Buffett's Berkshire hits $1 trillion market cap, first non-tech firm to do so

The market value of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway hit $1 trillion for the first time on Wednesday, as the conglomerate became the first non-technology company in the U.S. to reach that threshold.

Buffett's firm joined six other firms in the exclusive $1 trillion market cap club, including Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook parent Meta.

Berkshire Hathaway has outpaced the benchmark S&P 500 index so far this year, as the company's stock has...