COMPANYHISTORIES
SIC

Offices of Holding Companies, Not Elsewhere Classified

How the companies in this industry began, and the forces that shaped them.

529companies1649–2003founding years514still active15no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedFiskars Corporation
1649
FoundedFraser & Neave Ltd.
1883
FoundedNational Grape Co-operative Association, Inc.
1897
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedThe Liberty Corporation
1905
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedAmeriwood Industries International Corp.
1915
FoundedAdvance Publications Inc.
1924
FoundedTorchmark Corporation
1929
FoundedWorld's Finest Chocolate Inc.
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
FoundedBlount International, Inc.
1949
FoundedInchcape PLC
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedGenting Bhd.
1965
FoundedOffshore Logistics, Inc.
1969
FoundedGrupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
FoundedJacor Communications, Inc.
1979
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
FoundedBellSouth Corporation
1983
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedBudget Group, Inc.
1987
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
FoundedVermont Pure Holdings, Ltd.
1990
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
FoundedWestern Wireless Corporation
1994
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
1997
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2010
TechnologyCloud computing goes mainstream for business.
2015
EnvironmentThe Paris Agreement sets global climate targets.
2020
EconomyThe COVID-19 pandemic upends the global economy.
2022
EconomyInflation spikes; central banks raise rates sharply.
2023
TechnologyGenerative AI reaches mainstream business use.
§ 02

The companies

Compagnie Financière Richemont AG →
Active · Switzerland
Created as a holding company for the Rupert family's international interests, Compagnie Financière Richemont AG…
Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings A.S. →
Active · Turkey
Haci Omer Sabanci Holdings A.S.
Old Mutual PLC →
Active · United Kingdom
Old Mutual PLC has shrugged off nearly 150 years as an almost exclusively South African financial services business,…
Yucaipa Cos. →
Active
Yucaipa Cos.
Fiskars Corporation →
Active · founded 1649 · Finland
Fiskars Corporation, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, is one of the oldest companies in the western world, having…
Georg Fischer AG Schaffhausen →
Active · founded 1802 · Switzerland
Switzerland's Georg Fischer AG Schaffhausen is a world-leading industrial engineering group engaged in four primary…
Invensys PLC →
Defunct · founded 1819 · United Kingdom
Invensys PLC grew out of the merger in 1999 of Britain's Siebe PLC and the British manufacturing conglomerate BTR PLC.
Wienerberger AG →
Active · founded 1819 · Austria
Wienerberger AG is the world's leading manufacturer of bricks, including hollow bricks and facing bricks.
Willis Corroon Group plc →
Active · founded 1828 · England
Willis Corroon Group plc.
Assicurazioni Generali SpA →
Active · founded 1831 · Italy
Founded in Trieste in 1831, Assicurazioni Generali SpA is the largest insurance company in Italy and the fifth-largest…
Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. →
Active · founded 1847
Boatmen's Bancshares Inc.
The Associated Press →
Active · founded 1848
The Associated Press (AP) describes itself as the largest newsgathering organization in the world.
Worms et Cie →
Active · founded 1848 · France
One of the most illustrious names in French financial history, Worms et Cie has functioned since the 1980s primarily as…
Illinois Central Corporation →
Active · founded 1851
Illinois Central Corporation owns and operates the oldest land-grant railroad in the United States, the Illinois…
The St. Paul Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1853
The St.
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA →
Active · founded 1854 · France
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, created through a $4 billion merger in 1987, is the world's leading luxury goods…
Société du Louvre →
Defunct · founded 1855 · France
Société du Louvre does not run that Paris museum, but its properties are almost as distinguished.
Matussière et Forest SA →
Active · founded 1858 · France
Group Matussière & Forest SA (MF) is one of France's leading makers of "communications paper," which includes newsprint…
Julius Meinl International AG →
Active · founded 1862 · Austria
With a history spanning nearly 150 years, Julius Meinl International AG has pulled an about-face for the new century.
Nestlé S.A. →
Active · founded 1866 · Switzerland
Nestlé S.A.
Swire Pacific Limited →
Active · founded 1866 · Hong Kong
Swire Pacific Limited, which came to prominence as one of the 19th-century British-owned trading houses based in Hong…
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company →
Active · founded 1867
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is a prominent regional and specialty beer brewer.
The Scotts Company →
Active · founded 1868
With just over half of the do-it-yourself lawn care market, The Scotts Company is America's leading producer and…
Heidelberger Zement AG →
Active · founded 1873 · Germany
Heidelberger Zement AG is one of the world's five largest producers of construction materials.
Schindler Holding AG →
Active · founded 1874 · Switzerland
Through its numerous subsidiaries, Schindler Holding AG is Europe's top supplier of elevators and escalators and ranks…
Henkel KGaA →
Active · founded 1876 · Germany
Based in Germany, Henkel KGaA is one of the world's largest chemical companies.
Barilla G. e R. Fratelli S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1877 · Italy
One of the world's largest food marketers, Barilla G.
Linde AG →
Active · founded 1879 · Germany
Linde AG, an international technology company, operates in two business segments: Gas and Engineering and Materials…
Millea Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1879 · Japan
Millea Holdings Inc.
Cia Hering →
Active · founded 1880 · Brazil
Cia Hering is a Brazilian holding company whose units are engaged in the production and sale of textiles and…
Watts of Lydney Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1880 · United Kingdom
Watts of Lydney Group Ltd.
FLSmidth & Co. A/S →
Active · founded 1882 · Denmark
FLSmidth & Co.
The Chubb Corporation →
Active · founded 1882
s: 52321 Security and Commodity Exchanges; 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers; 52413 Reinsurance Carriers; 524114…
Fraser & Neave Ltd. →
Active · founded 1883 · Singapore
One of the largest publicly listed companies in Singapore, Fraser & Neave Ltd.
Giant Cement Holding, Inc. →
Active · founded 1883
Giant Cement Holding, Inc.
Vorwerk & Co. →
Active · founded 1883 · Germany
For more than 100 years, Vorwerk & Co.
Bulgari S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1884 · Italy
Bulgari S.p.A.
C.H. Boehringer Sohn →
Active · founded 1885 · Germany
C.H.
Robert Bosch GmbH →
Active · founded 1886 · Germany
One of the ten largest companies in Germany, Robert Bosch GmbH is best known as a worldwide supplier of automotive…
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1887
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
UnumProvident Corporation →
Active · founded 1887
UnumProvident Corporation is a holding company for a group of companies that collectively are the leading disability…
Wolseley plc →
Active · founded 1887 · United Kingdom
Wolseley plc has quietly built itself an empire as the world's leading distributor of building materials to…
Quilmes Industrial (QUINSA) S.A. →
Active · founded 1888 · Argentina
Quilmes Industrial (QUINSA) S.A.
Amoco Corporation →
Active · founded 1889
Amoco Corporation is active in three main fields within the petroleum, natural gas, and chemical industries:…
Avista Corporation →
Active · founded 1889
Avista Corporation operates as a generator, transmitter, and distributor of energy, providing electricity and natural…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. →
Active · founded 1889
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Acorn Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Toolmaker Acorn Products, Inc.
Allianz AG →
Active · founded 1890 · Germany
Once known primarily as a German insurance company, Allianz AG has grown to become one of the world's leading financial…
Lukens Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
Lukens Inc.
SunAmerica Inc. →
Active · founded 1890
SunAmerica Inc., among the nation's largest life insurers, is also a financial services company, offering retirement…
The E.W. Scripps Company →
Active · founded 1890
The E.W.
Babcock International Group PLC →
Active · founded 1891 · United Kingdom
Babcock International Group PLC is one of the world's leading support services groups.
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI) is a diversified electric utility holding company formed in 1983.
