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.

Key Stats Market Cap (Jan 2026) $89.5 billion USD Revenue (2024) £26.23 billion Employees (2024) 93,000 Founded 1690 Headquarters London, United Kingdom Barclays Plc ranks among the world’s leading multinational banking and financial services corporations. Headquartered in London, the company traces its roots to 1690, making it one of the oldest continuously operating banks globally. The bank operates through five core divisions: UK Consumer Bank, UK Corporate Bank, Private Bank and Wealth Management, Investment Bank, and US Consumer Bank. Barclays serves over 48 million customers across more than 40 countries. The company maintains a primary listing on the London Stock…

Read More

Bankinter SA history, profile and corporate video  Bankinter SA engages in providing banking financial services, which includes current accounts, investment funds and retirement plans, fixed term deposits, mortgages and insurance policies. The company was founded in June, 1965 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.” “Bankinter History Banco Santander and Bank of America founded BankInter in 1965 as a joint venture, though neither is currently an owner. In 1972 it became fully independent of its founders and floated on the Madrid Stock Exchange, where its shares became one of the components of the IBEX 35.” *Information from Forbes.com and Wikipedia.org **Video published on YouTube by “bankinter”

Read More

Bank of America Corp. history, profile and history video  Bank of America Corp. operates as a bank holding company, which provides banking and nonbanking financial services and products through its banking and various nonbanking subsidiaries throughout the United States and in certain international markets. It operates through five segments: Consumer & Business Banking, Consumer Real Estate Services, Global Banking, Global Markets and Global Wealth & InvestmentManagement. The Consumer & Business Banking segment offers a diversified range of credit, banking and investment products and services to consumers and businesses. Its products include traditional savings accounts, money market savings accounts, CDs, IRAs, noninterest-…

Read More

Baker Hughes, Inc. history, company profile (overview) and corporate video  Baker Hughes, Inc. is a supplier of oilfield services, products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural gas industry. It also provides industrial and other products and services to the downstream refining, and process and pipeline industries. The company’s oilfield products and services are categorized under two heads: Drilling and Evaluation or Completion and Production. The Drilling and Evaluation consists of various product lines, including drill bits, drilling services, wireline services and drilling fluids. The Completion and Production consists of various product lines, including completion systems, wellbore intervention, intelligent…

Read More

ZTE Corp. history, profile and corporate video  ZTE Corp. engages in the design, development, manufacture and sale of telecommunication equipment and solutions. The company operates through three segments: Networks, Terminal and Telecommunications Software Systems, Services & Other Products. The Network (communication system) segment includes wireless communications, wireline switch and access and optical and data communications. The Terminals segmentmanufactures and sells mobile phone handsets and data card products. The Telecommunications Software Systems, Services and Other Products segment provides telecommunications software systems such as operation support systems and also provides fee-based services. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Hong…

Read More

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd. profile and corporate video  Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd. engages in the manufacturing of construction machinery. It is mainly specialized in the research and development and manufacturing of advanced technologies and equipment for infrastructure construction projects, including construction, energy engineering, environment engineering and transportation engineering projects. The company operates its business through the following segments: Concrete Machinery, Crane Machinery, Environmental & Sanitation Machinery, Road Construction & Pile Foundation Machinery, Earth Working Machinery, Material Handling Machinery & Systems and Finance Lease Services. The Concrete Machinery segment researches, develops, manufactures and sells…

Read More

$9.3B 2024 Revenue 13,800 Employees $65B Market Cap 100+ Countries 72 Years Legacy Zoetis Inc. operates as the world’s largest animal health company, developing and commercializing medicines, vaccines, and diagnostic products for livestock and companion animals. The company manages operations across four geographic segments: United States, Europe/Africa/Middle East, Canada/Latin America, and Asia/Pacific. The business focuses on core species including cattle, swine, poultry, fish, sheep, dogs, cats, and horses. Product categories span vaccines, parasiticides, anti-infectives, diagnostics, and medicated feed additives. Zoetis markets products directly in approximately 45 countries and distributes in more than 100 countries worldwide. Originally established as Pfizer’s Agriculture…

Read More

Zions Bancorp. history, profile and history video  Zions Bancorp. is a bank holding company. It operates through its subsidiaries, which provides a full range of banking and related services in U.S. The company offers a wide variety of commercial and retail banking and mortgage lending products and services, including small and medium-sized business and corporate banking, commercial and residential development, construction and term lending, retail banking, treasury cash management, residential mortgage, trust and wealth management and investment activities. It also offers personal banking services to individuals, including home mortgages, bankcard and other installment loans, home equity lines of credit, checking accounts, savings…

Read More

The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited – history, company profile (overview) and corporate video The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., (横浜ゴム株式会社) is a tire company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. OPERATIONS Tires Yokohama Rubber develops, manufactures, and sells tires, from general-use tires for passenger cars to winter tires; truck and bus tires; off-highway tires (OHT) for agricultural machinery, construction machinery, industrial machinery, and forestry machinery; and various tires used in a wide range of motor sports. Multiple Business (MB Group) Multiple Business, or MB Group, offers industrial and automotive hoses, couplings, conveyor belts, marine products, aerospace products, sealing materials, aircraft…

Read More

Yara International ASA history, profile and corporate video  Yara International ASA is an investment holding company which is engaged in the production, distribution, and sale of nitrogen chemicals. It operates through the following segments: Downstream, Industrial, and Upstream. The Downstream segment consists of marketing organization and global distribution network for fertilizer products and agronomic solutions. The Industrial segment offers nitrogen chemicals,including ammonia-derived products, for use in the environmental and civil explosives applications. The Upstream segment comprises ammonia and urea production in different parts of the world, phosphate mining, the global trade and shipping ammonia, as well as nitrate and Nitrogen, Phosphorus,…

Read More