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  • 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…
  • McDonald'sRichard and Maurice McDonald opened their first restaurant at 1398 North E Street in San Bernardino, California on the 15th of May 1940.
  • Nike, Inc.Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman established Blue Ribbon Sports on the 25th of January 1964. The pair operated out of Eugene, Oregon as a distributor for…
  • The Walt Disney CompanyOn the 16th of October 1923, two brothers named Walt and Roy Disney signed a contract in Kansas City to start a business called Disney Brothers Cartoon…
  • JPMorgan ChaseAaron Burr opened the Bank of the Manhattan Company on the 1st of September 1799. The bank began as a water carrier before transforming into a financial…
  • WalmartOn the 2nd of July 1962, Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store at 719 W. Walnut Street in Rogers, Arkansas.
  • VerizonIn 1983, the US Department of Justice reached a settlement with AT&T to dismantle its monopoly. This legal action dissolved the Bell System into seven…
  • Goldman SachsIn 1869, Marcus Goldman opened a one-room basement office next to a coal chute in New York City. He began by financing commercial paper for small…
  • 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…
  • Amazon (company)Jeff Bezos stood in the converted garage of his home in Bellevue, Washington, on the 5th of July 1994. He had just relocated from New York City to start an…
  • AmgenIn April 1980, a small group of venture capitalists gathered in Thousand Oaks to establish Applied Molecular Genetics. This entity would soon change its name…
  • IBMOn the 16th of June 1911, four separate companies merged in New York State to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company.
  • NvidiaOn the 5th of April 1993, three engineers named Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem established Nvidia in Santa Clara, California.
  • Home DepotOn the 22nd of June 1979, two stores opened in metro Atlanta. One sat in Doraville while the other stood on Memorial Drive in Decatur.
  • The Coca-Cola CompanyIn July 1886, pharmacist John Stith Pemberton from Columbus, Georgia, invented the original Coca-Cola drink. The product was advertised as helpful in the…
  • Visa Inc.On the 18th of September 1958, Bank of America officially launched its BankAmericard credit card program in Fresno, California.