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Defense companies of the United States
- 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…
- GoogleIn August 1998, a check for $100,000 arrived at the front porch of David Cheriton's home in Palo Alto. Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems…
- ChryslerWalter Chrysler arrived at the ailing Maxwell-Chalmers company in the early 1920s. He had been hired to overhaul the troubled operations after a similar…
- General MotorsWilliam C. Durant stood in Flint, Michigan, on the 16th of September 1908 and signed papers to create a holding company for Buick.
- JeepIn July 1940, the United States Army issued a desperate request for a four-wheel drive reconnaissance car. Thirteen companies received the inquiry, but only…
- Amazon Web ServicesIn the early 2000s, Amazon faced a critical internal crisis. Its engineering teams spent 70% of their time on undifferentiated heavy-lifting tasks like IT…
- Ford Motor CompanyHenry Ford stood in a converted factory on the 16th of June 1903, and signed papers to establish the Ford Motor Company.
- General DynamicsIsaac Leopold Rice bought the Holland Torpedo Boat Company from John Philip Holland in 1899. This transaction marked the beginning of what would become a…