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First Republic Bank history, company profile (overview) and corporate video First Republic Bank is a full-service bank and wealth management company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. It offers personal banking, business banking, and private wealth management. HISTORY First Republic Bank was founded in 1985 by Jim Herbert. In 1986, First Republic went public on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. In 1992, First Republic was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In 1994, First Republic acquired Silver State Thrift & Loan and converted it to First Republic Savings Bank. In 2003, the company acquired…

Time Warner, Inc. operated as a diversified media and entertainment conglomerate delivering content through television networks, film production, and publishing platforms. Founded in New York, the company established itself as a major force in global entertainment through iconic brands including HBO, Turner Broadcasting, Warner Bros., and Time Inc. The organization structured operations around three primary reporting segments covering Networks, Filmed Entertainment, and Publishing. Time Warner’s Networks segment encompassed Turner Broadcasting System and Home Box Office, operating recognized brands such as TNT, TBS, CNN, Cartoon Network, HBO, and Cinemax across domestic and international markets. Through Warner Bros., the Filmed Entertainment segment…

Discover Financial Services history, company profile (overview) and corporate video Discover Financial Services is a banking and financial services company, headquartered in Riverwoods, Illinois, United States. It offers credit cards, checking and savings accounts, retirement deposits, personal loans, student loans, home loans, online banking, and payments. Discover Financial Services owns Discover, Discover Bank, the payments brand Discover Global Network, Pulse networks, and Diners Club International. Discover Card is one of the largest credit card brands in the United States. HISTORY Discover Financial Services’ origins date back to 1986 when Dean Witter Financial Services Group, Inc., a subsidiary of…

Continental Resources, Inc. history, company profile (overview) and history video Continental Resources, Inc. is an oil and natural gas exploration and production company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The company is one of the largest leaseholders in the Bakken field that stretches across parts of North Dakota and Montana. It also has significant positions in the SCOOP and STACK plays of the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, as well as in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and the Permian Basin of Texas. HISTORY Continental Resources’ origins date back to 1967 when Harold Hamm founded Shelly Dean…

CONSOL Energy, Inc. history, company profile (overview) and corporate video Consol Energy Inc. is an energy company headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It produces and exports high-BTU bituminous thermal coal. The company owns and operates mining operations in the Northern Appalachian Basin and is developing a new metallurgical coal mine (the Itmann project) in the Central Appalachian Basin. CONSOL’s flagship operation is the Pennsylvania Mining Complex, which is one of the largest underground coal mine complexes in North America and is comprised of 3 large-scale underground mines: Bailey, Enlow Fork, and Harvey. The company also owns and operates…

Key Stats Founded: 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio Net Written Premiums (2024): $9+ billion Market Capitalization: $25.88 billion (December 2025) Insurance Ranking: 20th largest U.S. property casualty insurer Employees: 5,624 Cincinnati Financial Corporation is a Fortune 500 insurance holding company headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio. The company provides property casualty insurance, life insurance, and financial services through a network of independent agents across 46 states. Four independent insurance agents founded The Cincinnati Insurance Company in 1950 with $200,000 in capital. The holding company structure was established in 1968 to support expansion and diversification efforts. Cincinnati Financial operates exclusively through independent agents who…

China Communications Services Corporation Limited (China Comservice) history, company profile (overview) and corporate video    China Communications Services Corporation Limited (China Comservice) is a telecommunication company, headquartered in Beijing, China.    The company offers telecommunications infrastructure services (including design, construction and project supervision and management), business process outsourcing services (including management of infrastructure for information technology (“network maintenance”), general facilities management (“property management”), supply chain and products distribution), and applications, content and other services (including system integration, software development and system support, and value-added services) HISTORY    China Comservice’s history began in 1998 when the Ministry of Information Industry of the…

Key Stats Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut Annual revenue of $55.1 billion in 2024 Serves 31.5 million customer relationships across 41 states Operates under the Spectrum brand with 9.9 million mobile lines Employs approximately 94,500 people Charter Communications operates as a leading broadband connectivity company in the United States. The company provides internet, video, mobile, and voice services to residential and commercial customers through its Spectrum brand. Charter ranks among the largest cable operators in the country, serving more than 30 million internet customers. The company delivers services to approximately 57 million homes and businesses across 41…

CA Technologies, Inc. history, company profile (overview) and corporate video    CA Technologies, Inc. (formerly Computer Associates International, Inc., and CA, Inc.) was a multinational software company headquartered in New York, United States. Its products cover mainframe solutions, service assurance, security, service and portfolio management, virtualization and service automation, SaaS, and cloud offerings. HISTORY    CA Technologies was established in 1976 by Charles Wang and Russell Artzt. It introduced its first product, CA SORT, a software program that delivered sort, merge and copy capabilities for the OS/390 market. CA SORT helped businesses gain more from their IBM mainframes.    In…

Brown-Forman Corporation history, company profile (overview) and history video    Brown-Forman Corporation is a beverage company, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. HISTORY    Brown-Forman was established in 1870 by George Garvin Brown.    In 1890, George Garvin Brown entered into a partnership with George Forman and changed the name of the company to Brown‑Forman.    In 1901, Brown‑Forman was incorporated and acquired one of its suppliers, the B.F. Mattingly Distillery, in St Mary’s, Kentucky, establishing the Brown‑Forman Distillery Company, its first distilling operations.    In 1933, the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.    In 1956,…