Can Berkshire Hathaway Join the $1 Trillion Club?

In the 56 years since Warren Buffett took over a struggling textile manufacturer called Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B), the company has been one of the biggest investment success stories of all time, averaging returns of more than 20% per year for investors.

Now a conglomerate with more than 60 subsidiary businesses in a variety of industries and a diverse stock portfolio worth more than $200 billion, Berkshire has a market capitalization of about $464 billion as I write this. However, Berkshire's stock performance has been lackluster over the past few years, so what would have to happen for it to reach a trillion dollar market capitalization.

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