---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-303124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:31:17.371088+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire Hathaway elects Susan Buffett and Christopher Davis to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Susan A. Buffett and Christopher C. Davis elected to Berkshire's Board, expanding to 15 members.
- Susan Buffett chairs the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and the Sherwood Foundation.
- Christopher Davis is Chairman of Davis Select Advisors, overseeing over $25 billion in assets.
- No arrangements or understandings existed with board members in connection with their election.
- Committee assignments for the new directors have not yet been determined.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-303124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521303124/0001193125-21-303124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521303124/d398205d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-303124
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-303124.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-303124.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan A. Buffett was elected as Director at BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 20, 2021, Susan A. Buffett and Christopher C. Davis were each elected to Berkshire’s Board of Directors following the Board of Directors unanimous approval of a resolution to increase the number of members of the Board of Directors to fifteen.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521303124/0001193125-21-303124-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher C. Davis was elected as Director at BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 20, 2021, Susan A. Buffett and Christopher C. Davis were each elected to Berkshire’s Board of Directors following the Board of Directors unanimous approval of a resolution to increase the number of members of the Board of Directors to fifteen.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312521303124/0001193125-21-303124-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.