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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
Warren Buffett with his wife Astrid Menks in Washington, DC.

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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Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A customer uses an ATM machine at a Wells Fargo bank in Los Angeles, Calfornia.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
Pedestrians walk past a reflection of a Coca-Cola delivery truck in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A view of the headquarters of IBM Japan in Tokyo.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A woman uses an ATM machine at a Santander bank branch in Madrid, Spain.

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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Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A Carrefour Planet in Lyon, France.

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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Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A shopper pushes a cart with a television screen at a Walmart store in Mexico City, Mexico.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
The logo of US Bank is seen atop the US Bank Tower in downtown Los Angeles.

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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Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A petrochemicals plant in Seosan, about 150km south of Seoul, South Korea.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A woman looks at flat screen TV sets in Berlin, Germany.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A pedestrian walks past a pharmacy in downtown Stockholm, Sweden.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
Smoke is released into the sky at the ConocoPhillips oil refinery in San Pedro, California.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A businesswoman is silhouetted as she makes her way under the Arche de la Defense, in the financial district west of Paris, France.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
A view of the exterior of The Washington Post Company headquarters in Washington, DC.

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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Warren Buffett's 15 biggest stock holdings

Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
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.

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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Last updated on: February 22, 2013 08:11 IST
Barnes and Noble bookstore on the corner of Warren and Greenwich street in New York.

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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