burlington northern santa fe corporation type wholly owned subsidiary industry rail transport founded 1993 headquarters fort worth texas united states key people carl ice chairman ceo & president 1 revenue 23.239 billion usd 2014 operating income 7.002 billion usd 2014 net income 3.869 billion usd 2014 number of employees 48 000 2014 parent berkshire hathaway subsidiaries bnsf railway website http www.bnsf.com burlington northern santa fe corporation is the parent company of the bnsf railway formerly the burlington northern and santa fe railway . the railroad is now wholly owned by berkshire hathaway which is controlled by investor warren buffett . 2 the 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 percent 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 bnsf railway s primary rail competitor in the western region of the united states 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 . 7 based on weekly reporting by the association of american railroads bnsf s share of the western united states rail traffic in 2008 was approximately 49 percent . 7 references edit http www.google.com finance q nyse bni http finance.yahoo.com news berkshire completes apf 3977452335.html x 0 & . v 3 http www.bnsf.com aboutbnsf history bn.html http www.bnsf.com aboutbnsf history santafe.html berkshire bets on u.s. with a railroad purchase . november 3 2009 . frye andrew november 3 2009 . berkshire buys burlington in buffett s biggest deal update5 . bloomberg . retrieved 20 december 2012 . a b http www.bnsf.com about bnsf financial information annual reports and proxy statements pdf 2008annrpt.pdf external links edit corporate website v t e berkshire 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