COMPANY·HISTORIES
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Ofices of Other Holding Companies

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

248companies1649–2003founding years248still active0no longer operating
§ 01

The industry over time

Companies foundedEconomyTechnologyEnvironmentHistory
FoundedFiskars Corporation
1649
FoundedMillea Holdings Inc.
1879
FoundedBabcock International Group PLC
1891
FoundedM & F Worldwide Corp.
1902
1903
TechnologyThe Wright brothers achieve powered flight.
FoundedKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
1912
1914
EconomyWorld War I begins; global trade reorders.
FoundedHMV Group plc
1921
FoundedThe Connell Company
1926
1929
EconomyThe stock market crashes; the Great Depression spreads worldwide.
FoundedGeneral Nutrition Companies, Inc.
1935
1939
EconomyWorld War II begins; wartime production surges.
1945
EconomyThe war ends; a long global expansion begins.
FoundedPetrobras Energia Participaciones S.A.
1947
TechnologyThe transistor is invented.
FoundedThe Marmon Group, Inc.
1953
1958
TechnologyThe integrated circuit is demonstrated.
FoundedAllied Domecq PLC
1961
1962
EnvironmentSilent Spring launches the modern environmental movement.
FoundedPCA International, Inc.
1967
1971
EconomyThe dollar leaves the gold standard; currencies float.
FoundedVirgin Group
1973
EconomyThe OPEC oil embargo triggers a global shock.
1975
TechnologyThe personal-computer era begins.
FoundedHutchison Whampoa Limited
1977
1979
EconomyA second oil crisis drives inflation higher worldwide.
1981
TechnologyThe IBM PC launches and sets a standard.
FoundedInvestcorp SA
1982
1984
TechnologyApple ships the Macintosh; the GUI era begins.
FoundedSTMicroelectronics NV
1987
EconomyBlack Monday: markets fall sharply around the world.
1989
HistoryThe Berlin Wall falls; global markets open up.
1991
TechnologyThe World Wide Web is released to the public.
1993
TechnologyThe Mosaic browser brings the web to everyone.
FoundedAmerican Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
1994
1995
TechnologyWindows 95 launches; the internet goes mainstream.
FoundedSwissport International Ltd.
1996
1997
EconomyThe Asian financial crisis rattles global markets.
EnvironmentThe Kyoto Protocol sets the first climate targets.
2000
EconomyThe dot-com bubble bursts.
2004
TechnologySocial media and Web 2.0 take hold.
2007
TechnologyThe iPhone launches the smartphone era.
2008
EconomyThe global financial crisis freezes credit worldwide.
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,…
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 →
Active · 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.
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…
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…
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.
C.H. Boehringer Sohn →
Active · founded 1885 · Germany
C.H.
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.
Avista Corporation →
Active · founded 1889
Avista Corporation operates as a generator, transmitter, and distributor of energy, providing electricity and natural…
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…
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.
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…
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,…
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.
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…
AK Steel Holding Corporation →
Active · founded 1899
AK Steel Holding Corporation is the controlling body for numerous steel production companies throughout the United…
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…
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.
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.
Fortune Brands, Inc. →
Active · founded 1904
Fortune Brands, Inc., is a widely diversified conglomerate with principal businesses in distilled spirits, home…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Hartmarx Corporation →
Active · founded 1911
Hartmarx Corporation is a holding company for a number of clothing companies, including its flagship brands of men's…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Barnes Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1922
Barnes Group Inc.
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,…
Old Republic International Corporation →
Active · founded 1923
Old Republic International Corporation, one of the 50 largest publicly held insurance organizations in the United…
Rallye SA →
Active · founded 1924 · France
Rallye SA is one of France's--and the world's--top retail groups.
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.
Power Corporation of Canada →
Active · founded 1925 · Canada
Early 1950s:Company begins to diversify its interests away from the utility industry.
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…
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.
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.
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)…
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.
Alaska Air Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1932
Alaska Air Group, Inc.
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…
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.
Jefferson Smurfit Group plc →
Active · 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…
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…
Grupo Casa Saba, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1937 · Mexico
Grupo Casa Saba, S.A.
Arriva PLC →
Active · founded 1938 · United Kingdom
Arriva PLC is one of Europe's leading and fastest-growing publicly traded transportation companies.
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…
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.
Christian Dior S.A. →
Active · founded 1946 · France
Christian Dior S.A.
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.
Waterford Wedgwood plc →
Active · 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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
Southwest Water Company →
Active · founded 1954
Southwest Water Company owns and operates water and wastewater treatment systems, manages and operates water and…
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…
