バークシャー・ハザウェイ社のバフェット氏は、保証給として１７万５千ドルを受け取る。一方で、CFOは786,500ドルを受け取る。
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Warren Buffett's salary stays at $100,000 in 2008
Berkshire Hathaway's Buffett receives compensation package of $175K; CFO receives $786,500
Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer
Friday March 13, 2009, 5:01 pm EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- The world's second-richest man, Warren Buffett, wasn't even the highest paid employee at Berkshire Hathaway's 19-person headquarters again last year.
Buffett, chairman and chief executive of the Omaha, Neb.-based company, received a total of $175,000 in compensation in 2008, the same amount he received a year earlier, according to regulatory filing made Friday.
Berkshire's chief financial officer, Marc Hamburg, earned the highest paid distinction at company headquarters. But even Hamburg's pay is almost certainly less than that of CEOs at some of Berkshire's subsidiaries, such as Geico, MidAmerican Energy, Berkshire Reinsurance. The salaries of executives at subsidiaries aren't disclosed.
Buffett's base salary remained at $100,000, the same level it's been for more than 25 years. He picked up an additional $75,000 for director's fees from some outside companies in which Berkshire has significant investments. That pay did not change from 2007 either.
Buffett, one of the most successful investors of all time, has been an outspoken critic of lavish executive compensation packages at other companies. In keeping with that philosophy, his own company doesn't award large pay packages or give out perks or stock options.
The simpler pay structure at Berkshire makes it far easier to calculate how much its top executives make based on the proxy statement the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Most of the things The Associated Press includes in its executive compensation calculations don't exist at Berkshire, including bonuses, performance-related bonuses, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock options and awards granted during the year.
Berkshire disclosed that it did pay $315,709 to provide personal and home security for Buffett during 2008, but it did not include that amount in the table summarizing Buffett's compenstion. Berkshire did not disclose any similar security expenses for 2007, and company officials did not immediately respond to questions about the security expenses.
As in past years, Buffett and Munger both reimbursed Berkshire during 2008 to cover any personal costs, such as postage or calls the company may have paid for. Buffett paid the company $50,000, and Munger reimbursed Berkshire $5,500.
While Buffett's pay remained unchanged, his net worth tumbled along with the worsening economy and stock market. Buffett fell from his perch as the world's richest person, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires, which was published earlier this week.
Forbes valued Buffett's net worth at $37 billion, $25 billion less than just a year earlier when the magazine estimated he was worth $62 billion.
Along with Buffett's declining net worth, Berkshire Hathaway's profit slid in 2008. For the full year, Berkshire's net income fell to $4.99 billion, from $13.21 billion in 2007.
Berkshire's vice chairman, Charles Munger, also saw his net worth decline. Forbes estimates Munger's net worth at about $1.4 billion, good enough for a tie of 522nd on the magazine's billionaire list.
Munger's net worth was estimated at $2.4 billion a year earlier. Like Buffett, Munger received the same pay in 2008 as he received the year before. Munger collected his salary of $100,000 and nothing else.
The highest paid employee listed in Berkshire's proxy statement was again Hamburg. The company's CFO received a compensation package of $786,500, a 9 percent increase. His salary increased to $775,000 in 2008 from $712,500 a year earlier. A company payment to his defined contribution plan edged up to $11,500 from $11,250 in 2007.
Berkshire owns a diverse mix of more than 60 companies, including insurance, furniture, carpet, jewelry, restaurants and utility businesses. It has major investments in such companies as Wells Fargo & Co. and Coca-Cola Co.
