S.-listed stock holdings as of June 30, which comprised most of its $323.8 billion equity portfolio”

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Claim 11: “Abel said in February he oversaw 94% of Berkshire’s stock holdings, while investment manager Ted Weschler handled 6%”

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Claim 12: “Berkshire also said it eliminated its year-and-a-half investment in alcoholic beverages producer Constellation Brands”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the sale of Constellation Brands.

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Claim 13: “making the parent of Google and YouTube its third-largest stock holding”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that this investment makes Alphabet the third-largest US equity holding for Berkshire Hathaway.

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web search NEUTRAL — This page was last edited on 3 September 2026, at 17:59 (UTC).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet

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web search NEUTRAL — e was rendered with Parsoid. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.

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web search NEUTRAL — List of all 26 letters in the English Alphabet with names (words), pronunciation, number, capital and small letters from A to Z.
https://www.worldometers.info/languages/english-alphabet/

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Claim 14: “disclosed a tiny — $580,000 — stake in another home builder, D.R. Horton”

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Claim 15: “Bank of America and Coca-Cola ranked fourth and fifth”

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The Motley Fool and other reports indicate that Coca-Cola and Bank of America have been 'knocked down a peg' by Alphabet's rise to the No. 3 position, corroborating their lower ranking.

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web search NEUTRAL — Longtime holdings Coca-Cola (KO -0.83%) and Bank of America (BAC -0.06%) have both been knocked down a peg, with the new apple of Abel's eye, Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL -1.11%)(GOOG -1.05%), offici…
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/28/step-aside-ko-bac-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Berkshire Hathaway’s official Q2 SEC 13F filing is here, and Warren Buffett and Greg Abel just made a massive portfolio shift! In this deep dive, we break down why Berkshire turbocharged its Alphabet …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYEARap7YI

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web search NEUTRAL — Berkshire Hathaway holds 50+ stocks.
https://www.cnbc.com/berkshire-hathaway-portfolio/

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Claim 16: “Berkshire also owns dozens of businesses including the BNSF railroad, Geico car insurance, energy and manufacturing companies and retail brands such as Brooks, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom and See’s”

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Claim 17: “Buffett remains Berkshire’s chairman”

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Claim 18: “The Delta investment grew 44% in the second quarter to 57.3 million shares worth nearly $5.4 billion”

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Claim 19: “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway said Friday it boosted the size of its investment in Alphabet by 83% in the second quarter”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Berkshire Hathaway increased its stake in Alphabet by 83% during the second quarter.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American defense and aerospace manufacturer. It is headquartered in North Bethesda, Maryland, United States. The company was formed by the merger of the Lockheed …
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Claim 20: “Berkshire also bought more shares of home builder Lennar”

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Claim 21: “followed by American Express at $51.3 billion”

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Only one provided source (VMVirtualMachine.com) confirms American Express as the second-largest holding at $51.3 billion.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apple remained Berkshire’s largest stock investment, worth $66 billion at the end of June, followed by American Express at $51.3 billion.
https://vmvirtualmachine.com/warren-buffetts-berkshire-hatha…

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web search NEUTRAL — Investing.com-- U.S. stock index futures fell on Sunday evening after the U.S. launched renewed military strikes against Iran for the first time in weeks, sending oil prices up sharply.
https://www.investing.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Berkshire Hathaway held 151,610,700 shares of American Express (AXP) as of the end of 2020, with the stock comprising another of the firm's long-standing investments.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-how-warren-buffetts-top…

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Claim 22: “It reduced its holdings in Ally Financial, Bank of America, Capital One, kidney dialysis provider DaVita, grocer Kroger and steel maker Nucor”

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Claim 23: “a decline also reflecting $4.5 billion of stock buybacks”

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Claim 24: “adding to investments in Delta Air Lines and Macy’s that it began in the first quarter”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding investments in Delta Air Lines or Macy's.

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Claim 25: “ending a 14-quarter stretch when it sold more stocks than it bought”

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