Berkshire Hathaway used to be a middling textile company. Now, as Warren Buffett prepares to pass on the helm after six decades, it is everything but.

Over the decades, the company has accumulated dozens of businesses that employ more than 392,000 people. Its vast portfolio of stock investments give it exposure to more. Some of the companies it owns are household names: Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, See’s candy, Duracell batteries, the paint company Benjamin Moore.