Associated Press Business Writer Josh Funk contributed to this report from Omaha, Neb.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com
2009年4月8日水曜日
2009年4月2日木曜日
ウォーレン・バフェット曰く、「経済は崖から落ちたよ」
『バフェット曰く、この６ヶ月間の経済は崖から落っこちたように悪い。消費者は彼らの習慣を変えてきている』
オマハネバラスカのＡＰ通信社によると、億万長者のバフェット氏は、この６ヶ月間の経済状態は崖から落っこちたくらいに悪く、消費者は驚くべき方法で彼らの習慣を変えてきていると語った。
バフェット氏は、月曜のＣＮＢＣの生放送に出演し、現況の経済大混乱状態は、自分が考えた最悪のシナリオに沿ってきていると語った。
「崖から落っこちたようさ。」とバフェットはいう。「経済の伸びが大きく鈍化していることはもとより、人々の習慣が本当に変わってきている。こんなの見たことがないよ」
バフェットがいうには、変化を見出したのはバークシャーの子会社の結果を受けてからだと語る。バークシャーの宝石会社は依然苦しんできたが、それ以上に、人々は自動車保険を節約するためにＧＥＩＣＯにお金をまわして来ているという。
バフェットは失業率は大不況前よりもずっと高くなると予想しているが、彼は繰り返し長期的展望下の楽観を述べてきた。
「すべてうまくいくさ。わたしたちは、以前に生み出されたどのマシーンよりも優れた、偉大な経済マシーンを有しているんだから」
バフェットはいっている。「国民は経済において何が問題なのか、そして、何が行われているのか、政府からの明白なメッセージを求めている。議会の535人の全ての議員は、わたしがかつて不意打ちを食らった経済とよんだことについて論じるときには、口論しているパルチザンを無視すべきだね」
バフェットはいう。「戦時下にあるときのような司令官が求められている」と。
この数ヶ月において、恐怖と混乱が消費者と投資家の態度に過度の影響を及ぼしている、とバフェットはいう。「この国の指導者たちは、誰もが（経済が悪い）という確信を更に深める前に、経済についての混乱を明白にすることが求められている。」
1週間かそこら前に、バフェットは、彼の44年間の経営の中で最悪な結果となったことを記した株主向けの年次報告書を発表した。このオマハのネバラスカに本店を持つ会社は、急激な利益の落ち込みを公表した。原因は75億ドルという巨額の投資損失とデリバティブ損であった。
全般的に見て、バークシャーの2008年度の利益は49億9000万ドルであり、クラスAの一株当たり3224ドルとなった。これは、2007年度の132億1000万ドル：一株当たり8548ドルからは62%も下落した。
バークシャーの四半期の数字も悪い。バフェットの会社は1億1700万ドルの純利益（一株あたり76ドル）を公表した。この数字は年初頭の29億5000万ドル（一株あたり1904ドル）からすると９６％も下がってしまった。
バークシャーは保険会社、家具、カーペット、宝石、レストランから公益企業までの60以上にわたる多様なビジネスを有している。そして、ウェルズファーゴやコカコーラといった企業の大株主でもある。
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090309/buffett_economy.html?.v=7
AP
Warren Buffett says economy fell off a cliff
Monday March 9, 7:31 am ET
By Josh Funk, AP Business Writer
Buffett says economy fell off a cliff in the past 6 months as consumers changed their habits
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy has "fallen off a cliff" over the past six months and consumers have changed their habits in remarkable ways.
Buffett said Monday during a live appearance on CNBC that current economic turmoil has basically followed the worst-case scenario he envisioned.
"It's fallen off a cliff," Buffett said. "Not only has the economy slowed down a lot, but people have really changed their habits like I haven't seen."
Buffett said he's seen the changes showing up in the results of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s subsidiaries. He said Berkshire's jewelry companies have suffered, but more people have been willing to switch to Geico to save money on car insurance.
Buffett predicted that unemployment will likely climb a lot higher before the recession is done, but he also reiterated his optimistic long-term view.
"Everything will be alright. We do have the greatest economic machine that's ever been created," Buffett said.
Buffett said the nation needs a clear message from the government about what the problem is in the economy and what will be done. He said all 535 members of Congress should set aside partisan bickering to deal with what Buffett has called an economic Pearl Harbor.
"What is required is a commander in chief that's looked at like a commander in chief in a time of war," Buffett said.
Fear and confusion has been driving much of consumer and investor behavior in recent months, Buffett said. The nation's leaders need to clear up the confusion about the economy before anyone will become more confident, he said.
A little over a week ago, Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders describing the worst of his 44 years at the helm of Berkshire. The Omaha, Neb.-based company reported sharply lower profit because of its largely unrealized $7.5 billion investment and derivative losses.
Overall, Berkshire's 2008 profit of $4.99 billion, or $3,224 per Class A share, was down 62 percent from $13.21 billion, or $8,548 per share, in 2007.
Berkshire's fourth-quarter numbers were even worse. Buffett's company reported net income of $117 million, or $76 per share, down 96 percent from $2.95 billion, or $1,904 per share, a year earlier.
Berkshire owns a diverse mix of more than 60 companies, including insurance, furniture, carpet, jewelry, restaurants and utility businesses. And it has major investments in such companies as Wells Fargo & Co. and Coca-Cola Co.
