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Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company offers various wealth management, investment banking, and commercial and personal banking solutions to its clients. The company has two reportable segments: Banking, which generates the maximum revenue, and Wealth Management. The Banking segment includes commercial, commercial real estate, multifamily, residential, and consumer lending activities; treasury management services; escrow management; deposit generation; operation of ATMs; telephone and internet banking services; credit card services, etc. The Wealth Management segment offers investment management services for individuals and institutions; personal trust services; and other financial planning and advisory services.

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from its operations to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the companies that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.