by Edmunds.com Green Car Advisor on July 31, 2009. Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate holding company chaired by Midwestern moneyman Warren Buffett, has earned $1 billion in paper profits on $230 million the company agreed to invest in Chinese … Founded in Shenzhen in 1995 as a maker of rechargeable batteries, BYD expanded into mobile phones and electric and hybrid automobiles such as the one pictured above. Excerpt from: Buffett Fund Earns $1 Billion From $230 Million, …