BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 
Subsidiaries of Registrant (1) 
December 31, 2003

		Domicile or
		State of
Company Name		Incorporation
Acme Brick Company		Delaware
Acme Building Brands, Inc.		Delaware
Albecca Inc.		Georgia
The Ben Bridge Corporation		Washington
Ben Bridge Jeweler, Inc.		Washington
Benjamin Moore & Co.		New Jersey
Benjamin Moore & Co., Limited		Canada
Berkadia LLC		Delaware
Berkshire Hathaway Credit Corporation		Nebraska
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation		Delaware
Berkshire Hathaway International Insurance Ltd.		United Kingdom
Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska		Nebraska
BHG Life Insurance Company		Nebraska
BHSF, Inc.		Delaware
BH Finance LLC		Nebraska
BH Shoe Holdings, Inc.		Delaware
Blue Chip Stamps		California
Borsheim Jewelry Company, Inc.		Nebraska
Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company		Delaware
Central States Indemnity Co. of Omaha		Nebraska
Central States of Omaha Companies, Inc.		Nebraska
Clayton Homes, Inc.		Delaware
CMH Homes, Inc.		Tennessee
CMH Manufacturing, Inc.		Tennessee
CMH Parks, Inc.		Tennessee
Cologne Reinsurance Company Ltd.		Ireland
Columbia Insurance Company		Nebraska
Continental Divide Insurance Company		Colorado
Cornhusker Casualty Company		Nebraska
CORT Business Services Corporation		Delaware
CTB International Corp.		Indiana
Cypress Insurance Company		California
Dexter Shoe Company		Maine
Europa Rückversicherung AG		Germany
Fairfield Insurance Company		Connecticut
Faraday Reinsurance Company Ltd.		United Kingdom
Faraday Underwriting Limited		United Kingdom
The Fechheimer Brothers Company		Delaware
FlightSafety International Inc.		New York
FlightSafety Services Corporation		Delaware
Fruit of the Loom, Inc.		Delaware
Garan, Incorporated		Virginia
GEICO Casualty Company		Maryland
GEICO Corporation		Delaware
GEICO General Insurance Company		Maryland
GEICO Indemnity Company		Maryland
GRD Corporation		Delaware
Gen Re Holdings, Inc.  Gen Re Intermediaries Corporation		Delaware  New York
Gen Re Securities Holdings LLC		Delaware

 

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Reg. S-K 
Item 601 
Exhibit 21

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 
Subsidiaries of Registrant (1) 
December 31, 2003

		Domicile or
		State of
Company Name		Incorporation
General & Cologne Life Re of America		Connecticut
General Re-CKAG Reinsurance and Investment S.à r.l.		Luxembourg
General Re Corporation		Delaware
General Re Financial Products Corp.		Delaware
General Re Financial Products (Japan) Inc.		Delaware
General Re Securities Ltd.		United Kingdom
General Re Services Corporation		Delaware
General Reinsurance Corporation		Delaware
General Star Indemnity Company		Connecticut
General Star National Insurance Company		Ohio
GeneralCologne Life Re Australia Ltd.		Australia
GeneralCologne Re Africa Ltd.		South Africa
GeneralCologne Re Rückversicherungs-AG, Wien		Austria
GeneralCologne Re UK Limited		United Kingdom
Genesis Indemnity Insurance Company		North Dakota
Genesis Insurance Company		Connecticut
Government Employees Insurance Company		Maryland
Helzberg’s Diamond Shops, Inc.		Missouri
H. H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc.		Delaware
Homemakers Plaza, Inc.		Iowa
International Dairy Queen, Inc.		Delaware
Johns Manville		Delaware
Johns Manville Corporation		Delaware
Johns Manville Slovakia A.S.		Slovakia
Jordan’s Furniture, Inc.		Massachusetts
Justin Brands, Inc.		Delaware
Justin Industries, Inc.		Texas
Kansas Bankers Surety Company		Kansas
Kölnische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG		Germany
Larson-Juhl US LLC		Georgia
Lowell Shoe, Inc.		New Hampshire
McLane Company, Inc.		Texas
McLane Foodservice, Inc.		Texas
MiTek, Inc.		Delaware
Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company		Pennsylvania
National Fire & Marine Insurance Company		Nebraska
National Indemnity Company		Nebraska
National Indemnity Company of the South		Florida
National Indemnity Company of Mid-America		Iowa
National Liability and Fire Insurance Company		Connecticut
National Re Corporation		Delaware
National Reinsurance Corporation		Delaware
Nebraska Furniture Mart, Inc.		Nebraska
NetJets Inc.		Delaware
Oak River Insurance Company		Nebraska
OBH Inc.		Delaware
OCSAP, Ltd.		Maine
The Pampered Chef, Ltd.		Illinois
Precision Steel Warehouse, Inc.		Illinois
R.C. Willey Home Furnishings		Utah

 

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Reg. S-K 
Item 601 
Exhibit 21

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 
Subsidiaries of Registrant (1) 
December 31, 2003

		Domicile or
		State of
Company Name		Incorporation
Redwood Fire and Casualty Insurance Company		Nebraska
Schuller Gmb H		Germany
The Scott Fetzer Company		Delaware
Scott Fetzer Financial Group, Inc.		Delaware
See’s Candies, Inc.		California
See’s Candy Shops, Inc.		California
Shaw Contract Flooring Services, Inc.		Georgia
Shaw Industries Group, Inc.		Georgia
Star Furniture Company		Texas
Union Underwear Company, Inc.		Delaware
United States Liability Insurance Company		Pennsylvania
U.S. Investment Corporation		Pennsylvania
U.S. Underwriters Insurance Company		North Dakota
Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance, Inc.		Tennessee
Wesco Financial Corporation		Delaware
Wesco-Financial Insurance Company		Nebraska
Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.		Nebraska
World Book/Scott Fetzer Company, Inc.		Nebraska
XTRA Corporation		Delaware

     (1) Each of the named subsidiaries is not necessarily a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, and Berkshire has several additional subsidiaries not named above. The unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” at the end of the year covered by this report.