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Apple’s Stock Surge May Just Have Made Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway $2.6 Billion Richer

August 2, 2018

Via: Fortune

Wednesday wasn’t just a good day for Apple.

The company, whose shares jumped nearly 6%, also earned Warren Buffett a nice payday.

The billionaire philanthropist’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B) reportedly owns 239.6 million shares of Apple as of the end of March. Wednesday’s jump means that those shares are up $2.7 billion for Berkshire Hathaway.

According to MarketWatch, Berkshire Hathaway’s stake in Apple is now worth $48 billion overall, and has earned the company $8 billion in the last four months.

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