{
  "id": 1956081,
  "title": "Elon Musk finally has Warren Buffett as a shareholder — sort of",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/elon-musk-finally-has-warren-buffett-as-a-shareholder-sort-of",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T14:23:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-warren-buffett-spacex-stake-alphabet-berkshire-stocks-investing-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elon Musk has finally achieved his long-held desire to have Warren Buffett as a shareholder. It appears that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns an indirect stake in SpaceX, Musk's own company, through Alphabet. As of June 30, Berkshire Hathaway held approximately 0.04% of SpaceX, a stake valued at over $800 million. This indirect ownership stems from Berkshire holding a 0.9% stake in Alphabet, which in turn owns 4% of SpaceX. While this represents a small financial interest for Berkshire, which has assets valued at around $1.3 trillion, the value of Alphabet's stake in SpaceX makes it a significant asset for the company. Buffett, who stepped down as CEO but remains Berkshire's chairman and largest shareholder, established this Alphabet stake during the third quarter of 2025. Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has been seeking Buffett's endorsement for years, although Buffett has previously refrained from investing in Tesla himself, favoring BYD instead. Despite this, Musk appears pleased with the indirect connection to Buffett.",
  "summary": "Elon Musk has been nudging Warren Buffett to invest in one of his companies for years. Now Berkshire Hathaway has an indirect stake in SpaceX.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Not impressed with a political post on X? Elon Musk’s social media platform may show you more of those, says new study",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/not-impressed-with-a-political-post-on-x-elon-musks-social-media",
        "published": "2026-08-19T14:50:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}