Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is the parent company of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway). The company is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett.[2]

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1993 (1993)
HeadquartersFort Worth, Texas, United States
Key people
Carl Ice
(Chairman, CEO, & President)[1]
Revenue US$23.239 billion (2014)
US$7.002 billion (2014)
US$3.869 billion (2014)
Number of employees
48,000 (2014)
ParentBerkshire Hathaway
SubsidiariesBNSF Railway
Websitewww.bnsf.com

History

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation was incorporated in 1993 to facilitate the merger of Burlington Northern, Incorporated, parent of the Burlington Northern Railroad, and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, which owned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe).[3] The corporate merger was consummated on September 22, 1995, at which point shareholders of the previous companies became shareholders of BNSF and the two companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of BNSF.[4] In December 1996, the two holding companies and two railroads were formally merged, and in January 1998 the remaining intermediate holding company was folded into the railroad.

Robert D. Krebs of Santa Fe Pacific was president of BNSF from the merger until 1999, chief executive from the merger until 2000, and chairman from 1997 until 2002. He was succeeded in all three positions by Matthew K. Rose.

On November 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway made a $26 billion offer to buy the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation it did not already own, valuing the purchase at $34 billion. The deal, which including Berkshire's previous investment and the assumption of $10 billion in Burlington Northern debt brings the total value to $44 billion.[5] Consummated February 12, 2010, it is the largest acquisition in Berkshire Hathaway's history.[6]

The deal was structured so that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation would merge with and into R Acquisition Company, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. The deal closed on February 12, 2010, and at the same time, the now merged company changed its name to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC that remains an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.[7]

Business

BNSF Railway's primary rail competitor in the Western region of the US is the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Other Class 1 railroads and numerous regional railroads and motor carriers also operate in parts of the same territories served by BNSF Railway.[8]

Based on weekly reporting by the Association of American Railroads, BNSF's share of the western US rail traffic in 2008 was approximately 49%.[8]

References
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  5. "Berkshire Bets on U.S. With a Railroad Purchase". November 3, 2009. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017.
  6. Frye, Andrew (November 3, 2009). "Berkshire Buys Burlington in Buffett's Biggest Deal (Update5)". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  7. BNSF Railway Company (March 1, 2013). "FORM 10-K" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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