Peebles Inc. →
Active · founded 1891
With 65 stores in ten Mid-Atlantic states ranging from South Carolina to New York, Peebles Inc.
Keramik Holding AG Laufen →
Active · founded 1892 · Switzerland
Keramik Holding AG Laufen is one of the world's leading producers of sanitary ware--toilets, bathtubs, sinks, and other…
Courier Corporation →
Active · founded 1894
Courier Corporation is the largest book manufacturer in the Northeast, the fifth largest in the nation, and a…
Christensen Boyles Corporation →
Active · founded 1895
Christensen Boyles Corporation (CBC) operates as a leading holding company overseeing 19 internationally integrated…
SABMiller plc →
Active · founded 1895 · United Kingdom
SABMiller plc ranks as the world's second largest brewer in terms of volume, trailing only Anheuser-Busch Companies,…
Daily Mail and General Trust plc →
Active · founded 1896 · England
The Daily Mail and General Trust plc is one of the largest media holding companies in the world.
Rooney Brothers Co. →
Active · founded 1896
A privately held company, Rooney Brothers Co.
SHV Holdings N.V. →
Active · founded 1896 · The Netherlands
SHV Holdings N.V.
Wisconsin Energy Corporation →
Active · founded 1896
Early 1920s:North American forms Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCo); Lakeside Power Plant is built.
National Grape Co-operative Association, Inc. →
Active · founded 1897
Best known as the parent company of Welch Foods, Inc., National Grape Co-operative Association, Inc.
Yamaha Corporation →
Active · founded 1897 · Japan
Yamaha Corporation, one of Japan's most diversified companies, is the world's largest maker of musical instruments.
Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité →
Active · founded 1898 · France
With operations in more than 100 countries, Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Générale d'Electricité was the second-largest…
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. →
Active · founded 1898 · France
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A., or Groupe Casino, is one of France's largest retailers--battling it out with Carrefour…
Herman Goelitz, Inc. →
Active · founded 1898
Herman Goelitz, Inc.
Insilco Corporation →
Active · founded 1898
Formerly the largest silver company in the world, Insilco Corporation is no longer involved in the silver business, but…
AK Steel Holding Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
AK Steel Holding Corporation is the controlling body for numerous steel production companies throughout the United…
Florida Progress Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
Florida Progress Corporation is a diversified holding company whose primary businesses are fuel supply and power.
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. →
Active · founded 1899
Through its subsidiaries, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
W.R. Grace & Company →
Active · founded 1899
W.R.
ISS A/S →
Active · founded 1901 · Denmark
ISS A/S runs the largest cleaning business in the world.
Iberdrola, S.A. →
Active · founded 1901 · Spain
Bilbao-based Iberdrola, S.A., with more than nine million customers worldwide, is the second largest electric utility…
USG Corporation →
Active · founded 1901
Gypsum products are the principal goods manufactured by USG Corporation, the largest maker of such products in the…
Dr. August Oetker KG →
Active · founded 1902 · Germany
Dr.
Exelon Corporation →
Active · founded 1902
Exelon Corporation was formed from the 2000 merger of PECO Energy Company and Unicom Corporation.
M & F Worldwide Corp. →
Active · founded 1902
M & F Worldwide Corp.
Saks Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1902
The name "Saks" is known throughout the retail world, synonymous with luxurious haute couture.
DTE Energy Company →
Active · founded 1903
DTE Energy Company serves roughly 2 million electrical customers in southeastern Michigan.
Harley-Davidson, Inc. →
Active · founded 1903
The only motorcycle manufacturer in the United States, Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Kerr Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1903
Kerr Group Inc., formerly Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp., is a nearly 100-year-old company that is a major producer and…
Wegener NV →
Active · founded 1903 · The Netherlands
Wegener NV is one of the Netherlands' leading newspaper publishing groups.
A.P. Møller - Maersk A/S →
Active · founded 1904 · Denmark
A.P.
Acme-Cleveland Corp. →
Active · founded 1904
For over a century, Acme-Cleveland Corp.
Fortune Brands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1904
Fortune Brands, Inc., is a widely diversified conglomerate with principal businesses in distilled spirits, home…
The King Arthur Flour Company →
Active · founded 1904
The King Arthur Flour Company celebrates its 210th anniversary in the year 2000.
Defiance, Inc. →
Active · founded 1905
With approximately half of its annual sales to automakers General Motors Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler…
Foot Locker, Inc. →
Active · founded 1905
Top athletic shoe retailer Foot Locker, Inc., was known until 1998 as the Woolworth Corporation and until 2001 as…
Lincoln National Corporation →
Active · founded 1905
With origins in life insurance, Lincoln National Corporation has evolved into a financial services company whose…
PG&E Corporation →
Active · founded 1905
PG&E Corporation is one of the largest power and gas distributors in the United States, with several energy-related…
The Liberty Corporation →
Active · founded 1905
The Liberty Corporation provides several types of insurance services and owns Cosmos Broadcasting, which operates…
American Electric Power Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1906
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
CEMEX S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1906 · Mexico
CEMEX S.A.
Fiat SpA →
Active · founded 1906 · Italy
Fiat SpA, one of Europe's largest companies, is perhaps best known as a manufacturer of automobiles.
ONEOK Inc. →
Active · founded 1906
ONEOK Inc.
Hankyu Corporation →
Active · founded 1907 · Japan
Hankyu Corporation is one of Japan's largest private railway operators.
Kirin Brewery Company, Limited →
Active · founded 1907 · Japan
Longtime leader of the Japanese beer market, Kirin Brewery Company, Limited in the early 2000s was overtaken by its…
Otter Tail Power Company →
Active · founded 1907
Otter Tail Power Company, an investor-owned electric utility, serves a 50,000-square-mile territory in western…
Unicom Corporation →
Active · founded 1907
Unicom Corporation was created in 1994 as a holding company for The Commonwealth Edison Co., Inc.
Edison International →
Active · founded 1909
Edison International, formerly known as SCEcorp, acts as a holding company for Southern California Edison, one of the…
Kingfisher plc →
Active · founded 1909 · United Kingdom
Based in London, Kingfisher plc is a major European retailing and property group.
The British Petroleum Company plc →
Active · founded 1909 · England
One of the five largest oil companies in the world, The British Petroleum Company plc (BP) is the United Kingdom's…
Blue Diamond Growers →
Active · founded 1910
Blue Diamond Growers is the world's largest tree nut marketer and also ranks as one of the largest agricultural…
Mike-Sell's Inc. →
Active · founded 1910
Mike-Sell's Inc.
PacifiCorp →
Active · founded 1910
Owner of Pacific Power & Light, Utah Power & Light, and the Australian utility Powercor, PacifiCorp is one of the…
Finlay Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1911
Finlay Enterprises, Inc.
Hartmarx Corporation →
Active · founded 1911
Hartmarx Corporation is a holding company for a number of clothing companies, including its flagship brands of men's…
Kobe Steel, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1911 · Japan
Kobe Steel, Ltd., is Japan's 5th-largest and the world's 15th-largest steelmaker.
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1912 · Italy
Late 1980s:Battle for control of Mondadori begins between De Benedetti and Berlusconi.
Granaria Holdings B.V. →
Active · founded 1912 · The Netherlands
Publicity-shy Granaria Holdings B.V.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. →
Active · founded 1912 · The Netherlands
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
Liberty Mutual Holding Company →
Active · founded 1912
Changes in the insurance industry during the 1990s began to have an impact on Liberty Mutual.
Sealy Inc. →
Active · founded 1912
Sealy Inc.
The Lane Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1912
The Lane Co., Inc.
Gristede's Foods Inc. →
Active · founded 1913
Gristede's Foods, Inc., owns and operates 46 supermarkets in the New York City metropolitan area.
