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 Buffett's salary remained at $100,000, the same amount he has
received for more than a quarter century, Berkshire said in a Friday
regulatory filing.
The cost of providing home and personal security services for
Buffett rose to $370,244 from $364,011 a year earlier. Buffett also
reimbursed $50,000 to Berkshire for personal costs.
Buffett often eschews trappings commonly associated with
billionaires, and lives in a 10-room home on less than
three-quarters of an acre in Omaha.
But he still controls nearly 19 percent of Berkshire's stock, and 33
percent of its voting power, according to the regulatory filing.
Buffett is worth $66.2 billion, Forbes magazine said on Friday.
Vice Chairman Charlie Munger, who is also a billionaire, drew a
$100,000 salary last year, Friday's filing showed.
Chief Financial Officer Marc Hamburg was the highest paid employee
listed, with compensation of $1.36 million in 2015.
Executives who run some of Berkshire's roughly 90 units make more
than Buffett.
Among them is Gregory Abel, chairman and chief executive of
Berkshire Hathaway Energy, who made $40.77 million last year.
Berkshire's filing also said the Nebraska Peace Foundation would
propose at the company's April 30 annual shareholder meeting that
Berkshire issue a report describing risks it faces from climate
change.
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The nonprofit group, which owns one Class A share of Berkshire, said
such reporting could help Berkshire's insurance units "identify and
anticipate gaps and opportunities," and confirm their status as
industry leaders.
Berkshire opposes the proposal.
In his annual shareholder letter on Feb. 27, Buffett said it was
"highly likely" that climate change posed a "major problem for the
planet," but that Berkshire's insurance units would not face big
losses.
Climate change should not be on any "list of worries" for Berkshire
shareholders, he said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Richard
Chang)
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