[h1]List of Corporations[/h1]
[h2]Medieval Era[/h2]

[h3]Medici Bank (1397)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici[/b]

[h2]Renaissance Era[/h2]

[h3]Fuggerei (1521)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jakob Fugger[/b]

[h3]East India Company (1600)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Sir Thomas Smythe[/b]

[h3]Dutch East India Company (1602)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Johan van Oldenbarnevelt[/b]

[h3]Compagnie des Indes Orientales (1664)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jean-Baptiste Colbert[/b]

[h3]Hudson's Bay Company (1670)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Pierre-Esprit Radisson[/b]

[h3]Mitsui (1673)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Mitsui Takatoshi[/b]

[h3]Lloyd's of London (1688)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Edward Lloyd[/b]

[h3]Bank of England (1694)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Sir John Houblon[/b]

[h3]Royal Bank of Scotland (1727)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Archibald Campbell[/b]

[h3]Barings Bank (1762)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Francis Baring[/b]

[h3]JP Morgan Chase (1799)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Aaron Burr[/b]

[h3]CitiBank (1812)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Samuel Osgood[/b]

[h3]The Guardian (1821)[/h3]
Founder: [b]John Edward Taylor[/b]

[h3]Harrods (1824)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Charles Henry Harrod[/b]

[h3]Herms (1837)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Thierry Herms[/b]

[h3]Procter & Gamble (1837)[/h3]
Founder: [b]William Procter and James Gamble[/b]

[h2]Industrial Era[/h2]
[h3]Siemens (1847)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Werner von Siemens[/b]

[h3]Boots (1849)[/h3]
Founder: [b]John Boot[/b]

[h3]Pfizer (1849)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Charles Pfizer[/b]

[h3]The New York Times (1851)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Henry Jarvis Raymond[/b]

[h3]Levi Strauss & Co. (1853)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Levi Strauss[/b]

[h3]Louis Vuitton (1854)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Louis Vuitton[/b]

[h3]Macy's (1858)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Rowland Hussey Macy[/b]

[h3]Bayer (1863)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Friedrich Bayer[/b]

[h3]Nestl (1866)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Henri Nestl[/b]

[h3]Goldman Sachs (1869)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Marcus Goldman[/b]

[h3]Standard Oil (1870)[/h3]
Founder: [b]John D. Rockefeller[/b]

[h3]AT&T (1885)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Alexander Graham Bell[/b]

[h3]Johnson & Johnson (1886)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Robert Wood Johnson[/b]

[h3]Nintendo (1889)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Fusajiro Yamauchi[/b]

[h3]Merck & Co. (1891)[/h3]
Founder: [b]George Merck[/b]

[h3]Carnegie Steel Company (1892)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Andrew Carnegie[/b]

[h3]Coca-Cola (1892)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Asa Candler[/b]

[h3]General Electric (1892)[/h3]
Founders: [b]Thomas Edison and Charles Coffin[/b]

[h3]Roche (1896)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche[/b]

[h3]PepsiCo (1898)[/h3]
Founders: [b]Donald Kendall and Herman Lay[/b]

[h3]Fiat (1899)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Giovanni Agnelli[/b]

[h3]Walgreens (1901)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Charles R. Walgreen[/b]

[h3]Ford Motor Company (1903)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Henry Ford[/b]

[h3]Rolex (1905)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Hans Wilsdorf[/b]

[h3]Montblanc (1906)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Alfred Nehemias and August Eberstein[/b]

[h3]Tata Steel (1907)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jamsetji Tata[/b]

[h2]Modern Era[/h2]
[h3]IBM (1911)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Charles Ranlett Flint[/b]

[h3]Panasonic (1918)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Konosuke Matsushita[/b]

[h3]Gucci (1921)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Guccio Gucci[/b]

[h3]BBC (1922)[/h3]
Founder: [b]John Reith[/b]

[h3]Disney (1923)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Walt Disney[/b]

[h3]MGM Studios (1924)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Marcus Loew[/b]

[h3]KFC (1930)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Colonel Sanders[/b]

[h3]Porsche (1931)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Ferdinand Porsche[/b]

[h3]Samsung (1938)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Lee Byung-chul[/b]

[h3]McDonald's (1940)[/h3]
Founders: [b]Richard and Maurice McDonald[/b]

[h3]IKEA (1943)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Ingvar Kamprad[/b]

[h2]Atomic Era[/h2]
[h3]Sony (1946)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Akio Morita[/b]

[h3]Hyundai (1947)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Chung Ju-yung[/b]

[h3]H&M (1947)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Erling Persson[/b]

[h3]Honda (1948)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Soichiro Honda[/b]

[h3]Burger King (1954)[/h3]
Founder: [b]James McLamore[/b]

[h3]Nike (1964)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Phil Knight[/b]

[h3]Reliance Industries (1966)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Dhirubhai Ambani[/b]

[h3]Intel (1968)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Gordon Moore[/b]

[h3]Airbus (1971)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Roger Bteille[/b]

[h3]FedEx (1971)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Frederick W. Smith[/b]

[h3]Starbucks (1971)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Howard Schultz[/b]

[h3]Sanofi (1973)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jean-Franois Dehecq[/b]

[h3]Microsoft (1975)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Bill Gates[/b]

[h3]Zara (1975)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Amancio Ortega[/b]

[h3]Apple (1976)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Steve Jobs[/b]

[h3]CNN (1980)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Ted Turner[/b]

[h3]SoftBank (1981)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Masayoshi Son[/b]

[h3]Bloomberg LP (1981)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Michael Bloomberg[/b]

[h3]Adobe (1982)[/h3]
Founder: [b]John Warnock[/b]

[h3]Haier (1984)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Zhang Ruimin[/b]

[h3]Lenovo (1984)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Liu Chuanzhi[/b]

[h3]Huawei (1987)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Ren Zhengfei[/b]

[h3]Red Bull (1987)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Dietrich Mateschitz[/b]

[h2]Information Era[/h2]
[h3]Amazon (1994)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jeff Bezos[/b]

[h3]Netflix (1997)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Reed Hastings[/b]

[h3]Google (1998)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Larry Page[/b]

[h3]Tencent (1998)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Pony Ma[/b]

[h3]Alibaba (1999)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jack Ma[/b]

[h3]SpaceX (2002)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Elon Musk[/b]

[h3]LinkedIn (2002)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Reid Hoffman[/b]

[h3]Tesla (2003)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Martin Eberhard[/b]

[h3]Facebook/Meta (2004)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Mark Zuckerberg[/b]

[h3]Shopify (2006)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Tobias Ltke[/b]

[h3]Twitter (2006)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jack Dorsey[/b]

[h3]Airbnb (2008)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Brian Chesky[/b]

[h3]BioNTech (2008)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Ugur Sahin[/b]

[h3]WhatsApp (2009)[/h3]
Founders: [b]Jan Koum and Brian Acton[/b]

[h3]Stripe (2010)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Patrick Collison[/b]

[h3]WeWork (2010)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Adam Neumann[/b]

[h3]Zoom (2011)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Eric Yuan[/b]

[h3]Coinbase (2012)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Brian Armstrong[/b]

[h3]DoorDash (2013)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Tony Xu[/b]

[h3]Patreon (2013)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jack Conte[/b]

[h3]OpenAI (2015)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Sam Altman[/b]

[h3]Discord (2015)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Jason Citron[/b]

[h3]TikTok (2016)[/h3]
Founder: [b]Zhang Yiming[/b]