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Conglomerate companies of the United States

  • The Walt Disney CompanyMickey Mouse was almost named Mortimer Mouse. Walt Disney's wife persuaded him to change it.
  • The Trump OrganizationThe Trump Organization has around 250 affiliates and subsidiaries that use the Trump name, yet no outsider can say what the whole enterprise is worth. It is privately owned by Donald Trump. Its financial statements are private, and so are…
  • ComcastComcast began as a small cable operator in Tupelo, Mississippi. It had five channels and 12,000 customers in 1963.
  • Warner Bros. DiscoveryWarner Bros. Discovery borrowed its tagline from a 1941 film.
  • Alphabet Inc.Alphabet's structure was modeled on Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
  • PepsiCoPepsiCo sells its products across more than 200 countries and territories. As of January 2021-23 of its brands each brought in over 1 billion dollars a year. Only Nestlé ranks ahead of it among the world's food and beverage businesses. Yet…
  • HasbroHasbro began in 1923 by selling textile remnants in Providence. Three immigrant brothers started it.
  • General ElectricGeneral Electric's logo has a nickname: the meatball. Arthur L. Rich designed the blue circle in 1899.
  • General DynamicsGeneral Dynamics traces back to a single $150,000 submarine the U.S. Navy bought in 1900.
  • Berkshire HathawayBerkshire Hathaway has a share price that looks like a typo. In August 2024, a single Class A share reached $700,000, the highest per-share price of any public company in the world. That same month, the company became the first…
  • Cox EnterprisesCox Enterprises employs roughly 55,000 people and takes in about $21 billion in revenue. It is privately held, and its headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. The name is less familiar than the brands that sit under it. AutoTrader, Kelley…
  • Brunswick CorporationBrunswick began in 1845 when a would-be carriage maker switched to billiard tables.

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