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Multinational companies based in New York City
- Paramount GlobalThe year 1912 marked the founding of Famous Players Film Company, which would eventually evolve into Paramount Pictures.
- 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…
- Warner Bros. DiscoveryThe Warner brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack opened their film studio on the 4th of April 1923 in Hollywood. They built an empire that would eventually…
- 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…
- Morgan StanleyThe firm formally opened its doors for business on the 16th of September 1935, at 2 Wall Street in New York City. This specific date marked the birth of…
- Associated PressIn May 1846, five daily newspapers in New York City gathered to form a new organization. They needed a way to share the high costs of sending news about the…
- BlackRockLarry Fink stood in a New York office in 1988 with $5 million in credit and a vision to fix what he had broken. He had lost $90 million as head of First…
- Bloomberg L.P.Michael Bloomberg walked away from Salomon Brothers in 1981 with a $10 million partnership settlement. He used that money to launch Innovative Market…
- Scholastic CorporationMaurice R. Robinson stood near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1920 to launch a small publishing venture. The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania…
- Tiffany & Co.In 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young opened a stationery store at 259 Broadway in Lower Manhattan with just $1,000 from Charles's father.