It all started in 1946 with Chick-fil-A, the maker of the world’s most famous chicken sandwich. With almost 80 years of experience, Chick-fil-A is the third largest restaurant chain in the United States, just behind McDonald’s and Starbucks. What made Chick-fil-A so successful? Today we…

With over 100 years of experience, IBM is synonymous with the business machine we use today. International Business Machines, more commonly known as IBM, was founded in 1911 and has revolutionized the modern business world. Referred to as “Big Blue,” the company was a merger…

One of the pioneers of modern cars, Henry Ford, founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Since then, the company has been controlled by the same family for the last 100 years. Ford’s most prominent car was Model T, mass-produced for around 20 years. With…

From a research project by two Ph.D. students to one of the biggest companies in the world, the success story of Google is inspiriting. After its start in 1996, the growth was first noticed in 1999, after moving to Silicon Valley, when the company started…

Delta Air Lines (Est. 1925), popularly known as Delta, is one of the world’s ancient airlines in operation. Delta’s headquarter is in Atlanta, Georgia. The airline has not only its own business, but it has other subsidiaries and regional affiliates like Delta Connection (Est. 1984)…

Founded in 1999, Verizon Communications Inc. is one of the biggest telecommunication companies in the world. The company now has over 135,000 employees and has a market cap of $218.11 billion. Verizon is a joint venture of two of the most iconic telecommunication companies, Bell…

From a shoe-selling company in 1999, Zappos has grown to a billion-dollar company with over 1500 employees. The company now sells handbags, clothing, and other accessories in addition to shoes. The biggest eCommerce brand ‘Amazon‘ acquired this company in July 2009. Zappos didn’t achieve its…

Wells Fargo is a multinational financial service company in California. It has developed tremendously in the previous several decades to become the world’s 2nd most prominent financial services corporation in market capitalization. They have a wide range of services in financial consulting, investment brokerage, and…

As a result of the merger between the Holt Manufacturing Company and the C. L. Best Tractor Company, Caterpillar Inc. was born in 1925. For almost 100 years, the company has become stable in the heavy construction industry. The success didn’t come easily, but through…