Author: Darius

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.

Founded: October 10, 1905 (Pacific Gas and Electric Company) 2024 Revenue: $24.42 billion 2024 Employees: 28,410 Market Cap: Approximately $35 billion (January 2026) Service Area: 70,000 square miles in Northern and Central California PG&E Corporation is an energy-based holding company headquartered in Oakland, California. The company conducts business through its main subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a public utility that provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 16 million people in northern and central California. Pacific Gas and Electric operates one of the largest utility systems in the United States. The company manages over 106,000 circuit miles of electric…

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National Bank of Kuwait SAK history, profile and history video  National Bank of Kuwait SAK is engaged in the banking business. It provides financial and investment solutions. It operates through the following segments: Consumer and Private Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Asset Management, Islamic Banking, Group Centre, and International. The Consumer and Private Banking segment offers consumer loans, credit cards, deposits, foreign exchange, and other branch-related services. The Corporate Banking segment includes lending, deposits, trade finance, foreign exchange, and advisory services. The Investment Banking and Asset Management segment handles capital market advisory and execution, wealth management, custody, brokerage, and research. The Islamic…

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National Bank of Abu Dhabi history, profile and corporate video  National Bank of Abu Dhabi provides corporate, retail, private, and investment banking services. The company operates its business through seven segments: Domestic Banking, International Banking, Financial Markets, Corporate & Investment Banking, Global Wealth, Islamic Business and Head Office. The Domestic Banking segment engages in the consumer banking, commercial banking and elite banking, The International Banking business segment manages the overseas banking network and credit derivative book and comprises of Arab world banking and international banking. The Financial Markets segment operates through international capital markets department, international money markets department, foreign exchange team,…

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Key Stats Founded by James Lewis Kraft in 1903 as wholesale cheese business in Chicago Changed name from Kraft Foods to Mondelez International on October 1, 2012 Operates in five geographic segments across Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and North America Acquired Cadbury for $19.5 billion in 2010, commanding 14.8% of global candy market Headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois Mondelez International, Inc. is a global manufacturer and marketer of snack food and beverage products including biscuits, cookies, crackers, chocolate, gum, candy, coffee, and powdered beverages. The company operates through five geographic segments serving markets worldwide with iconic brands…

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Molson Coors Brewing Co. history, profile and corporate video  Molson Coors Brewing Co. produces and sells beer. It brews, markets and sells a portfolio of brands such as Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Carling, Blue Moon, and Keystone Light across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The company operates through four business segments: Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Molson Coors International. It operates in Canada through Molson Coors Canada, in the United States through MillerCoors, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland through Molson Coors UK. The company also markets and sells several of its brands, which include Zima, Si’hai, Coors…

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Manulife Financial Corp. history, profile and corporate video  Manulife Financial Corp. provides financial protection and wealth management products and services. Its products and services include individual life insurance, group life and health insurance, long-term care insurance, pension products, annuities and mutual funds. The company also provides investment management services with respect to the company’s general fund assets, segregated fund assets, mutual funds, and to the institutional customers. It also offers specialized property and aviation catastrophe risk reinsurance products. The company operates business through three divisions: Asia, Canada and the U.S. It also offers asset management services through its Investment division, operating as…

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Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. history, profile and corporate video  Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, food, and packaging materials. It also deals with the development of anti-counterfeiting technology and related information technology products. The company was founded on November 20, 1999 and is headquartered in Renhuai, China.” “Kweichow Moutai History During the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), Maotai became the first Chinese liquor to be produced in large-scale production with an annual output of 170 tons. In 2007, more than 6,800 tons of Maotai were sold. Maotai is named after the town with the same name near Zunyi in Renhuai, Guizhou Province, where liquor distillery has…

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Key Stats Kraft Foods Group operated as independent publicly traded company from October 2012 to July 2015 The company merged with Heinz in 2015 to form The Kraft Heinz Company Kraft Foods Group manufactured food and beverage products across five business segments The company was formed through spin-off from Kraft Foods Inc which became Mondelez International Kraft Foods Group heritage traced back to 1903 when James L. Kraft started wholesale cheese business Kraft Foods Group manufactured and marketed food and beverage products including convenient meals, cheese, coffee, and grocery items. The company operated through five segments covering beverages, cheese, refrigerated…

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Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. history, profile and history video  Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. engages in operating scheduled air transportation services. It provides air transportation services such as passenger, cargo, building lease, maintenance, and training services. It also supplies aerospace, catering, in-flight sales, and Limousines. The company was founded in June 1962 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.” “Korean Air History Founding Korean Air was founded by the South Korean government in 1962 as Korean Air Lines to replace Korean National Airlines, which was founded in 1946. On 1 March 1969, the Hanjin Transport Group took control of the airline. Long-haul freight operations were introduced on 26…

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Korea Electric Power Corp. history, profile and history video  Korea Electric Power Corp. engages in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and development of electric power resources. It operates through the following Domestic and Overseas Business areas. The Domestic Business area provides operations related to the transmission, distribution, and sale to end-users of electricity purchased from generation subsidiaries as well as from independent power producers through the Korea Power Exchange. The Overseas Business area provides services power generation, distribution, transmission, power Information Technology (IT), personnel training and plant projects. The company was founded on July 1, 1961 and is headquartered in…

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