Top Brands and Companies by Dr. Gaurav Garg
MAJOR WORLD BRANDS & COMPANIES
Walmart ( Retail company )
● HQ - Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S.
● Founder - Sam Walton
● Walmart also acquired Flipkart.
Nestlé ( Food company )
● Founder - Henri Nestlé
● Headquarters - Switzerland
Uber ( Transport company )
● HQ - San Francisco, California, United States
● Founder - Garrett Camp & Travis Kalanick
Christian Dior ( Fashion company ) - France
Louis Vuitton ( Fashion company ) - France, Founder -
Bernard Arnault, Parent Company - Moët Hennessy Louis
Vuitton (LVMH).
Zara ( Fashion company ) - Spain, Founder - Amancio Ortega.
Siemens ( Automation company ) - Germany
IBM (International Business Machines) ( Technology and Consulting ) - United States, Founder - Thomas Watson.
Ericsson ( Telecommunications ) - Sweden
LG Corp ( Multinational conglomerate ) - South Korea
L’Oréal ( Cosmetics ) - Founded by Eugène Schueller (France).
eBay Inc. ( E-commerce ) - Founded by Pierre Morad Omidyar, USA
Dell ( computer technology ) - by Michael Dell, USA
Hewlett-Packard (IT / Hardware ) - USA, Founders - Bill Hewlett and David Packard.
Nintendo ( consumer electronics and video game ) - Japan
PepsiCo ( food, snack and beverage ) - USA
The Coca-Cola Company ( Beverages company ) - Georgia, USA
Yahoo! ( Web services ) - Founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo, USA.
Instagram ( Social networking ) - Founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, USA. Instagram is now owned by
Facebook.
Whatsapp ( messaging and calling Mobile app ) - Jan Koum & Brian Acton, USA. Whatsapp is also owned by Facebook.
Twitter ( Social networking ) - Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, USA.
Medium ( online publishing platform ) - Evan Williams, USA
Tumblr ( Social networking ) - David Karp, USA.
Quora ( question-and-answer website ) - Adam D'Angelo & Charlie Cheever, USA.
Pinterest ( Social media ) - Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra, USA.
Snapchat ( multimedia messaging app ) - Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown, USA.
LinkedIn - Reid Hoffman, Konstantin Guericke, Allen Blue, Jean-Luc Vaillant, Eric Ly - USA. ( Social networking, business
& employment oriented)
Telegram ( cloud-based instant messaging application ) - Nikolai and Pavel Durov, Russia.
Reddit - Founders: Steve Huffman, Aaron Swartz, Alexis Ohanian, USA. ( social news aggregation, web content rating, and
discussion website )
FAANG Companies - Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Alphabet (Google).
GAFA - the Big Four, or the Four Horsemen. Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Facebook, and Apple.
GAFAM - the Big Five, or FAAMG. Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft.
Google ( Technology company )
● Founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998.
● HQ Name - GooglePlex
● Location - Mountain View, California, USA.
Facebook ( Social networking service )
● Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew
McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes in 2004.
● HQ - Menlo Park, California, USA.
Apple ( Technology company )
● Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in April 1976.
● HQ - Cupertino, California, USA
Amazon ( Technology company, E-commerce )
● Founded by Jeff Bezos.
● HQ - Seattle, Washington, USA
Microsoft ( Technology company )
● Founded by Bill Gates & Paul Allen in 1975.
● HQ - Redmond, Washington, USA
Netflix ( OTT content platform and production company )
● Founded by Reed Hastings & Marc Randolph
● HQ - Los Gatos, California, USA.
AUTOMOTIVE COMPANIES
Toyota - Japan
Volkswagen - Germany
Hyundai & Kia Motors - South Korea. Hyundai owns a 33.88% stake in Kia
Motors Corporation.
General Motors - United States
Ford - United States
Nissan, Honda, Suzuki - Japan
Fiat Chrysler - Italy / United States
Renault - France
Daimler AG - Germany
Mercedes Benz - Germany. Mercedes Benz is a subsidiary of Daimler AG.
BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke) - Germany. In English - Bavarians Motor
Works.
Geely - China
Audi - Germany, owned by Volkswagen Group.
Bentley - Originally British, now owned by Volkswagen Group.
Mitsubishi Motors - Japan
Jaguar & Land Rover - Both British, now owned by TATA Group.
Cadillac - owned by General Motors, USA
Chevrolet - owned by General Motors, USA
Lexus - Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota.
Ferrari - Italian luxury sports car manufacturer.
JEEP - Owned by FIAT Chrysler, Originally USA Brand
Volvo Cars - Sweden. The three-point seat belt is a radical innovation of Volvo.
Tesla - USA
Porsche - Germany, Owned by Volkswagen Group.
Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Mitsuoka - Japan
Lamborghini - Owned by Audi, Originally Italian car brand
Maserati - Originally Italian car brand, owned by Fiat Chrysler
Bugatti - France
Peugeot - France
Aston Martin - British luxury car maker
Rolls-Royce - British luxury automobile maker, Now owned by BMW Group
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