https://brandtree.org/company/berkshire-hathawayAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Berkshire Hathaway.https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-duracell-2016https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-duracell-2016Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMTBerkshire Hathaway acquired Duracell from Procter & Gamble in a share exchange worth about $4.7 billion, handing back its P&G stock rather than paying cash. Structuring it as an exchange avoided a large capital gains charge on shares Berkshire had held since the Gillette merger.https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-fruit-of-the-loom-2002https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-fruit-of-the-loom-2002Tue, 30 Apr 2002 00:00:00 GMTBerkshire Hathaway acquired Fruit of the Loom out of bankruptcy for about $835 million in cash. The underwear maker had collapsed under debt, and Berkshire bought the operating business rather than the holding company that had failed.https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-dairy-queen-1998https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-dairy-queen-1998Wed, 07 Jan 1998 00:00:00 GMTBerkshire Hathaway acquired International Dairy Queen for about $585 million. Almost every Dairy Queen is franchised, so Berkshire owns the brand and the system rather than the restaurants.https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-sees-1972https://brandtree.org/deal/berkshire-acquires-sees-1972Mon, 03 Jan 1972 00:00:00 GMTBerkshire Hathaway bought See's Candies for $25 million. Warren Buffett has repeatedly described it as the purchase that taught him to pay up for a business with pricing power rather than hunt for statistically cheap ones, and it has returned many times its cost.