Mitsubishi Corporation history, profile and corporate video Mitsubishi Corporation, a core member of the Mitsubishi Group, is a multinational general trading company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company’s origins date back to the beginnings of the Mitsubishi conglomerate founded by Yataro Iwasaki. MITSUBISHI HISTORY The old Mitsubishi Shoji It all began in 1869 when the Mitsubishi founder Yataro Iwasaki was placed in a position of overseeing Tsukumo Shokai, a trading company established by the Tosa Clan. In 1873, Yataro took an active role in managing the business and changed the company’s name to Mitsubishi Shokai.…
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Key Stats Revenue (2024) $230.94 Billion Market Cap $45-56 Billion Employees 150,000+ Global Presence 30+ Countries Commodities Traded 60+ Glencore plc is a global diversified natural resource company headquartered in Baar, Switzerland. The company produces and markets over 60 commodities through approximately 150 mining and metallurgical sites worldwide. Glencore operates across metals and minerals, energy products, and marketing segments. The company serves industrial consumers in automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing, and oil sectors. Glencore stands as the world’s largest commodity trading company and ranks among the leading mining companies by revenue. The company employs over 150,000 people and contractors…
China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. history, profile and corporate video China Life Insurance Company Limited (中国人寿保险股份有限公司), a subsidiary of China Life Insurance (Group) Company, is a Chinese financial services company, headquartered in Beijing, China. The predecessor of the company was the original People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC), which was established with the approval of the Central Government in 1949. It was divided into China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. in 1996 and was renamed China Life Insurance Company in 1999. In 2003, the original China Life Insurance Company was reorganized and restructured, changed to China…
Key Stats Founded in 1875 in Newark, New Jersey as The Widows and Orphans Friendly Society 2024 Revenue: $70.4 billion with net income of $2.73 billion PGIM manages approximately $1.5 trillion in assets under management Employs over 38,000 people across the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America Market capitalization stands at approximately $38 billion as of 2024 Prudential Financial ranks among the largest insurance and financial services companies in the United States. The company provides life insurance, annuities, retirement solutions, and investment management services to millions of customers worldwide. Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, Prudential operates through several business…
LUKOIL PJSC Oil Company (LUKOIL Group) history, company profile (overview) and history video The Oil Company LUKOIL PJSC (Лукойл) is a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow, Russia. HISTORY LUKOIL was founded as a state-owned enterprise on November 25, 1991, when the Government of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic issued Regulation No. 18. The purpose of this Regulation was to create an oil industry group called LUKOIL (”Langepas Uray Kogalym oil”), which consolidated three oil production enterprises and several refineries, including those in Perm and Volgograd. The company’s name was formed from the…
China Evergrande Group (Evergrande Group) history, company profile (overview) and history video China Evergrande Group, known as Evergrande Group, is an investment holding company headquartered in Guangzhou, China. It was formerly founded as ”Hengda Group” by Hui Ka Yan (Xu Jiayin in Mandarin Chinese) in 1996. OPERATIONS The Group operates through the following segments: Real Estate, Automotive, Property, Entertainment, RV treasure, Tourism, Health, High-Tech, Food, Finance, and Sports. Real Estate Evergrande Real Estate has more than 1,300 projects in more than 280 cities in China, and cooperates with more than 860 well-known companies around the world.…
Lloyds Banking Group plc history, company profile (overview) and history video Lloyds Banking Group plc is a British financial services group headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom. HISTORY Lloyds Banking Group was formed in 2009 when Lloyds TSB acquired HBOS. The company’s history derives from the constituent companies Lloyds TSB and HBOS. Lloyds TSB Lloyds TSB Group plc was established in 1995 when Trustee Savings Banks (TSB) merged with Lloyds Bank. TSB’s roots date back to 1810, and Lloyds Bank, one of the oldest banks in the UK, began as Taylors and Lloyds in 1765.…
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil) history, company profile (overview) and history video Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. HISTORY Equinor was founded as StatoilHydro in 2007 when Statoil merged with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro. In 2009, StatoilHydro changed its name to Statoil ASA. The Norwegian meaning of the name Statoil indicates that the oil company is state-owned. In 2018, Statoil ASA became Equinor ASA. The name Equinor is formed by combining “equi”, the reference to equal, equality and equilibrium,…
China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC) history, company profile (overview) and history video China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. (中国建筑集团有限公司), shortened known as CSCEC, is a global investment and construction company headquartered in Beijing, China. HISTORY China State Construction Engineering Corp. (CSCEC) was established on June 11, 1982. On December 8, 2007, the founding meeting of China State Construction Engrg. Corp. Ltd. was held to mark the overall restructuring of the former CSCEC and also the birth of this construction real estate enterprise group. Ten years later (December 2017), CSCEC was…
CITIC Limited history, company profile (overview) and history video CITIC Limited (中國中信股份有限公司), previously known as CITIC Pacific Limited, is a conglomerate (a multi-industry company) headquartered in Hong Kong. It is the main subsidiary of CITIC Group Corporation, Ltd., a state-owned investment company of the People’s Republic of China, which was originally formed as China International Trust Investment Corporation (CITIC) in 1979 by Rong Yiren, with the approval of Deng Xiaoping. HISTORY CITIC Limited’s origins date back to 1987 when China International Trust and Investment Corporation, now known as the CITIC Group, formed CITIC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited…