Guess it's time to party like it's 1999!
Google Inc.'s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin named billionaire investor Warren Buffett their role model when they took the Internet search company public in 2004. Now Google has surpassed the market value of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.Google was valued as high as $139.9 billion in Nasdaq Stock Market trading yesterday, compared with $138.3 billion for Berkshire. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company fell to $138.1 billion at the close of trading. The shares are up more than fivefold since the company's August 2004 initial public offering, and analysts say they may exceed $500 within a year.
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