THIS FILING LISTS SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON FEBRUARY
14, 2002 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FOR WHICH
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT IS NO LONGER WARRANTED.

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 13F

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002

Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 1
 This Amendment (Check only one.):        [ ]  is a restatement.
                                          [X]  adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:         Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Address:      1440 Kiewit Plaza
              Omaha, NE 68131

Form 13F File Number:      28-4545

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:         Marc D. Hamburg
Title:        Vice President
Phone:        402-346-1400

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

(s) Marc D. Hamburg        Omaha, NE         February 21, 2003
---------------------      -------------     -----------------
[Signature]                [City, State]     [Date]

Report Type (Check only one.):

[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager
    are reported in this report.)

[ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all
    holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[X] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this
    reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by
    other reporting manager(s).)

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

    Form 13F File Number         Name

    28-5194                      General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.



                             Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers:                      6

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:                 1

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:        $  397,814
                                               (thousands)

Confidential Information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed
separately with the Commission.

List of Other Included Managers:

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.

[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]



NO.     FORM 13F FILE NUMBER                    NAME
                             
1.             28-554              Buffett, Warren E.
2.             28-852              GEICO Corp.
3.             28-101              Government Employees Ins. Corp.
4.             28-718              National Indemnity Co.
5.             28-717              OBH Inc.
6.             28-2740             Plaza Investment Managers




                             BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
                           Form 13F Information Table
                                 December 31, 2002



                                                                                           Column 6
                                                                                     Investment Discretion
                                                     Column 4       Column 5         ---------------------
                          Column 2     Column 3       Market        Shares or
Column 1                  Title of      CUSIP          Value        Principal   (a)    (b) Shared-       (c) Shared-
Name of Issuer             Class       Number     (In Thousands)     Amount     Sole     Defined            Other
--------------             -----       ------     --------------     ------     ----   -----------          -----
                                                                                    
First Data Corporation     Com       319963 104   $  397,814        11,234,500              X
                                                  ==========




                                                         Column 8
                                                     Voting Authority
                         Column 7                    ----------------
Column 1                  Other                (a)          (b)         (c)
Name of Issuer           Managers              Sole        Shared       None
--------------           --------              ----        ------       ----
                                                            
First Data Corporation   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6      11,234,500