Curated category
American brands
- MicrosoftThe January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics put a microcomputer called the Altair 8800 on its cover, and two childhood friends saw an opening.
- Coca-ColaCoca-Cola first sold for five cents a glass at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on the 8th of May 1886. The man behind it was a Confederate colonel…
- Apple Inc.Apple Inc. started with two men selling everything they owned. Steve Jobs sold his Volkswagen Bus. Steve Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator.
- 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 TelevisionSony Pictures Television traces its roots not to Sony at all, but to a small outfit called Pioneer Telefilms, founded in 1947 by Ralph Cohn, whose father…
- JeepJeep is the American automobile brand that turned a wartime utility vehicle into a cultural institution recognized on every continent.
- Ford Motor CompanyFord Motor Company was incorporated on the 16th of June 1903, with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, launched in a converted factory in Detroit.
- Visa Inc.Visa Inc. processes more transactions in a single year than most people could count in a lifetime. In 2025, its global network handled 257.5 billion…
- 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…
- AtariAtari began not as a company but as a word from an ancient board game. On the 27th of June 1972, Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney incorporated Atari, Inc.
- ZyngaZynga, the company named after a bulldog, reached ten million daily players in just six weeks after launching FarmVille on Facebook in June 2009.
- Tiffany & Co.Tiffany & Co. began its life in 1837 not as a jeweler but as a stationery and fancy goods emporium, funded by just $1,000 borrowed from a cotton mill owner.