Originally Posted By: jerry66stl
No one has mentioned that the Hathaway Shirt Co. became the foundation for Warren Buffet's billions - $$$.

If, instead of buying the shirt, one had bought a few shares of the common stock, they could now purchase multiple new Purdey shotguns. A single share of BK-A is now priced at $113k.

JERRY



Not quite, the Hathaway company you speak of was a textile conglomerate in Mass. But cotton was both company's stock in trade

-Clif Watkins