Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings
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Warren Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is widely considered the most successful investor of the 20th century. Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people.
In 2012, American magazine Time named Buffett one of the most influential people in the world.
Let's take a look at Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings in the world.
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Wells Fargo
Industry: Banking
Holding Value: $15.5 billion
Shares: 439,857,861
Stake in company: 8.4 per cent
Overall rank: 1
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Coca-Cola
Industry: Beverage
Holding value: $14.7 billion
Shares: 400,000,000
Stake in company: 9.0 per cent
Overall rank: 2
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Image: Pedestrians walk past a reflection of a Coca-Cola delivery truck in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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IBM
Industry: Technology
Holding value: $13.6 billion
Shares: 68,115,484
Stake in company: 6.0 per cent
Overall rank: 3
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Image: A view of the headquarters of IBM Japan in Tokyo.
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American Express
Industry: Financial services
Holding value: $9.5 billion
Shares: 151,610,700
Stake in company: 13.6 per cent
Overall rank: 4
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Procter & Gamble
Industry: Consumer goods
Holding value: $4.1 billion
Shares: 52,793,078
Stake in company: 1.9 per cent
Overall rank: 5
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Image: A Carrefour Planet in Lyon, France.
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Walmart
Industry: Retail
Holding value: $3.4 billion
Shares: 47,501,182
Stake in company: 1.4 per cent
Overall rank: 6
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Image: A shopper pushes a cart with a television screen at a Walmart store in Mexico City, Mexico.
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US Bancorp
Industry: Banking
Holding value: $2.1 billion
Shares: 61,264,601
Stake in company: 3.3 per cent
Overall rank: 7
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Image: The logo of US Bank is seen atop the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles.
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Phillips 66
Industry: Natural gas liquids and petrochemicals
Holding value: $1.8 billion
Shares: 27,163,918
Stake in company: 4.3 per cent
Overall rank: 8
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Image: A petrochemicals plant in Seosan, about 150km south of Seoul, South Korea.
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DirecTV
Industry: Broadcasting
Holding value: $1.7 billion
Shares: 34,037,500
Stake in company: 5.6 per cent
Overall rank: 9
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Image: A woman looks at flat screen TV sets in Berlin, Germany.
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DaVita
Industry: Health care
Holding value: $1.6 billion
Shares: 14,049,909
Stake in company: 14.7 per cent
Overall rank: 10
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Image: A pedestrian walks past a pharmacy in downtown Stockholm, Sweden.
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ConocoPhillips
Industry: Energy
Holding value: $1.40 billion
Shares: 24,123,911
Stake in company: 2.0 per cent
Overall rank: 11
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Image: Smoke is released into the sky at the ConocoPhillips oil refinery in San Pedro, California.
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Moody's
Industry: Bond credit ratings
Holding value: $1.3 billion
Shares: 28,415,250
Stake in company: 12.7 per cent
Overall rank: 12
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Image: A businesswoman is silhouetted as she makes her way under the Arche de la Defense, in the financial district west of Paris, France.
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Washington Post
Industry: Media
Holding value: $706.8 million
Shares: 1,727,765
Stake in company: 23.4 per cent
Overall rank: 13
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Image: A view of the exterior of The Washington Post Company headquarters in Washington, DC.
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General Motors
Industry: Automobile
Holding value: $693.8 million
Shares: 25,000,000
Stake in company: 1.6 per cent
Overall rank: 14
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Image: A worker uses an ergonomic-arm to install a front seat in a Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle at General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Hamtramck, Michigan.
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Liberty Media
Industry: Mass media
Holding value: $621 million
Shares: 5,622,340
Stake in company: 4.7 per cent
Overall rank: 15
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