Elon Musk finally has Warren Buffett as a shareholder — sort of
Elon Musk has long wished to have Warren Buffett as a shareholder.Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now holds an indirect stake in Musk's SpaceX via Alphabet.Berkshire owned nearly 1% of Alphabet, which in turn owned about 4% of SpaceX, recent filings show.Elon Musk has wanted Warren Buffett as a shareholder for years. His wish has finally come true, in a sense.As of June 30, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway indirectly owned about 0.04% of SpaceX, a stake worth over $800 million, according to Business Insider's calculations.This "look-through stake" — a term coined by Buffett — is based on Berkshire owning part of Alphabet, which in turn owns part of SpaceX.Berkshire reported a roughly 0.9% stake in Alphabet, worth about $38 billion, in its second-quarter portfolio update on Friday.Alphabet revealed in its portfolio filing that it owned about 4%, or $94 billion worth, of SpaceX on June 30.Berkshire's stake in Alphabet represents a proportional claim on Alphabet's assets, including its SpaceX holding.
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Elon Musk has long wished to have Warren Buffett as a shareholder.Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now holds an indirect stake in Musk's SpaceX via Alphabet.Berkshire owned nearly 1% of Alphabet, which in turn owned about 4% of SpaceX, recent filings show.Elon Musk has wanted Warren Buffett as a shareholder for years. His wish has finally come true, in a sense.As of June 30, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway indirectly owned about 0.04% of SpaceX, a stake worth over $800 million, according to Business Insider's calculations.This "look-through stake" — a term coined by Buffett — is based on Berkshire owning part of Alphabet, which in turn owns part of SpaceX.Berkshire reported a roughly 0.9% stake in Alphabet, worth about $38 billion, in its second-quarter portfolio update on Friday.Alphabet revealed in its portfolio filing that it owned about 4%, or $94 billion worth, of SpaceX on June 30.Berkshire's stake in Alphabet represents a proportional claim on Alphabet's assets, including its SpaceX holding. Its piece of the $94 billion position was worth about $815 million at the end of June, but closer to $700 million at Tuesday's market close, following share-price declines for both Alphabet and SpaceX this quarter.That's a tiny financial interest for Berkshire, which owned about $1.3 trillion of assets at the end of June, including $324 billion of stocks.But Alphabet's stake in SpaceX is worth about $79 billion today, or roughly 2% of Alphabet's market value, making it a material asset for the search, advertising, and AI giant. Berkshire will be monitoring the holding closely, given how much money it has riding on Alphabet.Buffett — who stepped down as CEO at the turn of this year, but remains Berkshire's chairman and largest shareholder — established the Alphabet stake during the third quarter of 2025.
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- Elon Musk has long wished to have Warren Buffett as a shareholder.Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway now holds an indirect stake in Musk's SpaceX via Alphabet.Berkshire owned nearly 1% of Alphabet, which in turn owned about 4% of SpaceX, recent filings show.Elon Musk has wanted Warren Buffett as a shareholder for years. His wish has finally come true, in a sense.As of June 30, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway indirectly owned about 0.04% of SpaceX, a stake worth over $800 million, according to Business Insider's calculations.This "look-through stake" — a term coined by Buffett — is based on Berkshire owning part of Alphabet, which in turn owns part of SpaceX.Berkshire reported a roughly 0.9% stake in Alphabet, worth about $38 billion, in its second-quarter portfolio update on Friday.Alphabet revealed in its portfolio filing that it owned about 4%, or $94 billion worth, of SpaceX on June 30.Berkshire's stake in Alphabet represents a proportional claim on Alphabet's assets, including its SpaceX holding.
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