General Awareness play a vital role in all  Examination. we can expect  Questions from different Topics.Here we have given Study Notes on ” ” List of Famous Companies and their Founders ” for SSC CGL Examinations 2019-20 & other examination. Candidates those who are all preparing for the Examination can use this study material.

Famous Companies and their Founders

1. Abbott Laboratories – founded by Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888 (North Chicago, Illinois, USA)

2. Adidas – by Adolf “Adi” Dassler in 1924 (Herzogenaurach, Germany)

3. Amazon.com – by Jeff Bezos in 1994 (Seattle, Washington, USA)

4. American Express – by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company) in 1850 (Albany, New York, USA)

5. Apple Inc. – Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in April 1, 1976 (Cupertino, California, USA)

6. Avon Products – by David H. McConnell in 1886 (New York City, New York, USA)

7. BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke or Bavarian Motor Works) – by Franz Josef Popp in 1916 (Munich, Germany)

8. Canon – by by Takeshi Mitarai, Goro Yoshida, Saburo Uchida and Takeo Maeda in 1937 (Tokyo, Japan)

9. Carlsberg – by J.C. (Jacob Christian) Jacobsen in 1847 (Copenhagen, Denmark)

10. Cisco Systems, Inc. – by Len Bosack, Sandy Lerner and Richard Troiano in 1984 (San Francisco, USA)

11. Colgate-Palmolive – by William Colgate in 1806 (New York City USA)

12. Comcast – Ralph J. Roberts, Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky in 1963 (Tupelo, Mississippi, USA)

13. Dell – by Michael Dell in November 4, 1984 (Austin, Texas, USA)

14. Deutsche Bank –by Adelbert Delbrück and a number of private bankers in 1870 (Berlin Germany)

15. eBay Inc. – by Pierre Morad Omidyar in September 3, 1995 (San Jose, California, USA)

16. Ericsson – by Lars Magnus Ericsson in 1876 (Stockholm, Sweden)

17. Facebook – by Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, and Chris Hughes in 2004 (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

18. FedEx – by Frederick W. Smith in 1971 (Little Rock, Arkansas)

19. Ford Motor Company – by Henry Ford in June 16, 1903 ( Detroit, Michigan, USA)

20. General Electric– founded by Charles Coffin, Edwin Houston, Elihu Thomson, and Thomas Edison in 1892 (Schenectady, New York, USA)

21. Google Inc. – by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in September 4, 1998 (Menlo Park, California, USA)

22. HP (Hewlett-Packard) Company – by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 (Palo Alto, California, USA)

23. HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) – by Sir Thomas Sutherland in 1865 (Hongkong and Shanghai, China)

24. Hyundai Motor Company – by Hyundai Motor Company in December 29, 1967 (Seoul, South Korea)

25. IBM (International Business Machines) – by Thomas J. Watson in June 16, 1911 (Endicott, New York, USA)

26. Intel Corporation – by Gordon E. Moore, Robert Noyce and Arthur Rock in 1968 (Mountain View, California, USA)

27. Johnson & Johnson – by Robert Wood Johnson I, James Wood Johnson, and Edward Mead Johnson in 1886 (New Brunswick, NJ, USA)

28. LG Corp – by Koo In-Hwoi in 1947 (Seoul, South Korea)

29. L’Oréal – by Eugène Schueller in 1909 (France)

30. McDonald’s – by Richard and Maurice McDonald (McDonald’s restaurant concept) in May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California; and Ray Kroc (McDonald’s Corporation founder) in April 15, 1955 (Des Plaines, Illinois)

31. Microsoft – by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in April 4, 1975 (Albuquerque, New Mexico)

32. Mitsubishi – by Yataro Iwasaki in 1870 (Japan)

33. Morgan Stanley – by Henry S. Morgan and Harold Stanley in 1935 (Wall Street, New York City, USA)

34. News Corporation – by Rupert Murdoch in 1979 (Adelaide, Australia)

35. Nestlé – by Henri Nestlé in 1866 (Vevey, Switzerland)

36. Nike – by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight in 1964 (Santa Monica, California, USA)

37. Nintendo – by Fusajiro Yamauchi in September 23, 1889 (Kyoto, Japan)

38. Nissan Motor – Masujiro Hashimoto, Kenjiro Den, Rokuro Aoyama, Meitaro Takeuchi and Yoshisuke Aikawa in December 26, 1933 (Japan)

39. Nokia – by Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin in 1865 (Tampere, Finland)

40. Oracle Corporation – by Larry Ellison,Bob Miner, Ed Oates in 1977 (California, USA)

41. PepsiCo, Inc. – by Donald M. Kendall, President /CEO of Pepsi-Cola and Herman W. Lay, Chairman/CEO of Frito-Lay in 1986 (North Carolina, USA)

42. Philips –by Gerard Philips and Frederik Philips in 1891 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)

43. Porsche – by Ferdinand Porsche in 1931 (Germany)

44. Procter & Gamble – by William Procter and James Gamble, in 1837 (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

45. Pfizer – by cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart in 1849 (Brooklyn, New York, USA)

46. Samsung – by Lee Byung-chull in 1938 (Daegu South Korea)

47. SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing)- Dietmar Hopp, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira, Claus Wellenreuther in 1972 (Weinheim, Germany)

48. Siemens – by Werner von Siemens in 1847 (Berlin Germany)

49. Sony – by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita May 7, 1946 (Tokyo, Japan)

50. Suzuki Motor Corporation – by Michio Maruti Suzuki in 1909 (Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan)

51. Sharp Corporation – by Tokuji Hayakawa in 1912 (Tokyo, Japan)

52. Starbucks – by Jerry Baldwin, Gordon Bowker and Zev Siegl in March 30, 1971 (Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, USA)

53. Tata Group – Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata in 1868 (Mumbai, India)

54. The Boeing Company – by William E. Boeing in 1916 (Seattle, Washington, USA)

55. The Coca-Cola Company – by John Pemberton and Asa Candler in 1892 (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)

56. The Walt Disney Company – by Walt and Roy Disney in October 16, 1923 (Los Angeles, California, USA)

57. Toshiba Corporation – Hisashige Tanaka, Ichisuke Fujioka and Shoichi Miyoshi in 1939 (Tokyo, Japan)

58. Uniliver – by Antonius Johannes Jurgens, Samuel van den Bergh and William Hulme Lever, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme in (London, United Kingdom,Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

59. United Parcel Service (UPS) – Jim Casey and Claude Ryan in 1907 (Seattle, Washington, USA)

60. Walmart – by Sam Walton in 1962 (Arkansas, USA)

61. Yahoo! – by Jerry Yang and David Filo in March 1, 1995 (Santa Clara, California, USA)

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