Curated playlist
Multinational companies based in New York City
- Paramount GlobalParamount Global paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit from President Trump.
- PfizerIn 2025, a single Pfizer medicine called Eliquis brought in 7.9 billion dollars. That was 13 percent of the company's revenue for the year. Pfizer is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation, and its headquarters sit at The…
- JPMorgan ChaseJPMorgan Chase began in 1799 as a water company that never laid pipe. Aaron Burr hid a bank clause in its charter.
- 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…
- Warner Bros. DiscoveryWarner Bros. Discovery borrowed its tagline from a 1941 film.
- Goldman SachsGoldman Sachs began in 1869 in a one-room basement office next to a coal chute.
- Morgan StanleyMUFG paid $9 billion for a stake in Morgan Stanley with one paper check. Banks were closed for Columbus Day.
- Associated PressThe Associated Press began as five newspapers splitting a telegraph bill.
- BlackRockBlackRock began with one trader's $90 million loss. Larry Fink lost it at First Boston, then built a firm in 1988.
- Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P. began with a $10 million buyout check in 1981.
- Scholastic CorporationScholastic began as a four-page magazine handed out in 50 high schools near Pittsburgh.
- Tiffany & Co.Tiffany & Co. started in 1837 as a stationery shop, not a jeweler. Just $1,000 from a cotton mill owner funded it.