The Compound Growth Rate of Berkshire Hathaway Inc

Berkshire Hathaway owns a wide variety of non-instrance businesses. Compound growth rate from 1965 to 2005 is 17.2% and 30.2%. If either year was aberrational any calculation of growth will be distorted. In the table above however the base year of 1965 was abnormally good. Berkshire earned more money in that year than it did in all but one of the previous 10.