{
  "contract": "grizzly-bulls-billionaire-voting-power-v1",
  "researchSlug": "billionaire-voting-power",
  "title": "Billionaire Voting Power: Meta, Alphabet and Berkshire Compared",
  "version": "1.0",
  "dataAsOf": "2026-07-14",
  "methodologyVersion": "seo-authority-billionaire-voting-power-v1",
  "scope": "Three explicitly reviewed SEC person-company observations with total voting-power percentages and separate security-class ownership percentages. No economic-interest, market-price, or net-worth inference is included.",
  "summary": {
    "observations": 3,
    "people": 3,
    "companies": 3,
    "majorityVotingControlObservations": 1,
    "highestVotingPowerPercent": 60.8,
    "highestVotingPowerPerson": "Mark Zuckerberg"
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "person": "Mark Zuckerberg",
      "profilePath": "/billionaires/mark-zuckerberg",
      "company": "Meta Platforms",
      "stockTickers": [
        "META"
      ],
      "totalVotingPowerPercent": 60.8,
      "totalVotingPowerAsOfDate": "2026-04-01",
      "referenceSecurityClass": "Meta Platforms Class B Common Stock",
      "referenceSecurityClassOwnershipPercent": 99.8,
      "referenceSecurityClassOwnershipAsOfDate": "2026-04-01",
      "majorityVotingControl": true,
      "votingClasses": [
        {
          "name": "Class A Common Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 1
        },
        {
          "name": "Class B Common Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 10
        }
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Meta Platforms / SEC",
          "title": "Meta Platforms 2026 Proxy Statement",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000162828026025532/meta-20260416.htm",
          "sourceDate": "2026-04-16"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "person": "Sergey Brin",
      "profilePath": "/billionaires/sergey-brin",
      "company": "Alphabet",
      "stockTickers": [
        "GOOG",
        "GOOGL"
      ],
      "totalVotingPowerPercent": 25.3,
      "totalVotingPowerAsOfDate": "2026-04-06",
      "referenceSecurityClass": "Alphabet Class B Common Stock",
      "referenceSecurityClassOwnershipPercent": 42.9,
      "referenceSecurityClassOwnershipAsOfDate": "2026-04-06",
      "majorityVotingControl": false,
      "votingClasses": [
        {
          "name": "Class A Common Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 1
        },
        {
          "name": "Class B Common Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 10
        },
        {
          "name": "Class C Capital Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 0
        }
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Alphabet / SEC",
          "title": "Alphabet 2026 Proxy Statement",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000130817926000342/goog-20260424.htm",
          "sourceDate": "2026-04-24"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "person": "Warren Buffett",
      "profilePath": "/billionaires/warren-buffett",
      "company": "Berkshire Hathaway",
      "stockTickers": [
        "BRK-A",
        "BRK-B"
      ],
      "totalVotingPowerPercent": 29.7,
      "totalVotingPowerAsOfDate": "2026-07-14",
      "referenceSecurityClass": "Berkshire Hathaway Class A Common Stock",
      "referenceSecurityClassOwnershipPercent": 38.2,
      "referenceSecurityClassOwnershipAsOfDate": "2026-07-14",
      "majorityVotingControl": false,
      "votingClasses": [
        {
          "name": "Class A Common Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 1
        },
        {
          "name": "Class B Common Stock",
          "votesPerShare": 0.0001
        }
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "publisher": "Berkshire Hathaway / SEC",
          "title": "Warren Buffett Schedule 13D Amendment filed July 15, 2026",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315090/000119312526304838/xslSCHEDULE_13D_X02/primary_doc.xml",
          "sourceDate": "2026-07-15"
        },
        {
          "publisher": "Berkshire Hathaway / SEC",
          "title": "Berkshire Hathaway Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026",
          "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526341032/brka-20260630.htm",
          "sourceDate": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "This is a three-observation reviewed cohort, not a representative estimate of billionaire or founder control across public companies.",
    "Security-class ownership percentage and total voting-power percentage use different denominators and must not be subtracted into a synthetic control premium.",
    "The observations use company-specific dates. They are not asserted to be current after the stated dates.",
    "Voting power is not the same as economic interest, market value, or net worth."
  ]
}