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.

Express Scripts Holding Co. history, profile and corporate video  Express Scripts Holding Co. is a holding company that operates through its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Express Scripts, Inc. and Medco Health Solutions, Inc. The company provides pharmacy benefit management services and clinics healthcare account administration services in North America. It also offers full range of services to its clients, which include managed care organizations, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers, union-sponsored benefit plans, worker’s compensation plans and government health programs. The company operates its business through two segments: Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and Other Business Operations. The Pharmacy Benefit Management segment provides domestic…

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$40B+ Market Capitalization (2025) $7.52B Annual Revenue (FY2025) 22,500+ Employees Worldwide 32 Countries of Operation 1.5B Consumer Records Experian Plc stands as one of the world’s largest information services companies. The organization provides data and analytical tools for credit risk management, fraud prevention, marketing optimization, and automated decision-making. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Experian operates across 32 countries with a workforce exceeding 22,500 employees. The company trades on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol EXPN and maintains its position as a FTSE 100 constituent. Like fellow FTSE 100 members HSBC Holdings and other global financial services firms, Experian plays a…

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Erie Indemnity Co. profile and history video  Erie Indemnity Co. is a multi-line insurance company. It offers auto, home, business and life insurance through its network of independent insurance agents. The company’s primary function is to perform certain services for the exchange related to the sales, underwriting and issuance of policies on behalf of the exchange. Erie Indemnity also operates as a property and casualty insurer through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Erie Insurance Co., Erie Insurance Co. of New York and Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Co. The company operates its business through four segments: Management Operations, Property and Casualty Insurance Operations,…

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Equity Residential history, profile and corporate video  Equity Residential operates as a real estate investment trust. It engages in the acquisition, development and management of high-quality apartment properties. The company was founded by Robert H. Lurie and Sam Zell in March 1993 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.” ” Equity Residential Story In the early 1960s, two guys at the University of Michigan – Sam Zell and Bob Lurie – started managing student apartment buildings. Over the next five decades, the buildings would change but the basic philosophy would remain the same: invest in properties at the right price and hire the…

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$49B AMD Acquisition (2022) $3.67B Peak Revenue (FY 2021) ~5,000 Employees (Pre-Acquisition) 1984 Year Founded #1 FPGA Market Leader Xilinx invented the field-programmable gate array and built the programmable logic device industry from the ground up. Founded in 1984 in San Jose, California, the company pioneered the fabless semiconductor manufacturing model that many chipmakers now follow. For over three decades, Xilinx led the FPGA market with devices used in telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, and data center applications. The company’s chips allowed engineers to reprogram hardware after deployment, a capability that transformed electronics design. AMD acquired Xilinx in February 2022 for $49…

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Ovintiv Inc. (formerly EnCana Corp.) history, profile and corporate video  Ovintiv Inc. (formerly EnCana Corp.) is a natural gas company. It focuses on its portfolio of natural gas resource plays in key basins from northeast British Columbia to east Texas and Louisiana. The company operates through two divisions: Canadian and USA. The Canadian division includes exploration, development, and production of natural gas, oil and NGLs and other related activities within Canada. Four key resource plays are located in this division: Greater Sierra in northeast British Columbia, including Horn River; Cutbank Ridge in Alberta and British Columbia, including Montney; Bighorn in…

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Energie Baden Wurttemberg AG history, profile and corporate video  Energie Baden Wurttemberg AG operates as a holding company, which manages the corporate functions of human relations, finance and liquidity, corporate communications, and group development of the EnBW Group. The Group is engaged in the supply, trade, transport, and marketing of electric and gas energy and the provision of environmental services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.” “EnBW-Energie Baden History On 1 January 1997, EnBW was formed from the merger of two utilities companies from Baden-Württemberg, Badenwerk AG and Energieversorgung Schwaben AG (EVS). On 16 July 1999 two subsidiaries of the…

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Xcel Energy, Inc. history, profile and corporate video  Xcel Energy, Inc. is a holding company, which is engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity and natural gas business through its subsidiaries. It provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. The company operates through the following segments: Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility and All Others. The Regulated Electric Utility segment generates, transmits and distributes electricity. It also offers wholesale transmission services, commodity trading operations and sales for resale in the…

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Emirates NBD PJSC history, profile and history video  Emirates NBD PJSC is engaged in the provision of financial services in the Middle East. Its products include: personal, priority, private, business and corporate banking. It also offers treasury services and islamic banking products. The company was founded on October 16, 2007 and is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.” “About Emirates NBD Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 16th of October 2007 when the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The Emirates NBD 2007 merger between Emirates Bank International…

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$95.6B FY 2024 Revenue $87B Market Cap (Dec 2025) 120,000+ Employees Worldwide 44th Fortune 500 (2025) 1984 Dell Founded Dell EMC operates as the enterprise infrastructure division of Dell Technologies. The company sells data storage, servers, virtualization software, and cloud computing solutions to organizations worldwide. Dell Technologies formed in 2016 when Dell acquired EMC Corporation for $67 billion. The combined company serves 98% of Fortune 500 companies across 180 countries. Dell EMC leads the global market for enterprise storage systems, external RAID arrays, and purpose-built backup appliances. Dell Technologies ranks among the world’s largest technology companies by revenue. The company…

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