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Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
- BPIn May 1908, a group of British geologists discovered a large amount of oil at Masjed Soleyman located in the Khuzestan Province in the southwest of Persia.
- UnileverIn 1930, two massive companies joined forces to create a new entity. Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie merged with British soap maker Lever Brothers.
- Hyundai Motor CompanyChung Ju-yung founded Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company in 1947. He established Hyundai Motor Company with his brother Chung Se-yung in 1967.
- FTSE 100 IndexThe Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index began its life on the 3rd of January 1984. It replaced the older FT 30 index which had been in use since 1935.
- Bloomsbury PublishingNigel Newton established Bloomsbury Publishing in 1986. He had previously worked for other publishing companies before starting his own venture.
- Royal MailHenry VIII established the Master of the Posts in 1516, creating a formalized system for royal correspondence. James VI moved his court to London after…
- Future plcChris Anderson opened Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset, England, during 1985. The company launched with a single magazine called Amstrad Action.
- Games WorkshopIn 1975, three men named John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson opened a small business at 15 Bolingbroke Road in London.
- DiageoOn the 17th of December 1997, shares in a new company named Diageo began trading on the London Stock Exchange. This event marked the end of two separate…
- KonamiKagemasa Kōzuki opened a small business in Toyonaka, Osaka, on the 21st of March 1969. He rented and repaired jukeboxes for local bars and restaurants.