Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Omaha is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in diverse business activities that include property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services. Common stock of the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The company is controlled by Warren Buffett, who is one of the most celebrated investors in history and one of the richest men in the world according to Forbes magazine. Berkshire owns a diverse range of businesses, such as candy production and sales, newspaper publishing, retailing of home furnishings, sales of encyclopedias, sales of vacuum cleaners, manufacture and distribution of uniforms, retail jewelry, and manufacture, import and distribution of footwear. Some subsidiaries include GEICO, Applied Underwriters, Borsheims, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Fruit of the Loom and Business Wire. Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Omaha is located in Omaha, Neb. The parent company's chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Warren Buffett, is one of the world's richest men and is often referred to as "The Oracle of Omaha". In 2007, Warren Buffett was listed among the 100 Most Influential People in the World, according to Time Magazine.