Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. history, profile and corporate video Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (formerly Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.) is a Japanese financial holding company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was established in April 2011 through the share exchange between Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (founded in March 1924) and The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. (founded in July 1925). Its main operating company is Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, which was established on April 2012 through a merger among The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited, Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking Company,…
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Synchrony Financial history, profile and corporate video Synchrony Financial is a consumer financial services company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It can trace its roots to 1932, when GE Capital Retail Bank was started during the Great Depression, with the purpose to provide a line of credit for customers to purchase GE appliances. GE Capital Retail Bank was spun off from its parent company in June 2014. GE filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2014, announcing its intention to spin-off the portion of its GE Capital business dedicated to retail credit cards.…
Power Corporation of Canada profile and history video Power Corporation of Canada is an international management and holding company focused on financial services in North America, Europe, and Asia. It is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and it was formed in 1925 by two stockbrokers – Arthur J. Nesbitt and his partner, Peter A. T. Thomson. The company operates through the following businesses: Power Financial Corporation, Great-West Lifeco Inc., IGM Financial, Pargesa, China Asset Management, and others Power Financial Corporation Power Financial Corporation is an international management and holding company with interests in financial services and asset…
Wilmar International Limited profile and corporate video Wilmar International Limited is a Singaporean food processing and investment holding company. It was founded on 1 April 1991 as Wilmar Trading Pte Ltd, by the co-founders Kuok Khoon Hong and Martua Sitorus. The company operates through the following business segments: Food Products, Feed and Industrial Products, Plantation, Fertiliser, Shipping, and Research & Development. Food Products The Food Products segment comprises a wide range of edible food products, which includes vegetable oils produced from palm and oilseeds, sugar, flour, rice, noodles, specialty fats, snacks, bakery, and dairy products. Feed and…
Fosun International Limited history, profile and corporate video Fosun International Limited is a Chinese conglomerate and investment company headquartered in Shanghai, China. It was founded in 1992 as the Guangxin Technology Development Company by Guo Guangchang and other four graduates of Fudan University in Shanghai: Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin, Fan Wei, and Tan Jian. The company started its business by doing market research, and the major holding company of the group was Fosun Pharmaceutical Company, which was incorporated in 1994 in mainland China. It was specialized in producing medication for Hepatitis A, but extended its business into the…
NN Group N.V. history, profile and history video NN Group N.V. is an international financial services company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. It was formed in 1963, when De Nederlanden van 1845, a fire insurance company in Zutphen, and Nationale Levensverzekering-Bank, a life insurance company founded in Rotterdam in 1863, merged into Nationale-Nederlanden (NN). In 1991, Nationale-Nederlanden merged with NMB Postbank Groep to form a new financial services company: Internationale Nederlanden Group (ING). During the financial crisis of 2007–2008, ING took a capital injection from the Dutch Government. As part of the support deal, ING Group was…
$23.74B 2024 Revenue (USD) $176B Market Cap (Dec 2025) 24,300 Employees Worldwide 243rd Fortune 500 Rank 1997 Year Founded Booking Holdings Inc. operates as the world’s largest online travel company by revenue. The company owns and operates several travel booking platforms including Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable. Founded in 1997 as Priceline.com, the company pioneered the “Name Your Own Price” model for travel bookings. Through strategic acquisitions, Booking Holdings now serves customers in over 220 countries through websites available in 40 languages. In 2023, consumers booked over 1 billion room nights through Booking Holdings platforms. The company generates revenue…
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. history, profile and history video Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (三井不動産株式会社) is a Japan real estate developer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It can trace its roots to the founding of the “Echigo-ya” clothing store in 1673 by Takatoshi Mitsui, founder of the House of Mitsui. In 1914, Mitsui Company and its real estate section was established. In 1941, Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. was established (wholly owned by the Mitsui family), after the separation of real estate division from the Mitsui Company. The company operates through the following business segments: Office Buildings, Retail Properties,…
Vivendi S.A. history, profile and corporate video Vivendi S.A. is a French media conglomerate headquartered in Paris, France. It can trace its roots to the founding of a water company named Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) by an imperial decree of Napoleon III on 14 December 1853. In 1983, Compagnie Générale des Eaux helped to found Canal+, the first pay-TV channel in France, and in the 1990s, they began expanding into telecommunications and mass media. In 1998, CGE changed its name to Vivendi SARL. On 8 December 2000, Vivendi Universal SA was created with the merger…
Natixis S.A. profile and corporate video Natixis S.A. is a French corporate and investment bank headquartered in Paris, France. It was established in November 2006 through the merger of the asset management and investment banking operations of Natexis Banque Populaire (Banque Populaire group) and IXIS (Groupe Caisse d’Epargne). The company operates through the following business lines: Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance, and Payments. Asset & Wealth Management The Asset & Wealth Management segment includes asset management within Natixis Investment Managers and wealth-management and financial solutions within Natixis Wealth Management. Corporate & Investment Banking…