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Companies based in Philadelphia

  • ComcastIn 1963, Ralph J. Roberts and two partners bought American Cable Systems for $500,000. The operation started in Tupelo, Mississippi with just five channels…
  • University of Pennsylvania PressThe Pennsylvania state government incorporated the University of Pennsylvania Press on the 26th of March 1890. This legal act created one of the earliest…
  • CencoraThe year 2001 marked a pivotal moment in American healthcare when two major pharmaceutical distributors merged to form AmerisourceBergen.
  • PECO Energy CompanyThe Philadelphia Electric Company opened its doors in 1881 to light the streets of a growing city. It operated under that name for nearly fifty years before…
  • Independence Blue CrossPhiladelphia Mayor S. Davis Wilson enrolled as the first member of Associated Hospital Service in 1938. This new organization offered the region's first…