Koninklijke Wessanen nv →
Active · founded 1913 · The Netherlands
Early 20th Century:Company exits from the cheese, seed, and grain trades and begins focusing on processed products.
Schott Brothers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1913
Schott Brothers, Inc.
The Siam Cement Public Company Limited →
Active · founded 1913 · Thailand
One of Thailand's largest companies, The Siam Cement Public Company Limited is a diversified conglomerate with…
ITOCHU Corporation →
Active · founded 1914 · Japan
ITOCHU Corporation is the third largest of Japan's general trading companies--which are known as sogo shosha-trailing…
Ameriwood Industries International Corp. →
Active · founded 1915
Ameriwood Industries International Corp.
Naspers Ltd. →
Active · founded 1915 · South Africa
Naspers Ltd.
Inco Limited →
Active · founded 1916 · Canada
Inco Limited is one of the world's top producers of nickel.
Investor AB →
Active · founded 1916 · Sweden
Investor AB is the flagship of the Wallenberg financial empire--the family has long dominated northern Europe's…
Wolverine Tube Inc. →
Active · founded 1916
Wolverine Tube Inc.
Coles Express Inc. →
Active · founded 1917
Coles Express Inc.
Lutheran Brotherhood →
Active · founded 1917
Lutheran Brotherhood is the second-largest fraternal benefit society in the United States.
Union Carbide Corporation →
Active · founded 1917
Union Carbide Corporation is the world's largest producer of ethylene glycol, commonly used as antifreeze, and is a…
Attica Enterprises S.A. →
Active · founded 1918 · Greece
Greece's Attica Enterprises S.A.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. →
Active · founded 1919 · Switzerland
Founded in 1896 in Basel, Switzerland, F.
Health O Meter Products Inc. →
Active · founded 1919
Health O Meter Products Inc.
Ohio Casualty Corp. →
Active · founded 1919
Ohio Casualty Corp., which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1994, ranks as one of the United States's top 35 stock…
Shionogi & Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1919 · Japan
Shionogi & Co., Ltd., ranks among Japan's leading developers, producers, and exporters of pharmaceuticals.
Bongrain SA →
Active · founded 1920 · France
In France, cheese is spelled with a "B"--for Bongrain, Besnier, and Bel, the country's top three cheese and dairy…
Legal & General Group plc →
Active · founded 1920 · United Kingdom
Legal & General Group plc is one of Great Britain's largest insurance concerns.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation →
Active · founded 1920
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, an oil and gas and chemicals company, conducts its business through two major…
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation →
Active · founded 1920
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation is a Phoenix-based holding company with consolidated assets of $8 billion and…
Scholastic Corporation →
Active · founded 1920
The Scholastic Corporation is one of the leading publishers and distributors of books, magazines, and other educational…
Corporación Internacional de Aviación, S.A. de C.V. (Cintra) →
Active · founded 1921 · Mexico
Corporación Internacional de Aviación, S.A.
General Re Corporation →
Active · founded 1921
General Re Corporation is a holding company for General Reinsurance Corporation and National Reinsurance Corporation,…
HMV Group plc →
Active · founded 1921 · United Kingdom
Following the public offering, HMV began entertaining buyout offers for its Waterstone's chain, including a leveraged…
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Alexander & Alexander Services Inc.
Barnes Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Barnes Group Inc.
Zatarain's, Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Zatarain's, Inc., is a leading producer of rice mixes.
Bodycote International PLC →
Active · founded 1923 · United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's Bodycote International PLC is the world's leading provider of metallurgical services to the steel,…
General Instrument Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
The General Instrument Corporation is the leading American provider of cable television equipment.
Groupe Rougier SA →
Active · founded 1923 · France
Groupe Rougier SA is the holding company for a forestry products group specializing in the logging and processing of…
Old Republic International Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
Old Republic International Corporation, one of the 50 largest publicly held insurance organizations in the United…
Washington National Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
Through its two primary operating companies, Washington National Insurance Company and United Presidential Life…
Advance Publications Inc. →
Active · founded 1924
Family owned and operated, Advance Publications Inc.
PACCAR Inc. →
Active · founded 1924
As the second largest medium and heavy truck manufacturer in the world, PACCAR Inc.
Rallye SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Rallye SA is one of France's--and the world's--top retail groups.
Weis Markets, Inc. →
Active · founded 1924
Weis Markets, Inc.
Abrams Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Atlanta-based Abrams Industries Inc.
Bang & Olufsen Holding A/S →
Active · founded 1925 · Denmark
Bang & Olufsen Holding A/S (B & O) is a leading consumer electronics firm, manufacturing a complete line of…
Etablissements Franz Colruyt N.V. →
Active · founded 1925 · Belgium
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV is one of Belgium's top three supermarket and retail companies.
NACCO Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
NACCO Industries, Inc.
Power Corporation of Canada →
Active · founded 1925 · Canada
Early 1950s:Company begins to diversify its interests away from the utility industry.
Roadmaster Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1925
Roadmaster Industries Inc.
Takara Holdings Inc. →
Active · founded 1925 · Japan
Takara Holdings Inc.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company →
Active · founded 1925
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company runs the largest grocery chain in the New England area of the United States; with…
Tomkins plc →
Active · founded 1925 · United Kingdom
Tomkins plc is a multinational engineering and manufacturing group, overseeing three major business groups: Air Systems…
Consumers Water Company →
Active · founded 1926
Consumers Water Company is one of the best managed utilities in the United States.
Fila Holding S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1926 · Italy
Early 1980s:[fsps*2.5]SNIA BPD S.p.A.
Greyhound Lines, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Haggar Corporation →
Active · founded 1926
When it comes to casually dressy clothing for men, few companies are in the same league as Haggar Corporation.
Harris Corporation →
Active · founded 1926
The origin of the Harris Corporation, a leading American electronics company, is actually to be found in the printing…
Rayonier Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
Rayonier Inc.
The Columbia Gas System, Inc. →
Active · founded 1926
The Columbia Gas System, Inc., is one of the largest integrated natural gas systems in the United States.
The Connell Company →
Active · founded 1926
Originally and perhaps best known as a major broker of rice, The Connell Company has grown to become one of the largest…
Iscor Limited →
Active · founded 1927 · South Africa
Iscor Limited has surprised the worldwide steel industry by shedding its valuable mining assets--spun off as publicly…
Northeast Utilities →
Active · founded 1927
Northeast Utilities (NU) is New England's largest utility company.
National Service Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1928
A much more diversified conglomerate prior to 2001, National Service Industries, Inc.
The Seagram Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1928 · Canada
The Seagram Company Ltd., which is 32-percent owned by the Bronfman family, is a major international liquor giant…
Beneficial Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Beneficial Corporation is one of the oldest and largest consumer finance companies in the United States.
Cisneros Group of Companies →
Active · founded 1929 · Venezuela
With more than 70 companies located in 39 countries, Cisneros Group of Companies is a privately held business based in…
Consolidated Freightways Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Consolidated Freightways Corporation ranks third among North America's leading long-haul, less-than-truckload (LTL)…
Dyersburg Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Dyersburg Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is a major textile manufacturer and the largest producer of knitted…
GAF Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
The GAF Corporation of the late 1990s essentially consists of its GAF Materials Corporation subsidiary, the largest…
Torchmark Corporation →
Active · founded 1929
Torchmark Corporation is an insurance and diversified financial services holding company.
Triarc Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1929
Triarc Companies, Inc.
AMETEK, Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
AMETEK, Inc.
Kubota Corporation →
Active · founded 1930 · Japan
Kubota Corporation prides itself on being flexible and adjusting as necessary to compete under changing economic…
Southdown, Inc. →
Active · founded 1930
One of the largest producers of cement and ready-mix concrete in the United States, Southdown, Inc.
