Curated category
2005 mergers and acquisitions
- GameTrailersGeoffrey R. Grotz and Brandon Jones launched GameTrailers in 2002 as a small startup focused on video game trailers and gameplay footage.
- TaitōUkrainian refugee Michael Kogan established a business in Shanghai during 1944 called Taitung. The name combined the Chinese characters for Judea and East to…
- MarketWatchThe marketwatch.com domain name registered on the 30th of July 1997. The website launched exactly three months later on the 30th of October 1997.
- IGNOn the 29th of September 1996, a new website called IGN launched under the name Imagine Games Network. Media entrepreneur Chris Anderson created this…
- Weblogs, Inc.Jason Calacanis and Brian Alvey launched Weblogs, Inc. in September 2003 with financial support from investor Mark Cuban.
- RocketdyneIn 1955, North American Aviation spun off Rocketdyne as a separate division within its corporate structure. The new entity established its headquarters in…
- Georgia-PacificOwen Robertson Cheatham established the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. on the 22nd of September 1927 in Augusta, Georgia. He purchased a wholesale hardwood…
- Le MéridienIn 1972, Air France established Meridien Hotels to house its own flight crews in major hub cities. The airline promoted the chain and handled all…