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Billionaire Family Offices Join Berkshire’s UnitedHealth Bet

George Soros’s investment firm, the family office of a Swedish packaging dynasty and Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management all increased their stakes in UnitedHealth last quarter, according to 13F filings published Thursday

UnitedHealthcare offices in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

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Some of the world’s wealthiest people joined Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in buying shares of embattled insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. in the second quarter.

George Soros’ investment firm, the family office of a Swedish packaging dynasty and Michael Platt’s BlueCrest Capital Management all increased their stakes in UnitedHealth last quarter, according to 13F filings published Thursday.