Buffett, UnitedHealth and Berkshire Hathaway
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The investment comes as UnitedHealth faces soaring medical costs, federal investigations, the fallout of the killing of a top executive and a cyberattack last year.
The Oracle of Omaha just took a $1.6 billion stake in the battered healthcare giant, sending shares soaring 9% after hours.
TheStreet. Warren Buffett is arguably the most successful investor of all time. He's amassed an amazingly massive net worth by buying and usually holding stocks for the long haul. Trained under legendary value fund investor Benjamin Graham,
UnitedHealth Group (UNH) shares soared 12% on August 15, 2025, after Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway revealed a $1.6 billion stake of over 5 million shares. The surge marks the stocks biggest jump in five years,
Buffett owned UnitedHealth shares before selling his stake in 2010, though his Berkshire Hathaway recently acquired shares.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway built a $1.6 billion stake in UnitedHealth last quarter, marking one of its last wagers with the investor as CEO.