オマハネバラスカのＡＰ通信社によると、億万長者のバフェット氏は、この６ヶ月間の経済状態は崖から落っこちたくらいに悪く、消費者は驚くべき方法で彼らの習慣を変えてきていると語った。
バフェット氏は、月曜のＣＮＢＣの生放送に出演し、現況の経済大混乱状態は、自分が考えた最悪のシナリオに沿ってきていると語った。
「崖から落っこちたようさ。」とバフェットはいう。「経済の伸びが大きく鈍化していることはもとより、人々の習慣が本当に変わってきている。こんなの見たことがないよ」
バフェットがいうには、変化を見出したのはバークシャーの子会社の結果を受けてからだと語る。バークシャーの宝石会社は依然苦しんできたが、それ以上に、人々は自動車保険を節約するためにＧＥＩＣＯにお金をまわして来ているという。
バフェットは失業率は大不況前よりもずっと高くなると予想しているが、彼は繰り返し長期的展望下の楽観を述べてきた。
「すべてうまくいくさ。わたしたちは、以前に生み出されたどのマシーンよりも優れた、偉大な経済マシーンを有しているんだから」
バフェットはいっている。「国民は経済において何が問題なのか、そして、何が行われているのか、政府からの明白なメッセージを求めている。議会の535人の全ての議員は、わたしがかつて不意打ちを食らった経済とよんだことについて論じるときには、口論しているパルチザンを無視すべきだね」
バフェットはいう。「戦時下にあるときのような司令官が求められている」と。
この数ヶ月において、恐怖と混乱が消費者と投資家の態度に過度の影響を及ぼしている、とバフェットはいう。「この国の指導者たちは、誰もが（経済が悪い）という確信を更に深める前に、経済についての混乱を明白にすることが求められている。」
1週間かそこら前に、バフェットは、彼の44年間の経営の中で最悪な結果となったことを記した株主向けの年次報告書を発表した。このオマハのネバラスカに本店を持つ会社は、急激な利益の落ち込みを公表した。原因は75億ドルという巨額の投資損失とデリバティブ損であった。
全般的に見て、バークシャーの2008年度の利益は49億9000万ドルであり、クラスAの一株当たり3224ドルとなった。これは、2007年度の132億1000万ドル：一株当たり8548ドルからは62%も下落した。
バークシャーの四半期の数字も悪い。バフェットの会社は1億1700万ドルの純利益（一株あたり76ドル）を公表した。この数字は年初頭の29億5000万ドル（一株あたり1904ドル）からすると９６％も下がってしまった。
バークシャーは保険会社、家具、カーペット、宝石、レストランから公益企業までの60以上にわたる多様なビジネスを有している。そして、ウェルズファーゴやコカコーラといった企業の大株主でもある。
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090309/buffett_economy.html?.v=7
AP
Warren Buffett says economy fell off a cliff
Monday March 9, 7:31 am ET
By Josh Funk, AP Business Writer
Buffett says economy fell off a cliff in the past 6 months as consumers changed their habits
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett says the economy has "fallen off a cliff" over the past six months and consumers have changed their habits in remarkable ways.
Buffett said Monday during a live appearance on CNBC that current economic turmoil has basically followed the worst-case scenario he envisioned.
"It's fallen off a cliff," Buffett said. "Not only has the economy slowed down a lot, but people have really changed their habits like I haven't seen."
Buffett said he's seen the changes showing up in the results of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s subsidiaries. He said Berkshire's jewelry companies have suffered, but more people have been willing to switch to Geico to save money on car insurance.
Buffett predicted that unemployment will likely climb a lot higher before the recession is done, but he also reiterated his optimistic long-term view.
"Everything will be alright. We do have the greatest economic machine that's ever been created," Buffett said.
Buffett said the nation needs a clear message from the government about what the problem is in the economy and what will be done. He said all 535 members of Congress should set aside partisan bickering to deal with what Buffett has called an economic Pearl Harbor.
"What is required is a commander in chief that's looked at like a commander in chief in a time of war," Buffett said.
Fear and confusion has been driving much of consumer and investor behavior in recent months, Buffett said. The nation's leaders need to clear up the confusion about the economy before anyone will become more confident, he said.
A little over a week ago, Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders describing the worst of his 44 years at the helm of Berkshire. The Omaha, Neb.-based company reported sharply lower profit because of its largely unrealized $7.5 billion investment and derivative losses.
Overall, Berkshire's 2008 profit of $4.99 billion, or $3,224 per Class A share, was down 62 percent from $13.21 billion, or $8,548 per share, in 2007.
Berkshire's fourth-quarter numbers were even worse. Buffett's company reported net income of $117 million, or $76 per share, down 96 percent from $2.95 billion, or $1,904 per share, a year earlier.
Berkshire owns a diverse mix of more than 60 companies, including insurance, furniture, carpet, jewelry, restaurants and utility businesses. And it has major investments in such companies as Wells Fargo & Co. and Coca-Cola Co.
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