2. Seaboard Corporation

Industry: Agriculture and ocean transport business

Stock price: $2,639.72 per share

Global rank: 2

Seaboard Corporation is engaged in a number of agriculture and ocean transport businesses worldwide. The company also operates in cargo shipping, commodity merchandising, sugar and citrus production and flour milling. It maintains a fleet of about 30 container vessels, out of which 7 are company-owned and the remaining 23 are chartered container vessels. The company, headquartered in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, is a Fortune 500 firm with net sales exceeding $2.0 billion per year. Seaboard is a subsidiary company of Seaboard Flour.

1. Berkshire Hathaway

Industry: Conglomerate

Stock price: $145,505 per share

Global rank: 1

Berkshire Hathaway is an American multinational holding company, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, which administers and manages a number of subsidiary companies that includes confectionery, retail, railroad, home furnishings and encyclopedias, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners, jewelry sales; newspaper publishing; manufacture and distribution of uniforms. Warren Buffett is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. The company has offered a total return of 76 percent from 2000 - 2010 to its shareholders.

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