List Of Companies with thier Founders , Founded Year & Headquarters
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Companies - Founders , Year & Headquarters
1. American Express – Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company) in 1850 (Albany, New York, USA)
2 . Apple Inc. – Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in April 1, 1976 (Cupertino, California, USA)
3. Avon Products – David H. McConnell in 1886 (New York City, New York, USA)
4. BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke or Bavarian Motor Works) – Franz Josef Popp in 1916 (Munich, Germany)
5. Canon – Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda in 1937 (Tokyo, Japan)
6. Carlsberg – J.C. (Jacob Christian) Jacobsen in 1847 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
7. Cisco Systems, Inc. – Len Bosack, Sandy Lerner and Richard Troiano in 1984 (San Francisco, USA
8. Colgate-Palmolive – William Colgate in 1806 (New York City USA)
9. Comcast – Ralph J. Roberts, Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky in 1963 (Tupelo, Mississippi, USA)
10. Dell – Michael Dell in November 4, 1984 (Austin, Texas, USA)
11 .Deutsche Bank – Adelbert Delbrück and a number of private bankers in 1870 (Berlin Germany)
12 . eBay Inc. – Pierre Morad Omidyar in September 3, 1995 (San Jose, California, USA)
13. Ericsson – Lars Magnus Ericsson in 1876 (Stockholm, Sweden)
14. Facebook – Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes in 2004 (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
15. FedEx – Frederick W. Smith in 1971 (Little Rock, Arkansas)
16. Ford Motor Company – Henry Ford in June 16, 1903 ( Detroit, Michigan, USA)
17. General Electric– Founded by Charles Coffin, Edwin Houston, Elihu Thomson, and Thomas Edison in 1892 (Schenectady, New York, USA)
18 Google Inc. – Sergey Brin and Larry Page in September 4, 1998 (Menlo Park, California, USA)
19 HP (Hewlett-Packard) Company – Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 (Palo Alto, California, USA)
20. HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) – Sir Thomas Sutherland in 1865 (Hongkong and Shanghai, China)
21. Hyundai Motor Company – Hyundai Motor Company in December 29, 1967 (Seoul, South Korea)
22. IBM (International Business Machines) – Thomas J. Watson in June 16, 1911 (Endicott, New York, USA)
23. Intel Corporation – Gordon E. Moore, Robert Noyce and Arthur Rock in 1968 (Mountain View, California, USA)
24. Johnson & Johnson – Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson in 1886 (New Brunswick, NJ, USA)
25. LG Corp – Koo In-Hwoi in 1947 (Seoul, South Korea)
26. L’Oréal – Eugène Schueller in 1909 (France)
27. McDonald’s – Richard and Maurice McDonald (McDonald’s restaurant concept) in May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California; and Ray Kroc (McDonald’s Corporation founder) in April 15, 1955 (Des Plaines, Illinois)
28. Microsoft – Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 4, 1975 (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
29. Mitsubishi – Yataro Iwasaki in 1870 (Japan)
30. Morgan Stanley – Henry S. Morgan and Harold Stanley in 1935 (Wall Street, New York City, USA)
31. News Corporation – Rupert Murdoch in 1979 (Adelaide, Australia)
32. Nestl̩ РHenri Nestl̩ in 1866 (Vevey, Switzerland)
33. Nike – Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight in 1964 (Santa Monica, California, USA)
34. Nintendo – Fusajiro Yamauchi in September 23, 1889 (Kyoto, Japan)
35. Nissan Motor – Masujiro Hashimoto, Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama, Meitaro Takeuchi and Yoshisuke Aikawa in December 26, 1933 (Japan)
36. Nokia – Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin in 1865 (Tampere, Finland)
37. Oracle Corporation – Larry Ellison,Bob Miner, Ed Oates in 1977 (California, USA)
38. PepsiCo, Inc. – Donald M. Kendall, President /CEO of Pepsi-Cola and Herman W. Lay, Chairman/CEO of Frito-Lay in 1986 (North Carolina, USA)
39. Philips – Gerard Philips and Frederik Philips in 1891 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
40. Porsche – Ferdinand Porsche in 1931 (Germany)
41. Procter & Gamble – William Procter and James Gamble, in 1837 (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
42. Pfizer – Cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart in 1849 (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
43. Samsung – Lee Byung-chull in 1938 (Daegu South Korea)
44. SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing) - Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther in 1972 (Weinheim, Germany)
45. Siemens – Werner von Siemens in 1847 (Berlin Germany)
46. Sony – Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita May 7, 1946 (Tokyo, Japan)
47. Suzuki Motor Corporation – Michio Maruti Suzuki in 1909 (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan)
48. Sharp Corporation – Tokuji Hayakawa in 1912 (Tokyo, Japan)
49. Starbucks – Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl in March 30, 1971 (Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, USA)
50. Tata Group – Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata in 1868 (Mumbai, India)
51. The Boeing Company – William E. Boeing in 1916 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
52. The Coca-Cola Company – John Pemberton and Asa Candler in 1892 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
53. The Walt Disney Company – Walt and Roy Disney in October 16, 1923 (Los Angeles, California, USA
54. Toshiba Corporation – Hisashige Tanaka, Ichisuke Fujioka and Shoichi Miyoshi in 1939 (Tokyo, Japan)
55 Uniliver – Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh and William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme in (London, United Kingdom,Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
56 United Parcel Service (UPS) – Jim Casey and Claude Ryan in 1907 (Seattle, Washington, USA)
57 Walmart – Sam Walton in 1962 (Arkansas, USA)
58 . Yahoo! – Jerry Yang and David Filo in March 1, 1995 (Santa Clara, California, USA)