Porsche AG →
Active · founded 1931 · Germany
Porsche AG is legendary for its innovative and beautiful automobile designs.
The Allstate Corporation →
Active · founded 1931
The Allstate Corporation is the holding company for Allstate Insurance Company, the second largest property and…
Value Line, Inc. →
Active · founded 1931
Value Line, Inc.
Alaska Air Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
The Rival Company →
Active · founded 1932
The Rival Company is a leading manufacturer and marketer of small household and personal care appliances, as well as…
Weetabix Limited →
Active · founded 1932 · United Kingdom
Privately held, family-controlled (and some say ultra-secretive) Weetabix Limited is one of the United Kingdom's…
Besnier SA →
Active · founded 1933 · France
Besnier SA is France's largest dairy products producer and one of the largest dairy products producers in Europe.
Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1933 · Italy
Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale S.p.A.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1933 · Japan
Early 1940s:During World War II, the company makes military trucks and engines for airplanes and torpedo boats.
Central Newspapers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
Central Newspapers, Inc.
Donnkenny, Inc. →
Active · founded 1934
Donnkenny, Inc., a holding company, designs, manufactures, imports, and markets a broad line of moderately priced…
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc →
Defunct · founded 1934 · Ireland
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc has expanded from its origins in the Irish packaging industry to become one of the world's…
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited →
Active · founded 1934 · United Kingdom
Martin-Baker Aircraft Company Limited is the world's leading producer of ejection seats.
Strauss-Elite Group →
Active · founded 1934 · Israel
Merging two of Israel's oldest and largest food companies in 2004, the Strauss-Elite Group has become that country's…
Associated British Foods plc →
Active · founded 1935 · United Kingdom
With high-ranking positions in several categories of foodstuffs, Associated British Foods plc (ABF) stands as one of…
General Nutrition Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1935
General Nutrition Companies, Inc., is the largest specialty retailer of vitamin, mineral, and sports nutrition…
Consolidated Edison, Inc. →
Active · founded 1936
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Dobson Communications Corporation →
Active · founded 1936
Dobson Communications Corporation is the ninth largest provider of wireless services in the United States, serving 1.6…
Valores Industriales S.A. →
Active · founded 1936 · Mexico
The holding company Valores Industriales S.A.
Grupo Casa Saba, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1937 · Mexico
Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.
Richfood Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Richfood Holdings, Inc.
Waddell & Reed, Inc. →
Active · founded 1937
Waddell & Reed, Inc.
Arriva PLC →
Active · founded 1938 · United Kingdom
Arriva PLC is one of Europe's leading and fastest-growing publicly traded transportation companies.
Carlson Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1938
Carlson Companies, Inc.
World's Finest Chocolate Inc. →
Active · founded 1939
World's Finest Chocolate Inc.
Arden Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1940
The Arden Group, Inc.
DS Smith Plc →
Active · founded 1940 · United Kingdom
DS Smith Plc has wrapped up leading European positions in its two primary lines of business: packaging (paper-based and…
Industrie Zignago Santa Margherita S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1940 · Italy
Mini-conglomerate Industrie Zignago Santa Margherita S.p.A.
Grupo Dragados SA →
Active · founded 1941 · Spain
Grupo Dragados SA is Spain's second-largest construction and engineering company; pending a merger with rival ACS…
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. →
Active · founded 1942 · Japan
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Vebego International BV →
Active · founded 1943 · The Netherlands
Vebego International BV is a private, family-owned holding company specializing in the services industry.
Grupo Cydsa, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1945 · Mexico
Grupo Cydsa, S.A.
Horace Mann Educators Corporation →
Active · founded 1945
An insurance holding company, Horace Mann Educators Corporation is a leading insurer serving educators in the United…
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. →
Active · founded 1945
Jos.
Kaman Corp. →
Active · founded 1945
Kaman Corp.
Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1945
Sub-Zero Freezer Co., Inc., is the leading manufacturer of built-in refrigerators, which can be fronted with cabinetry…
Texas Utilities Company →
Active · founded 1945
Texas Utilities Company is a holding company with six wholly owned subsidiaries, the largest of which is Texas…
Christian Dior S.A. →
Active · founded 1946 · France
Christian Dior S.A.
Iams Company →
Active · founded 1946
Iams Company is a manufacturer of premium dog and cat foods which are distributed only through veterinarians, animal…
Longs Drug Stores Corporation →
Active · founded 1946
Longs Drug Stores Corporation is one of the top ten drugstore chains in the United States, with more than 370 stores in…
Maxco Inc. →
Active · founded 1946
Maxco Inc., is a mini-conglomerate of four active subsidiaries and two divisions that has invested in three primary…
Premier Industrial Corporation →
Active · founded 1946
Premier Industrial Corporation is one of the United States' largest broad-line electronics distributors.
Cumberland Packing Corporation →
Active · founded 1947
Cumberland Packing Corporation is a relatively small, family-run business, yet it has been a major player in the…
Dal-Tile International Inc. →
Active · founded 1947
Dal-Tile International Inc.
Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1947 · Mexico
Empresas ICA Sociedad Controladora, S.A.
Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A. →
Active · founded 1947 · Argentina
Petrobras Energia Participaciones S.A.
Tenneco Inc. →
Active · founded 1947
Tenneco Inc.
Waterford Wedgwood plc →
Defunct · founded 1947 · Ireland
Waterford Wedgwood plc is a holding company for two of the world's most highly respected names in tableware: Waterford…
APi Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1948
APi Group, Inc., is a private holding company for about 27 subsidiaries that provide various construction, specialty…
Johnston Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1948
Although it got its start selling auto replacement parts, Johnston Industries, Inc.
Koninklijke Ahold N.V. (Royal Ahold) →
Active · founded 1948 · The Netherlands
Koninklijke Ahold N.V.
PPB Group Berhad →
Active · founded 1948 · Malaysia
One of Malaysia's largest companies, and one of the largest conglomerates in the ASEAN market region, PPB Group Berhad…
Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH →
Active · founded 1948 · Germany
Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH is the holding company for Germany's fourth largest publishing and media…
Blount International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1949
Blount International, Inc.
Entergy Corporation →
Active · founded 1949
Entergy Corporation is a holding company for utilities that supply electrical energy to over 2.5 million customers in…
Northern Foods plc →
Active · founded 1949 · United Kingdom
Northern Foods plc is one of the United Kingdom's leading manufacturers of high-quality fresh foods, supplying the…
Sun Television & Appliances Inc. →
Active · founded 1949
Sun Television & Appliances Inc., Ohio's leading consumer electronics and appliance discounter, expanded its operations…
Flanders Corporation →
Active · founded 1950
Flanders Corporation designs and manufactures air filters that are used in residences, commercial office buildings, and…
Grupo Elektra, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1950 · Mexico
Grupo Elektra, S.A.
Consorcio G Grupo Dina, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1951 · Mexico
Consorcio G Grupo Dina , S.A.
Bayer A.G. →
Active · founded 1952 · Germany
Bayer A.G., along with BASF and Hoechst, is heir to the German chemical cartel known as I.G.
Grupo Portucel Soporcel →
Active · founded 1952 · www.portucelsoporcel.com
The addition of Soporcel also allowed the company to shift away from its reliance on the pulp market, which had come…
Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1952 · Mexico
Industrias Bachoco, S.A.
Southern Peru Copper Corporation →
Active · founded 1952 · Peru
Southern Peru Copper Corporation, a holding company, is Peru's largest privately owned concern.
Champion Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1953
One of the fastest growing companies in the manufactured housing industry, Champion Enterprises, Inc.
