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1950s initial public offerings

  • BayerFriedrich Bayer and Johann Friedrich Weskott opened a partnership in 1863 within the German town of Barmen. They established a facility to produce dyes for…
  • United ArtistsOn the 5th of February 1919, four Hollywood legends signed a contract to build United Artists. Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Douglas…
  • Ford Motor CompanyHenry Ford stood in a converted factory on the 16th of June 1903, and signed papers to establish the Ford Motor Company.
  • SonyIn 1946, Masaru Ibuka opened a small electronics shop inside the Shirokiya department store building in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district.
  • TMS EntertainmentIn 1946, a company named Kyokuichi opened its doors in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. It began as a textile manufacturer before changing its trade name to…