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American brands
- MicrosoftOn the 4th of April 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen established Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Their first product was a BASIC interpreter for the…
- Coca-ColaJohn Stith Pemberton, a Confederate Colonel wounded in the American Civil War and addicted to morphine, created Coca-Cola in Atlanta.
- Apple Inc.On the 1st of April 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak established Apple Computer Company in the garage of Jobs's parents' home on Crist Drive in Los Altos…
- Westin Hotels & ResortsSevert W. Thurston and Frank Dupar met unexpectedly during breakfast at the coffee shop of the Commercial Hotel in Yakima, Washington, in 1930.
- Sony Pictures TelevisionRalph Cohn founded Pioneer Telefilms in 1947, launching a lineage that would eventually become Sony Pictures Television.
- Ford Motor CompanyHenry Ford stood in a converted factory on the 16th of June 1903, and signed papers to establish the Ford Motor Company.
- Visa Inc.On the 18th of September 1958, Bank of America officially launched its BankAmericard credit card program in Fresno, California.
- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel CompanySwiss hotelier César Ritz redefined luxury accommodation in Europe during the late 19th century. He earned the title king of hoteliers and hotelier to kings…
- AtariOn the 27th of June 1972, two men named Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney incorporated a company in Sunnyvale, California. They chose the name Atari from the…
- ZyngaMark Pincus launched Zynga in April 2007 under the name Presidio Media. The company changed its name to Zynga in July 2007, adopting a bulldog logo named…
- Tiffany & Co.In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young opened a stationery store at 259 Broadway in Lower Manhattan with just $1,000 from Charles's father.