Hanwha Group →
Active · founded 1953 · South Korea
Hanwha Group is one of South Korea's top ten chaebols--or conglomerates--with diversified holdings stretching from…
The Marmon Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1953
The Marmon Group, Inc., one of the largest privately owned organizations in the United States, is in essence a holding…
WD-40 Company →
Active · founded 1953
Since the 1950s, the San Diego-based WD-40 Company has dominated the U.S.
Zapata Corporation →
Active · founded 1953
Slated to become one of the ten largest Internet companies in the world, Zapata Corporation is involved in Internet and…
Southwest Water Company →
Active · founded 1954
Southwest Water Company owns and operates water and wastewater treatment systems, manages and operates water and…
Dover Corporation →
Active · founded 1955
Dover Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturing holding company composed of about 50 subsidiaries with…
John Fairfax Holdings Limited →
Active · founded 1955 · Australia
John Fairfax Holdings Limited is the holding company for an Australian publishing enterprise established more than 150…
Renault Argentina S.A. →
Active · founded 1955 · Argentina
Of Argentina's ten automakers, almost all are closely held subsidiaries or affiliates of their American, European, or…
Industrie Natuzzi S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1956 · Italy
With an estimated two percent of the global market for leather furniture, Industrie Natuzzi S.p.A.
S-K-I Limited →
Active · founded 1956
A holding company of several ski resorts, S-K-I Limited is best known for founding the Killington ski area, located in…
Sol Meliá S.A. →
Active · founded 1956 · Spain
Sol Meliá S.A.
The Progressive Corporation →
Active · founded 1956
By practically any measure, The Progressive Corporation ranks among the United States' most successful property and…
Burelle S.A. →
Active · founded 1957 · France
Burelle S.A., based in Lyons, France, is a holding company for two principal businesses: Compagnie Plastic Omnium and…
Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. →
Defunct · founded 1957 · Mexico
Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A.
R.B. Pamplin Corp. →
Active · founded 1957
R.B.
Royal Ten Cate N.V. →
Active · founded 1957 · The Netherlands
Royal (Koninklijke in Dutch) Ten Cate N.V.
Framatome SA →
Active · founded 1958 · France
Framatome SA is a diversified, international manufacturing company and also the world leader in nuclear power…
Inchcape PLC →
Active · founded 1958 · United Kingdom
Inchcape PLC, a company with more than a 150-year history--starting as a shipping and trading firm and evolving into a…
Resorts International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1958
Resorts International, Inc., operates a hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and a vacation destination on…
Sime Darby Berhad →
Active · founded 1958 · Malaysia
Sime Darby Berhad is the largest conglomerate in Malaysia and one of the largest in southeast Asia.
The Anschutz Corporation →
Active · founded 1958
The Anschutz Corporation and its affiliates, including Anschutz Company and Anschutz Investment Company, are the…
Torstar Corporation →
Active · founded 1958 · www.torstar.com
The Torstar Corporation is a diversified publisher based in Toronto, with three major business segments: newspapers,…
Alticor Inc. →
Active · founded 1959
Alticor Inc.
Flanigan's Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1959
Flanigan operated his business under three names during the 1990s.
International Controls Corporation →
Active · founded 1959
International Controls Corporation (ICC), is the holding company of Checker Motors Corp.
K2 Inc. →
Active · founded 1959
A thriving recreational and industrial products company, K2 Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1959
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Preussag AG →
Active · founded 1959 · Germany
Preussag AG is the holding company for an international group of firms operating in five major business areas: the…
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. →
Active · founded 1960
The "airline's airline," Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
Allied Domecq PLC →
Defunct · founded 1961 · United Kingdom
Allied Domecq PLC is the second largest distiller of wine and spirits in the world, second only to industry leader…
Duane Reade Holding Corp. →
Active · founded 1961
Privately owned Duane Reade Holding Corp.
Lancaster Colony Corporation →
Active · founded 1961
Lancaster Colony Corporation's subsidiaries manufacture a wide variety of products, including automotive floor mats,…
Sideco Americana S.A. →
Active · founded 1961 · Argentina
Sideco Americana S.A.
The Jim Pattison Group →
Active · founded 1961 · Canada
The Jim Pattison Group is Canada's third-largest privately owned company, a multinational conglomerate with interests…
IMI plc →
Active · founded 1962 · England
IMI plc--formed in 1962 under the name Imperial Metal Industries Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of British…
Jefferies Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1962
Jefferies Group, Inc.
The TJX Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1962
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. →
Active · founded 1963 · Italy
Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A.
Industria de Diseño Textil S.A. →
Active · founded 1963 · Spain
Industria de Diseño Textil S.A., also known as The Inditex Group, is one of the world's leading and fastest-growing…
Koç Holding A.S. →
Active · founded 1963 · Turkey
Koç (pronounced "coach") is a name immediately recognized in Turkey, but virtually unknown elsewhere.
Pamida Holdings Corporation →
Active · founded 1963
Owner of a leading discount general merchandise chain, Pamida Holdings Corporation operates 181 stores in 15…
International Data Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1964
Over the course of some 30 years, Patrick J.
Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery, Inc. →
Active · founded 1964
Marie Callender's Restaurant & Bakery, Inc.
National Picture & Frame Company →
Active · founded 1964
National Picture & Frame Company is a major designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide variety of low-priced…
Paris Corporation →
Active · founded 1964
Paris Corporation is a holding company with, in 1997, two operating companies of its main subsidiary manufacturing…
American Stores Company →
Defunct · founded 1965
Built largely through the drive and ambition of one family, American Stores Company has developed into one of the…
Genting Bhd. →
Active · founded 1965 · Malaysia
Genting Bhd.
Levitz Furniture Inc. →
Active · founded 1965
A pioneer of the warehouse-showroom concept, in which both facilities are within a single building, Levitz Furniture…
Ruth's Chris Steak House →
Active · founded 1965
Ruth's Chris Steak House is an international chain of upscale restaurants.
Triple Five Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1965 · Canada
Triple Five Group Ltd.
Arkansas Best Corporation →
Active · founded 1966
Parent company of one of the leading truckers in the United States, Arkansas Best Corporation (ABC) ships general…
Montedison S.p.A. →
Defunct · founded 1966 · Italy
Montedison S.p.A.
Navistar International Corporation →
Active · founded 1966
Navistar International Corporation is America's largest manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty diesel trucks.
Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc. →
Active · founded 1966
Founded in Berkeley, California, in the mid-1960s, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.
Robert Mondavi Corporation →
Active · founded 1966
Robert Mondavi Corporation, with its family of Robert Mondavi wineries, is one of the United States' premier winemakers…
Schneider S.A. →
Active · founded 1966 · France
After a dizzying series of complicated restructurings, acquisitions, and divestments that began in 1980 when the…
A.G. Edwards, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
A.G.
American International Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
American International Group, Inc.
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
Big Flower Press Holdings, Inc.
Ceradyne, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
Ceradyne, Inc.
Kemper Corporation →
Active · founded 1967
Kemper Corporation is a holding company consisting of life insurance and real estate investment operations.
PCA International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
PCA International, Inc.
Central Parking Corporation →
Active · founded 1968
Central Parking Corporation is the leading parking services company in the United States, operating nearly 1,500…
Ground Round, Inc. →
Active · founded 1968
A pioneer in casual dining restaurant chains, Ground Round, Inc.
Sybron International Corp. →
Active · founded 1968
Sybron International Corp.
WMX Technologies Inc. →
Active · founded 1968
WMX Technologies Inc., a holding company, is a leading international provider of environmental and related services.
AEON Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1969 · Japan
Formerly known as JUSCO AEON Co., Ltd.
Bond Corporation Holdings Limited →
Active · founded 1969 · Australia
Bond Corporation Holdings, Limited, was an international conglomerate with operations in four primary fields: real…
CML Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
The CML Group, Inc.
