who owns kraft heinz

Kraft Heinz does not have a single “owner” today; it is a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker KHC, so it is owned by many shareholders.

Who effectively “owns” Kraft Heinz now?

• Kraft Heinz is a public company, so its shares are held by institutional investors (fund managers, pension funds, ETFs), insiders, and regular individual investors.

• Institutional investors collectively hold the majority of the stock (over two‑thirds), giving them significant influence through voting rights.

• As of 2024 data, large asset managers such as The Vanguard Group and BlackRock Fund Advisors are among the top shareholders, though their exact percentages can change over time as they trade.

What about Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital?

• The current Kraft Heinz company was created in 2015 through the merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz, a deal backed by Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private‑equity firm 3G Capital.

• Berkshire Hathaway long remained one of the biggest shareholders, holding roughly 27–28% of Kraft Heinz, but by early 2026 it had filed to register essentially its entire stake for potential sale, signaling plans to exit its position.

• 3G Capital, which originally co‑engineered the merger, quietly sold out of Kraft Heinz completely by around 2023 after gradually reducing its stake.

Simple takeaway

• Legally and practically, Kraft Heinz is owned by a dispersed group of public shareholders, dominated by big institutional investors.

• Historically, Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital were the power players behind Kraft Heinz, but 3G is gone and Berkshire is in the process of unwinding its large stake, so neither can be described as the long‑term “owner” anymore.

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