$20.6B 2024 Revenue (USD) 50,000+ Employees Worldwide 25,000+ Projects Completed 160+ Countries Served 1898 Year Founded Bechtel Corporation ranks as one of the largest privately-held engineering, construction, and project management companies in the world. Founded in 1898, the company has built iconic infrastructure including the Hoover Dam, Channel Tunnel, and major LNG facilities across six continents. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Bechtel operates through four business units: Infrastructure, Nuclear Security and Environmental, Energy, and Mining and Metals. The company remains family-owned, with five generations of Bechtels leading the business. Bechtel has constructed more than 17,200 miles of roadway, 390 power plants,…
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I've spent over a decade researching and documenting the stories behind the world's most influential companies. What started as a personal fascination with how businesses evolve from small startups to global giants turned into CompaniesHistory.com—a platform dedicated to making corporate history accessible to everyone.
ARAMARK Holdings Corp. history, profile and history video ARAMARK Holdings Corp. operates as a holding company with interest in providing food, facilities and uniform services to education, healthcare, business and industry. It operates through three reportable segments: Food & Support Services North America, Food & Support Services International and Uniform & Career Apparel. The Food and Support Services North America segment operates four service segments: Education, Healthcare, Business & Industry and Sports, Leisure & Corrections. The Education segment provides clients a single source provider for managed service solutions, including dining, catering, food service and capital project management, convenience-oriented retail operations, grounds and…
Amway history, profile and corporate video Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos, a pair of direct sales veterans, launched Amway in 1959. Today the company manufactures, markets and distributes consumer products. A unit of parent company Alticor, Amway is the brand consumers are familiar with. Other subsidiaries include Access Business Group and Alticor Corporate Enterprises. Richard DeVos and his family own the Orlando Magic basketball team.” “Amway Historical Timeline 1959 Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos found Amway in Grand Rapids, Mich. 1962 The Nutrilite brand is introduced to Amway distributors. 1968 Artistry Skin Care and Cosmetics brand is launched. 1971 Amway…
Yum! Brands, Inc. operates as one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant companies, owning iconic global brands including KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. Founded in 1997 as Tricon Global Restaurants following its spin-off from PepsiCo’s fast food division, the company transformed from a North American-focused operator into a worldwide restaurant powerhouse. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Yum! Brands operates through six segments: YUM Restaurants China, YUM Restaurants International, Taco Bell U.S., KFC U.S., Pizza Hut U.S., and YUM Restaurants India. The company develops, franchises, and licenses a worldwide restaurant system offering competitively priced menu items across traditional dine-in, carryout,…
Weyerhaeuser Co. history, profile and corporate video Weyerhaeuser Co. manufactures, distributes and sells forest products. It is primarily engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction and development. The company operates through the following segments: Timberlands, Wood Products, Cellulose Fibers & Real Estate. The Timberlands segment manages private commercial forestland worldwide. This segment is engaged in growing and harvesting trees for lumber, building, pulp, paper and other wood products. It also exports logs to other countries, plants seedlings, monitors and cares for the new trees and helps to sustain the timber…
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. history, profile and corporate video Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products primarily in the areas of dermatology, eye health, neurology, and branded generics. The company was founded on March 29, 1994 and is headquartered in Laval, Canada.” “Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl History Valeant was founded as a United States business. It has undergone major management, operational and strategic restructurings since the 1990s when shareholders of several group units approved the merger of ICN Pharmaceuticals (founded by Milan Panić), ICN Biomedicals, SPI Pharmaceuticals and Viratek into a…
UOL Group Limited history, profile and corporate video . UOL Group Limited (UOL) is engaged in investments in properties, subsidiaries, associated companies, listed and unlisted securities and property development. The Company operates in three segments: property development, property investments and hotel operations. UOL Group is a property company with a portfolio of development and investment properties, hotels and serviced suites. UOL, through its hotelsubsidiary Pan Pacific Hotels Group Limited (PPHG), owns two brands Pan Pacific and PARKROYAL. As of December 31, 2011, PPHG owned and/or managed over 25 hotels in Asia, Australia and North America with over 8,000 rooms in its…
TJX Cos., Inc. history, profile and corporate video The TJX Cos., Inc. operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States and worldwide. The company operates it business through four business segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada and TJX Europe. The Marmaxx segment operates T.J. Maxx and Marshalls chains in the U.S. It sells family apparel including footwear and accessories, home fashions including home basics, accentfurniture, lamps, rugs, wall decor, decorative accessories and giftware and other merchandise. The HomeGoods segment is a off-price retailer of home fashions in the U.S. Through its stores, HomeGoods offers a broad array…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. profile and corporate video Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. operates in the semiconductor industry. It operates through the Foundry segment. The Foundry segment designs, manufactures, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Chang Chun Moi and Tseng Fan Cheng on February 21, 1987 and is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.” “About Taiwan Semiconductor Established in 1987, TSMC is the world’s first dedicated semiconductor foundry. As the founder and a leader of the Dedicated IC Foundry segment, TSMC has built its reputation by offering advanced and “More-than-Moore” wafer production processes and…
PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Tbk profile and corporate video PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Tbk is a state-owned gas and energy company in Indonesia. Its principal business is the distribution and transmission of natural gas to industrial, commercial and household users. The Company’s target is to carry out planning, construction, operating and development of natural gas downstream business which includes processing, transporting, storing and trading, planning, construction, production development, supplying and distribution of processed gas; or other businesses which support the foregoing activities. The Company’s subsidiaries are PT Transportasi Gas Indonesia, PGN Euro Finance 2003 Limited, PT PGAS Telekomunikasi Nusantara, PT…