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
Countrywide Credit Industries, Inc.
Dallah Albaraka Group →
Active · founded 1969 · Saudi Arabia
The Dallah Albaraka Group is one of the leading, privately held conglomerates in Saudi Arabia.
Franklin Resources, Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
California-based Franklin Resources, Inc.
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., is the largest manufacturer of caskets and hospital beds in the world, and also supplies…
Lennar Corporation →
Active · founded 1969
Florida's largest home builder and one of the largest residential builders in the country, Lennar Corporation began as…
Loews Corporation →
Active · founded 1969
Loews Corporation is a holding company with diversified interests in insurance, tobacco, offshore drilling, hotels, and…
Offshore Logistics, Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
Offshore Logistics, Inc., with headquarters in Lafayette, Louisiana, provides a variety of services to the petroleum…
Raymond James Financial Inc. →
Active · founded 1969
Raymond James Financial Inc., a diversified financial services company, earned national recognition from a mixture of…
Union Pacific Corporation →
Active · founded 1969
Union Pacific Corporation (UP) is a holding company whose principal operating subsidiary is Union Pacific Railroad…
Graphic Industries Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
One of the ten highest-volume commercial printing operations in the United States, Graphic Industries was founded in…
Hoenig Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
Hoenig Group Inc., through its brokerage subsidiaries, provides global securities brokerage, marketing and distribution…
PaineWebber Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
PaineWebber Group Inc.
Prince Sports Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
Prince Sports Group, Inc.
Red Apple Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
Under the names Gristede's, Sloan's, and Red Apple, Red Apple Group, Inc., wholly owned by John A.
Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P. →
Active · founded 1971
Alliance Capital Management Holding L.P., a publicly traded limited partnership, holds about 30 percent ownership of…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1971
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.'s (Ambac) primary operating subsidiary, the AAA-rated Ambac Assurance Corporation, was the…
Cardinal Health, Inc. →
Active · founded 1971
Named for Ohio's crimson state bird, Cardinal Health, Inc., ranks among America's top wholesale drug distributors, with…
Fisher Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1971
The owner of an unusual combination of businesses, Fisher Companies Inc.
Gruma, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1971 · Mexico
Gruma, S.A.
The Ziegler Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1971
The Ziegler Companies, Inc.
Grupo Televisa, S.A. →
Active · founded 1972 · Mexico
Grupo Televisa, S.A.
Simon Transportation Services Inc. →
Active · founded 1972
Simon Transportation Services Inc.
SkyWest, Inc. →
Active · founded 1972
SkyWest, Inc.
Sommer-Allibert S.A. →
Active · founded 1972 · France
Since the early 1990s, the European plastics giant Sommer-Allibert S.A.
Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc. →
Active · founded 1972
Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc., owns, operates, and franchises full-service, family-style Italian restaurants.
Desc, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1973 · Mexico
Desc, S.A.
Empresas Almacenes Paris S.A. →
Active · founded 1973 · Chile
Empresas Almacenes Paris S.A.
The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. →
Active · founded 1973
The Yankee Candle Company Inc.
Virgin Group →
Active · founded 1973 · United Kingdom
Virgin Group is a diversified grouping of more than 200 privately held companies.
Alfa, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1974 · Mexico
Alfa, S.A.
GIB Group →
Active · founded 1974 · Belgium
GIB Group, Belgium's top retailer, is active in four sectors: supermarkets and hypermarkets; do-it-yourself (DIY) home…
Mandalay Resort Group →
Active · founded 1974
Mandalay Resort Group is one of the leading hotel-casino companies in the United States, and is the largest such…
The Charles Schwab Corporation →
Active · founded 1974
The Charles Schwab Corporation, through its operating subsidiary Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., is the largest discount…
The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1974
The Quick & Reilly Group, Inc.
The Summit Bancorporation →
Active · founded 1974
The Summit Bancorporation is the holding company for Summit Bank, New Jersey's fourth largest bank.
Ameritrade Holding Corporation →
Active · founded 1975
Ameritrade Holding Corporation is a discount broker-dealer that operates through four subsidiaries: Ameritrade,…
Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1975 · Mexico
Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A.
Hillsdown Holdings plc →
Active · founded 1975 · United Kingdom
Hillsdown Holdings plc is a somewhat obscure holding company for a wide range of food, homebuilding, furniture, and…
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc. →
Active · founded 1975
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Simula, Inc. →
Active · founded 1975
Simula, Inc.
Viscofan S.A. →
Active · founded 1975 · Spain
Viscofan S.A.
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile →
Active · founded 1976 · Chile
: 212234 Copper Ore & Nickel Ore Mining; 331411 Primary Smelting & Refining of Copper Ore The state-owned Corporacion…
Electricidade de Portugal, S.A. →
Active · founded 1976 · Portugal
Electricidade de Portugal, S.A.
Henderson Land Development Company Ltd. →
Active · founded 1976 · Hong Kong
Henderson Land Development Company Ltd.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) →
Active · founded 1976 · Saudi Arabia
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, or SABIC, is one of the world's leading petrochemicals companies.
Bufete Industrial, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1977 · Mexico
Bufete (or Grupo Bufete) Industrial, S.A.
Comair Holdings, Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1977
Wholly owned by Delta Air Lines, Inc.
DriveTime Automotive Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1977
DriveTime Automotive Group Inc.
Hutchison Whampoa Limited →
Active · founded 1977 · Hong Kong
Mid-1970s:Hongkong & Shanghai Bank steps in to rescue the faltering Hutchison, taking a stake in excess of 20 percent.
The Really Useful Group →
Active · founded 1977 · United Kingdom
The Really Useful Group is the umbrella corporation over a welter of entertainment and leisure companies that operate…
The Thomson Corporation →
Active · founded 1977 · Canada
As it prepares to enter the 21st century, The Thomson Corporation is completing its transformation from a media,…
Baan Company →
Active · founded 1978 · The Netherlands
The Baan Company is one of the world's top producers of enterprise business management and client/server software…
CSX Corporation →
Active · founded 1978
CSX Corporation is a leading transportation-based holding company that operates one of the United States's leading rail…
CompDent Corporation →
Active · founded 1978
CompDent Corporation is a fully integrated dental management company that provides full-service dental benefits.
Daisytek International Corporation →
Active · founded 1978
Daisytek International Corporation is the largest wholesale distributor of non-paper computer and office automation…
Datek Online Holdings Corp. →
Defunct · founded 1978
Datek Online Holdings Corp.
Gainsco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1978
Gainsco, Inc.
Heartland Express, Inc. →
Active · founded 1978
Heartland Express, Inc.
Internacional de Ceramica, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1978 · Mexico
Internacional de Ceramica, S.A.
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
Advantica Restaurant Group, Inc., is one of the largest restaurant companies in the United States, operating 3,300…
BET Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
BET Holdings, Inc., with its centerpiece Black Entertainment Television cable television network, is well on its way to…
Conseco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
Conseco, Inc.
Energen Corporation →
Active · founded 1979
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Energen Corporation is a diversified holding company in natural gas distribution,…
GT Bicycles →
Active · founded 1979
GT Bicycles is the nation's leading supplier of dirt-track racing, or bicycle motocross "BMX," bicycles and one of the…
Great American Management and Investment, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
A cursory look at Great American Management and Investment, Inc.
Jacor Communications, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
Jacor Communications, Inc., a media holding company, is the second largest radio company in the United States measured…
Larry H. Miller Group →
Active · founded 1979
The Larry H.
Rodamco N.V. →
Defunct · founded 1979 · The Netherlands
Rodamco N.V.
Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1980 · Mexico
Grupo Carso, S.A.
