Uni-President Enterprises Corporation history, profile and corporate video Uni-President Enterprises Corporation is an international food conglomerate headquartered in Yongkang, Tainan, Taiwan. HISTORY Uni-President Enterprises Corp (UPEC) was established in 1967. It started in Tainan with 82 employees under the leadership of Chairman Hsiu-Chi Wu and President Chin-Yen Kao. In 1968, UPEC had a technical cooperation with Nisshin Food Products Co., Ltd. In 1969, The Uni-President brand of flour and feed was launched. In 1970, UPEC started the production of instant noodles, and “Tung-I Noodle” was launched. In 1977, UPEC acquired Dr. Food Company, investing…
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. history, profile and corporate video Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services company headquartered in Illinois, United States. The company’s origins date back to 1927 when Arthur Gallagher opened an insurance agency in Chicago. Following World War II, Arthur Gallagher’s three sons – Jim, Bob and John, join the firm in 1945. In 1950, Arthur decided to incorporate the company, giving each of his sons an equity interest. In 1957, Gallagher landed its largest client to date — Chicago’s Beatrice Foods Co.…
CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. history, profile and corporate video CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd. is principally engaged in the property development and property investment business in the People’s Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shanghai and Hong Kong. CIFI was founded by Lin Zhong in 2000. In 2002, Yongsheng Service was established. In 2012, the company completed the shareholding system transformation, and CIFI Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd. was established. In 2016, the company was listed on the Honk Kong Stock Exchange. CIFI mainly focuses on the development of multiple types of properties…
Deutsche Wohnen SE history, profile and corporate video Deutsche Wohnen SE is a German property company headquartered in Berlin, Germany. Deutsche Wohnen’s roots go back to 1924 when GEHAG (Gemeinnützige Heimstätten-, Spar- und Bau-Aktiengesellschaft), a property company with one of the richest traditions in Germany, was established. In 1998, Deutsche Wohnen AG was founded as a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main and pooled the bank’s residential property portfolio. In 1999, Deutsche Wohnen AG was listed on the stock exchange. In 2007, GEHAG merged with Deutsche Wohnen AG. In 2012, Deutsche Wohnen…
Mega Financial Holding Company history, profile and corporate video Mega Financial Holding Company (formerly known as CTB Financial Holding Company) is a financial services holding company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. The company was formed by the merger of Chiao Tung Bank (CTB) and International Securities (IS) on February 4, 2002. Since then, it has been listed and traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. On August 22, 2002, it acquired Chung Hsing Bills Finance and Barits Securities (BS). On December 31, 2002, the company acquired the International Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Chung Kuo Insurance (CKI)…
Equitable Holdings, Inc. history, profile and corporate video Equitable Holdings, Inc. is a financial services and insurance company headquartered in New York City, United States. It was founded as The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States in 1859 by Henry Baldwin Hyde. 1985, The Equitable acquired Alliance Capital. In 1992, French insurance firm AXA made an initial investment in The Equitable. In 2000, Alliance Capital acquired Sanford C Bernstein to form AllianceBernstein. In 2004, the company officially changed its name to AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company. That year, AXA Equitable also acquired MONY…
2024 Revenue: $8.95 billion (down 3.1% year-over-year) Customers: Approximately 4.6 million residential and business customers Market Cap: Approximately $1 billion (January 2026) Service Area: 21 U.S. states Employees: Approximately 10,900 Altice USA ranks as the fourth-largest cable provider in the United States. The company delivers broadband internet, video, mobile, and telephone services to customers across 21 states through its Optimum brand. Headquartered in New York City, Altice USA operates from One Court Square in Long Island City. The company serves the New York metropolitan area along with markets in the Midwest and Southern states. Patrick Drahi, a French-Moroccan-Israeli-Portuguese businessman, founded…
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) history, profile and corporate video Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) is a financial services holding company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded as a publicly-listed company in 2002. Shin Kong Financial Holding is a subsidiary of the Shin Kong Group, which traces its origin back to the establishment of the Shin Kong Store in 1945 by group founder Mr. Wu Ho-Su. The name “Shin Kong” was created from the first Chinese character in the name “Hsinchu,” the city where the founder was born, and the first character…
Founded: November 1, 1975 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India FY 2024 Revenue: 1,502.93 billion Indian rupees (approximately $18 billion USD) FY 2024-25 Production: 781.06 million tonnes (highest ever) Employees: Approximately 229,000 (FY 2024) Market Cap: Approximately 2.5 trillion Indian rupees (January 2026) Coal India Limited is the world’s largest coal producer and a government-owned public sector undertaking headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. The company operates under the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. Coal India accounts for around 82% of total coal production in India. The company operates 310 mines across eight Indian states through seven coal-producing subsidiaries. In April…
Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) history, profile and history video Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) is a banking and financial services group headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) is considered one of the largest corporate and investment banks in Austria. In Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), its subsidiary banks operate as universal financial institutions for corporate banking, investment banking and retail banking. Additionally, the Group also comprises other financial service providers, for instance in the fields of leasing, asset management, factoring, and M&A. HISTORY Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818 – 1888) was a German…