Controladora Comercial Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · 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.
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…
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.
Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. →
Active · founded 1960
The "airline's airline," Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
Allied Domecq PLC →
Active · founded 1961 · United Kingdom
Allied Domecq PLC is the second largest distiller of wine and spirits in the world, second only to industry leader…
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…
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.
Genting Bhd. →
Active · founded 1965 · Malaysia
Genting Bhd.
Triple Five Group Ltd. →
Active · founded 1965 · Canada
Triple Five Group Ltd.
Robert Mondavi Corporation →
Active · founded 1966
Robert Mondavi Corporation, with its family of Robert Mondavi wineries, is one of the United States' premier winemakers…
A.G. Edwards, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
A.G.
American International Group, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
American International Group, Inc.
PCA International, Inc. →
Active · founded 1967
PCA International, Inc.
AEON Co., Ltd. →
Active · founded 1969 · Japan
Formerly known as JUSCO AEON Co., Ltd.
Dallah Albaraka Group →
Active · founded 1969 · Saudi Arabia
The Dallah Albaraka Group is one of the leading, privately held conglomerates in Saudi Arabia.
Loews Corporation →
Active · founded 1969
Loews Corporation is a holding company with diversified interests in insurance, tobacco, offshore drilling, hotels, and…
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…
Hoenig Group Inc. →
Active · founded 1970
Hoenig Group Inc., through its brokerage subsidiaries, provides global securities brokerage, marketing and distribution…
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…
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.
Empresas Almacenes Paris S.A. →
Active · founded 1973 · Chile
Empresas Almacenes Paris S.A.
Virgin Group →
Active · founded 1973 · United Kingdom
Virgin Group is a diversified grouping of more than 200 privately held companies.
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…
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.
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.
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. →
Active · 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 Thomson Corporation →
Active · founded 1977 · Canada
As it prepares to enter the 21st century, The Thomson Corporation is completing its transformation from a media,…
Datek Online Holdings Corp. →
Active · founded 1978
Datek Online Holdings Corp.
Internacional de Ceramica, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1978 · Mexico
Internacional de Ceramica, S.A.
Conseco, Inc. →
Active · founded 1979
Conseco, Inc.
Larry H. Miller Group →
Active · founded 1979
The Larry H.
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…
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.
CIGNA Corporation →
Active · founded 1981
CIGNA Corporation is an insurance and financial services organization focusing on employee benefits, with its…
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…
Softbank Corp. →
Active · founded 1981 · Japan
Softbank Corp.
Investcorp SA →
Active · founded 1982 · Bahrain
Investcorp SA is a globally operating investment group with offices in Bahrain, London, and New York.
APL Limited →
Active · founded 1983
APL Limited, formerly called the American President Companies Ltd., operates container shipping services by container…
BellSouth Corporation →
Active · founded 1983
BellSouth Corporation is one of the world's largest communications companies, serving close to 34 million customers in…
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…
Onex Corporation →
Active · founded 1984 · Canada
Onex Corporation, one of Canada's largest companies, operates on a global level.
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.
Cardo AB →
Active · founded 1985 · Sweden
Cardo AB has focused its efforts on building two world-leading companies: Cardo Door and Cardo Pump.
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.
Goodman Fielder Ltd. →
Active · founded 1986 · Australia
Goodman Fielder Ltd.
Fortis, Inc. →
Active · founded 1987 · Canada
Fortis, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading distributor of electricity in the Province of Newfoundland and…
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.
Aztar Corporation →
Active · founded 1989
Aztar Corporation, a spinoff from the late 1980s restructuring of Ramada Inc., is a mid-tier U.S.
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…
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…
Berjaya Group Bhd. →
Active · founded 1990 · Malaysia
Berjaya Group Bhd.
Journal Register Company →
Active · founded 1990
The Journal Register Company (JRC) owns and operates 24 daily newspapers and 185 nondaily publications in seven…
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.
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, Inc. →
Active · founded 1991
Worldwide Restaurant Concepts, 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.
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…
TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V. →
Active · founded 1993 · Mexico
TV Azteca, S.A.
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. →
Active · founded 1994
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.
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.
Fimalac S.A. →
Active · founded 1996 · France
French holding company Fimalac S.A.
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.
Swissport International Ltd. →
Active · founded 1996 · Switzerland
Swissport International Ltd.
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.
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.
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company →
Active · founded 1998
The Pennzoil-Quaker State Company is a leading worldwide automotive consumer products company formed in 1998, through…
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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