Norfolk Southern Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) is a holding company that owns and operates one of the nation's biggest railroad…
Old America Stores, Inc. →
Active · founded 1980
One of a handful of retailers who redefined the arts and crafts industry during the 1980s and 1990s, Old America…
Riklis Family Corp. →
Active · founded 1980
Riklis Family Corp.
SCP Pool Corporation →
Active · founded 1980
SCP Pool Corporation, headquartered in Covington, Louisiana, is the world's largest independent distributer of swimming…
America's Car-Mart, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
America's Car-Mart, Inc., operates a chain of more than 70 used-car dealerships.
Apollo Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Apollo Group, Inc.
CIGNA Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
CIGNA Corporation is an insurance and financial services organization focusing on employee benefits, with its…
First Pacific Company Limited →
Active · founded 1981 · Hong Kong
In the somewhat murky world of Asian conglomerates, First Pacific Company Limited is one of the fastest-growing and…
Fletcher Challenge Ltd. →
Defunct · founded 1981 · New Zealand
Fletcher Challenge Ltd., New Zealand's largest group of companies, specializes in transforming resources into…
Horsehead Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Horsehead Industries, Inc.
Hotel Properties Ltd. →
Active · founded 1981 · Singapore
Singapore's Hotel Properties Ltd.
Microsoft Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
With annual revenues of more than $32 billion, Microsoft Corporation is more than the largest software company in the…
Paging Network Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Paging Network Inc., known as PageNet, is the largest provider of wireless digital messaging services in the United…
Primark Corp. →
Active · founded 1981
Primark Corp.
Pulsar Internacional S.A. →
Active · founded 1981 · Mexico 66265
Pulsar Internacional S.A.
Salomon Inc. →
Active · founded 1981
Salomon Inc.
Softbank Corp. →
Active · founded 1981 · Japan
Softbank Corp.
The Greenbrier Companies →
Active · founded 1981
The Greenbrier Companies is the largest manufacturer of railroad freight cars in North America through its Gunderson,…
Investcorp SA →
Active · founded 1982 · Bahrain
Investcorp SA is a globally operating investment group with offices in Bahrain, London, and New York.
Nimbus CD International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1982
In the mid-1990s Nimbus CD International, Inc.
TI Group plc →
Active · founded 1982 · United Kingdom
TI Group plc is a holding company for an international specialized engineering group of firms with three core business…
Totem Resources Corporation →
Active · founded 1982
Totem Resources Corporation is the holding company of Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.
APL Limited →
Active · founded 1983
APL Limited, formerly called the American President Companies Ltd., operates container shipping services by container…
Ark Restaurants Corp. →
Active · founded 1983
Ark Restaurants Corp.
Bell Atlantic Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Bell Atlantic Corporation is growing ever-more prominent in U.S.
BellSouth Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
BellSouth Corporation is one of the world's largest communications companies, serving close to 34 million customers in…
Grameen Bank →
Active · founded 1983 · Bangladesh
Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus pioneered the concept of 'micro-credit'--minuscule loans to the very poor.
LCI International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
LCI International, Inc.
Santa Fe Gaming Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
Through its chairman and CEO, Paul W.
TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1983
TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
AirTouch Communications →
Active · founded 1984
AirTouch Communications, one of the world's leading wireless telecommunications organizations, serves the needs of over…
Altera Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Founded in 1983, Altera Corporation is a leading maker of high-density programmable logic devices (PLDs), based on…
BT Group plc →
Active · founded 1984 · United Kingdom
BT Group plc was formed in 2001 to serve as the holding company for British Telecommunications plc.
Fidelity National Financial Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Fidelity National Financial Inc., the nation's top title insurance company, found early success by concentrating on the…
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited →
Active · founded 1984 · Bermuda
Jardine Matheson is one of the oldest names in East Asia, and Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is an international…
Novellus Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Based in San Jose, California, Novellus Systems, Inc.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
Onex Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · Canada
Onex Corporation, one of Canada's largest companies, operates on a global level.
Questar Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Questar Corporation is an integrated natural gas company whose major subsidiaries search for, produce, and market oil…
Sierra Health Services, Inc. →
Active · founded 1984
Overseeing the largest and oldest health maintenance organization (HMO) in Nevada, Sierra Health Services, Inc.
TNT Freightways Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
TNT Freightways Corporation is one of the most successful trucking firms in North America, crisscrossing the country…
Unitil Corporation →
Active · founded 1984
Unitil Corporation is a public utility holding company system.
Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1984 · Mexico
Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.
American Classic Voyages Company →
Active · founded 1985
American Classic Voyages Company is parent company to two pleasure cruise companies, the Delta Queen Steamboat Company,…
Cardo AB →
Active · founded 1985 · Sweden
Cardo AB has focused its efforts on building two world-leading companies: Cardo Door and Cardo Pump.
Geotek Communications Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Geotek Communications Inc.
Primedex Health Systems, Inc. →
Active · founded 1985
Primedex Health Systems, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, is engaged in the delivery and administration of managed…
The Middleby Corporation →
Active · founded 1985
The Middleby Corporation is a major designer, manufacturer, and marketer of a wide range of commercial and…
Bon Appetit Holding AG →
Active · founded 1986 · Switzerland
Bon Appetit Holding AG is the leading publicly listed food trade company in Switzerland.
Chelsfield PLC →
Active · founded 1986 · United Kingdom
Chelsfield PLC is one of the United Kingdom's major property development groups.
E-Z Serve Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
As the seventh largest convenience store operator in the United States, E-Z Serve Corporation owns and operates 737…
Goodman Fielder Ltd. →
Active · founded 1986 · Australia
Goodman Fielder Ltd.
Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation →
Active · founded 1986
A leading home improvement retailer in California, Orchard Supply Stores Corporation operates a chain of hardware…
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1986
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.
Budget Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · www.teamrental.com
Budget Group, Inc., is a holding company that, through subsidiary companies and their franchisees, operates Budget Car…
CMS Energy Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
CMS Energy Corporation is a diversified energy company with businesses engaged in electric and gas utility operations.
Catherines Stores Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Catherines Stores Corporation is a leading specialty retailer of women's large-size clothing and accessories.
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
D&K Wholesale Drug, Inc.
Fortis, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Fortis, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading distributor of electricity in the Province of Newfoundland and…
Michael Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Michael Foods, Inc., through its Egg Products Division, is the largest producer, processor, and distributor of extended…
Nu-kote Holding, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987
Based in Dallas, Texas, Nu-kote Holding, Inc.
RHI AG →
Active · founded 1987 · Austria
RHI AG is the world's top manufacturer of heat-resistant refractory products, with a global market share of some 15…
STMicroelectronics NV →
Active · founded 1987 · Switzerland
STMicroelectronics NV is one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturing companies.
Sun Distributors L.P. →
Active · founded 1987
Sun Distributors L.P.
Thermadyne Holding Corporation →
Active · founded 1987
Thermadyne Holding Corporation is one of the world's largest suppliers of welding, cutting, and welding safety products.
Black Box Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Black Box Corporation is a leading direct marketer of computer communications and networking equipment.
Burlington Resources Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Burlington Resources Inc., the nation's largest independent natural gas exploration and production company, functioned…
EXCEL Communications Inc. →
Defunct · founded 1988
EXCEL Communications Inc.
Playtex Products, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Playtex Products, Inc.
Riser Foods, Inc. →
Active · founded 1988
Riser Foods, Inc., a holding company, controls northeast Ohio's largest grocery chain.
Suiza Foods Corporation →
Active · founded 1988
Suiza Foods Corporation has seemingly come out of nowhere to become one of the leading fresh milk and dairy food…
Aztar Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Aztar Corporation, a spinoff from the late 1980s restructuring of Ramada Inc., is a mid-tier U.S.
