Warren Buffett's Cash Reserves Reach a Staggering $377.4 Billion! The Earnings Report is Here! Berkshire Hathaway's third-quarter operating profit was $12.71 billion, a 5.8% decrease year-over-year; Net income attributable to shareholders for the third quarter was $22.112 billion, compared to $30.796 billion in the same period last year; Net earnings per Class A equivalent common share for the third quarter were $15,502; Net investment income for the third quarter was $9.407 billion, compared to $17.311 billion in the same period last year. The group has 387,800 employees, 80% of whom are in the United States. The Omaha headquarters, however, has fewer than 30 employees. The net profit for the first three quarters was $57.89 billion, which, spread across employees, amounts to approximately $150,000 per person over nine months. As of September 30, the company's cash holdings for the third quarter were $356.9 billion; Cash reserves increased from the previous quarter, reaching a new record high of $377.4 billion. The company repurchased $9.6 billion worth of stock in the third quarter.