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Gulf and Western Industries

  • Simon & SchusterIn 1924, Richard Simon and Max Schuster launched a publishing house in New York City with just $500 of pooled capital. Their first product was not a novel or…
  • SegaOn the 3rd of June 1960, Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart established a new company in Tokyo to take over the assets of Service Games of Japan.
  • Paramount PicturesOn the 8th of May 1912, a film producer named Adolph Zukor established the Famous Players Film Company in New York. He believed that feature-length films…
  • New York KnicksOn the 6th of June 1946, seventeen men gathered at the Commodore Hotel in New York City to establish the Basketball Association of America.
  • Madison Square GardenThe first Madison Square Garden opened on the 11th of February 1879. It stood on Madison Square at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway. P.T.