Brightpoint, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Brightpoint, Inc.
Glotel plc →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
Glotel plc provides a full range of recruitment services, meeting temporary and permanent staffing requirements, as…
Hawk Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Despite challenging economic conditions, Hawk continued to record improved levels of revenues in 2000, up 7.8 percent…
Scotsman Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1989
Scotsman Industries, Inc.
Severn Trent PLC →
Active · founded 1989 · United Kingdom
As the fourth largest non-government-owned water company in the world, Severn Trent PLC supplies water and sewerage…
Alliance Entertainment Corp. →
Active · founded 1990
The largest full-service distributor of music and music-related products in the United States, Alliance Entertainment…
Berjaya Group Bhd. →
Active · founded 1990 · Malaysia
Berjaya Group Bhd.
Buttrey Food & Drug Stores Co. →
Active · founded 1990
The largest operator of food and drug stores in Montana, Buttrey Food & Drug Stores Co.
Journal Register Company →
Active · founded 1990
The Journal Register Company (JRC) owns and operates 24 daily newspapers and 185 nondaily publications in seven…
Rooms To Go Inc. →
Active · founded 1990
Rooms To Go Inc., a low- to mid-priced furniture store chain, has rapidly expanded to more than 60 stores since opening…
Toymax International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1990
Toymax International, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries and divisions, makes children's toys, leisure…
Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd. →
Active · founded 1990
Vermont Pure Holdings, Ltd.
Argosy Gaming Company →
Defunct · founded 1991
A market leader in a fast-growing industry, Argosy Gaming Company operates five riverboat gambling casinos on the…
Johnstown America Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1991
A rising manufacturing force, Johnstown America Industries, Inc.
Masland Corporation →
Active · founded 1991
A leading North American designer and manufacturer of car-interior components, Masland Corporation operates ten…
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1991
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., an international cosmetic laser company, is one of the most promising firms in the…
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1991
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc.
Specialty Coatings Inc. →
Active · founded 1991
Specialty Coatings Group Inc.
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1991
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc.
Chart Industries, Inc. →
Active · founded 1992
Chart Industries, Inc.
President Casinos, Inc. →
Active · founded 1992
President Casinos, Inc.
WellPoint Health Networks Inc. →
Active · founded 1992
WellPoint Health Networks Inc.
Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1993
Aavid Thermal Technologies, Inc., founded in 1993, is the world's technology and market leader in thermal management.
Chancellor Media Corporation →
Active · founded 1993
Consolidation of radio station ownership accelerated dramatically following the passage of the Telecommunications Act…
Foamex International Inc. →
Active · founded 1993
Foamex International Inc.
NTL Inc. →
Active · founded 1993 · United Kingdom
NTL Inc., based in London but registered in the United States and listed on the NASDAQ, has survived the global telecom…
NetCom Systems AB →
Active · founded 1993 · Sweden
NetCom Systems AB is poised to become Scandinavia's leading private provider of telecommunications services,…
TIG Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1993
TIG Holdings, Inc.
TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1993 · Mexico
TV Azteca, S.A.
The L.L. Knickerbocker Co., Inc. →
Active · founded 1993 · www.knickerbocker.com
L.L.
Vendôme Luxury Group plc →
Active · founded 1993 · England
Vendôme Luxury Group plc is nearly synonymous with luxury.
West Marine, Inc. →
Active · founded 1993
West Marine, Inc., is the leading distributor of marine supplies to recreational boaters, and the largest and most…
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1994
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
Beazer Homes USA, Inc. →
Active · founded 1994
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation →
Active · founded 1994
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation is one of the great success stories in the history of American railroad.
Guidant Corporation →
Active · founded 1994
Guidant Corporation is a leading designer and developer of cardiovascular medical products, marketing a variety of…
Inter Link Foods PLC →
Active · founded 1994 · United Kingdom
Inter Link Foods PLC is the rising star of the British baking industry.
Nutreco Holding N.V. →
Active · founded 1994 · The Netherlands
Netherlands-based Nutreco Holding N.V.
Portugal Telecom SGPS S.A. →
Active · founded 1994 · Portugal
Portugal Telecom SGPS S.A.
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. →
Active · founded 1994
Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc.
Western Wireless Corporation →
Active · founded 1994
Western Wireless Corporation is a leading operator of wireless cellular telephone systems, marketing its service under…
First Aviation Services Inc. →
Active · founded 1995
First Aviation Services Inc.
The Major Automotive Companies, Inc. →
Active · founded 1995
The Major Automotive Companies, Inc.
Aquarius Platinum Ltd. →
Active · founded 1996 · Australia
A minnow compared with the big fish in the PGM (platinum group metals) mining market, Aquarius Platinum Ltd.
EMI Group plc →
Defunct · founded 1996 · United Kingdom
EMI Group plc is the fourth largest of the world's "big six" music giants.
Fimalac S.A. →
Active · founded 1996 · France
French holding company Fimalac S.A.
Footstar, Incorporated →
Active · founded 1996
Footstar, Incorporated is a holding company whose two subsidiaries, Footaction and Meldisco, are leading shoe retailers…
Metro AG →
Active · founded 1996 · Germany
One of the largest retailers in the world, Metro AG is a Düsseldorf-based holding company formed through the 1996…
Prada Holding B.V. →
Active · founded 1996 · The Netherlands
Prada Holding B.V.
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc →
Active · founded 1996 · United Kingdom
Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc (RSA) is one of the largest insurance companies based in the United Kingdom.
SABRE Group Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1996
SABRE Group Holdings, Inc.
Swissport International Ltd. →
Active · founded 1996 · Switzerland
Swissport International Ltd.
Thorn plc →
Active · founded 1996 · United Kingdom
Thorn plc is an international rental and rent-to-own group whose various chains rent electronics, personal computers,…
800-JR Cigar, Inc. →
Active · founded 1997
800-JR Cigar, Inc.
AMVESCAP PLC →
Active · founded 1997 · United Kingdom
AMVESCAP PLC is one of the largest independent investment managers in the world, a global player.
Continuum Health Partners, Inc. →
Active · founded 1997
In spite of its money problems, Continuum established an institute for neurology and neurology, expanded efforts in…
Hanson Building Materials America Inc. →
Active · founded 1997
Hanson Building Materials America Inc.
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1997
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc., through its L-3 Communications Corp.
Toolex International N.V. →
Active · founded 1997 · The Netherlands
The merger/takeover of The Netherlands' ODME by Sweden's Toolex Alpha in October 1997 created Toolex International…
Grupo Aeropuerto del Sureste, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1998 · Mexico
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste S.A.
Hudson River Bancorp, Inc. →
Active · founded 1998
s: 522120 Savings Institutions; 551112 Offices of Other Holding Companies Hudson River Bancorp, Inc.
Janus Capital Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1998
Janus Capital Group Inc.
KeySpan Energy Co. →
Active · founded 1998
KeySpan Energy Co.
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company →
Active · founded 1998
The Pennzoil-Quaker State Company is a leading worldwide automotive consumer products company formed in 1998, through…
Weatherford International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1998
Houston-based Weatherford International, Inc.
LaBranche & Co. Inc. →
Active · founded 1999
LaBranche & Co.
Next Media Ltd. →
Active · founded 1999 · Hong Kong
One of Hong Kong's leading newspaper and magazine publishers, Next Media Ltd.
Companhia de Bebidas das Américas →
Active · founded 2000 · Brazil
AmBev, more formally known as Companhia de Bebidas das Américas, is the world's fifth largest brewer.
Reading International Inc. →
Active · founded 2001
Reading International Inc., is focused on the ownership and development of real estate assets, concentrating its…
Rinker Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 2003 · Australia
Rinker Group Ltd.
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