Clayton Homes

Clayton Homes
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryConstruction
Manufacturing
Financial services
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
FounderJim Clayton
Headquarters5000 Clayton Road, ,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
Kevin T. Clayton
(President & CEO)
ProductsManufactured homes
ParentBerkshire Hathaway
Websitewww.claytonhomes.com

Clayton Homes (or Clayton) is the largest builder of manufactured housing and modular homes in the United States.[1][2] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.[3]

Clayton Homes' corporate headquarters are in Maryville, Tennessee.[4] Its subsidiaries include Clayton Home Building Group,[5] Clayton Properties Group,[6] Vanderbilt Mortgage, 21st Mortgage,[7] and insurance company HomeFirst Agency.[8]

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  4. ^ "#292 Clayton Homes". Forbes. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
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  6. ^ Harshberger, Caleb (June 4, 2020). "Warren Buffett's homebuilding unit buys hundreds of acres in Durham". Business Journals. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Muhammad, Dedrick (January 22, 2016). "Call for Federal Investigation Into Report of Racially Discriminatory Predatory Lending". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  8. ^ Prevost, Lisa (October 16, 2014). "Financing Manufactured Homes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 11, 2017.