Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett in Omaha, Neb. on May 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. into a conglomerate with a market value of more than $350 billion, said his firm isn’t even close to being a too-big-to-fail risk to the economy.

Regulators haven’t contacted Berkshire to discuss its status as a possible systemically important financial institution, Buffett said Saturday at the company’s annual meeting in Omaha, Neb. The SIFI tag subjects companies to Federal Reserve oversight that could include tougher capital, leverage and liquidity requirements.

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