Major investor Berkshire Hathaway sells Apple shares again
The company of legendary investor Warren Buffett has been investing in Apple since 2016. The stake has now been reduced again.
Investor Warren Buffett announced his retirement last year.
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Berkshire Hathaway again sold off Apple shares on a large scale in the fourth quarter of 2025. The investment company of the world-famous financier Warren Buffett parted with 4 percent of its shares in the iPhone group. However, Berkshire remains a major investor – at that time, the value of the stake the company still held in Apple was still 62 billion US dollars. It also remains the largest single investment, reports Reuters.
Still the largest single investment
It is unclear whether Buffett, who started buying Apple shares back in 2016 and personally thanked CEO Tim Cook for the price increase, was involved in the decision. Last year, Buffett, at 95, decided to retire from day-to-day operations. As of January 1, 2026, Greg Abel is the new CEO of Berkshire, with Buffett remaining Chairman of the Board. Portfolio Director is Ted Weschler. In a stock market report, Berkshire did not specify who is in charge of the Apple share package internally.
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Other Berkshire tech holdings fared even worse in the fourth quarter of 2025: The investment firm sold a hefty 77 percent of its 10 million Amazon shares in the portfolio. Among the "winners," however, was an unusual investment: Berkshire bought nearly 5 million shares in the New York Times newspaper, which at around 350 million dollars were a bargain. Berkshire had previously exited the newspaper business in 2020. Until then, Berkshire owned a local newspaper group.
First experiment with tech stocks
The Apple share currently has a market capitalization of nearly 3.8 trillion dollars. Buffett, who led Berkshire Hathaway for 60 years, decided ten years ago to enter the tech sector for the first time – and chose Apple. In 2023, Buffett said at Berkshire's shareholder meeting that the iPhone was an "extraordinary product" that people simply didn't want to give up.
"Apple is in a position with consumers where they will pay $1,500 for a phone," said Buffett. The investment firm traditionally provides little to no information about why it makes decisions. With Apple, Berkshire also benefited from rich dividend payments. In 2023, the Buffett company still held 5.6 percent of Apple.
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