Berkshire Hathaway Executive Compensation (FY25)
BRK.B · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025
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Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 7, 2026
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What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Warren Buffett: $405,111 → $389,488 (3.9% lower)
CEO pay ratio: 5:1 → 4.2:1 (16.8% lower)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive and what were they paid?
Warren Buffett was paid $389,488 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer/Chairman for fiscal 2025. Buffett's total moved 3.9% lower from the $405,111 reported for fiscal 2024.
What was Berkshire Hathaway's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 93.0% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 2, 2026.
What is Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive pay ratio?
The disclosed chief executive pay ratio for fiscal 2025 is 4.2:1, against median employee compensation of $93,709.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gregory Abel Vice Chairman-Non Insurance Operations | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ajit Jain Vice Chairman-Insurance Operations | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Hamburg Senior Vice President/CFO | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Warren Buffett Chief Executive Officer/Chairman | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Charles Munger Vice Chairman of the Board | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gregory Abel Vice Chairman-Non Insurance Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Ajit Jain Vice Chairman-Insurance Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Hamburg Senior Vice President/CFO | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Warren Buffett Chief Executive Officer/Chairman | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Charles Munger Vice Chairman of the Board | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajit Jain Vice Chairman-Insurance Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Gregory Abel Vice Chairman-Non Insurance Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Hamburg Senior Vice President/CFO | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Warren Buffett Chief Executive Officer/Chairman | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ajit Jain Vice Chairman-Insurance Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Gregory Abel Vice Chairman-Non Insurance Operations | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Marc Hamburg Senior Vice President/CFO | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Warren Buffett Chief Executive Officer/Chairman | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kenneth I. Chenault | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Wallace R. Weitz | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Christopher C. Davis | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Meryl B. Witmer | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan L. Decker Lead independent director | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Stephen B. Burke | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Charlotte Guyman | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Howard G. Buffett | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Thomas S. Murphy Jr | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Susan A. Buffett | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
| Audit committee chair | ◇ |
| Audit committee member | ◇ |
| Board meeting fee | ◇ |
| Committee meeting fee | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | May 2, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | May 6, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | May 2, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2016 | May 6, 2017 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Berkshire Hathaway disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Written compensation analysis
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Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
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99 figures on this page: 95 cited to the filing that reported them, 4 calculated from figures it prints.
95 cited to the filing
4 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001193125-26-212148ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-26-106253Director Compensation · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE · SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE &
- 0001193125-25-054877SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001193125-24-069107SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001193125-23-140854ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-23-073948SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
- 0001193125-20-133332ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001193125-17-163993ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}