Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American holding company, whose conglomerate includes over 80 companies with activities spanning a wide range of business areas, including insurance and reinsurance, rail freight, energy supply, financial services, manufacturing, and wholesale and retail. The chairman is the major US investor and multi-billionaire Warren Buffett.
According to Berkshire Hathaway 's latest financial reports the company has A$502.31 Billion in cash and cash equivalents. A company’s cash on hand also refered as cash/cash equivalents (CCE) and Short-term investments, is the amount of accessible money a business has.