The number of Berkshire Hathaway shares held by Warren Buffett are roughly as follows: [1] [2] Class A — 250,000 shares out of 640,000 shares outstandi

The number of Berkshire Hathaway shares held by Warren Buffett are roughly as follows: [1] [2] Class A — 250,000 shares out of 640,000 shares outstanding Class B — 10,000 shares out of 1,330,000,000 shares outstanding Class A shares have 10,000 times the voting power of Class B shares, so Warren Buffett controls just under 33% of voting power overall. If Warren Buffett had abstained, the climate report measure would have still been defeated by the remaining votes against. [1]: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/company-insights/082916/top-5-shareholders-berkshire-hathaway-brka-brkb.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/company-insights/08291... [2]: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2020ar/202010-k.pdf https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/2020ar/202010-k.pdf