Pixar Animation Studios is the worlds most successful CGI animation film studio. It was started by Star Wars producer George Lucas, before Apple co-founder Steve Jobs bought it in 1986. Disney then bought the studios in 2006. Pixar has been responsib...
Pfizer is the worlds largest pharmaceutical company. It was founded in New York in 1849 by Charles Pfizer and his cousin. Their business started booming after they discovered a process for making citric acid. This method was vital in producing penici...
PepsiCo is one of the worlds largest producers of soft drinks. Its most famous brand is Pepsi but its products also include Mountain Dew, Aquafina, 7up, Gatorade and Tropicana, among many other household names. Pepsi was first made in the 1890s by a...
Panasonic is a Japanese multinational corporation that produces electronics. It is Japans largest maker of electrical goods and the 89th biggest company in the world. The company was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. It was called Matsushita De...
Pampers is a brand of baby products that started out as a manufacturer of disposable diapers (nappies). They are now part of the Procter Gamble group of companies. Pampers were created in 1961. The company has diversified its product range so parents...
Nivea is one of the most trusted names in skin care. It is owned by the German company Beiersdorf, which was established in 1911 when pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf developed the Nivea skin cream. The word nivea is Latin for snow-white. A key produc...
Nissan is one of the worlds largest car manufacturers. It started as the Kwaishinsha Motorcar Co. in 1918 and then the DAT Motorcar Co. The company became Nissan in the 1930s. It became a major supplier of equipment to Japans military before WWII. Ni...
Nintendo is a Japan-based multinational video game manufacturer and developer. It was founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi as a maker of Japanese handmade hanafuda cards. The company tried various industries over the next century before turning to to...
Nike is one of the worlds leading sportswear and equipment manufacturers. It leads the world in sales of athletic shoes. The company was founded in 1964 by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight. Its first name was Blue Ribbon Sports but that changed to Nik...
The NBA (National Basketball Association) is the professional body that controls basketball in the U.S.A. and Canada. It consists of 30 franchised teams, of which 29 are in the U.S. and one is in Canada. It was founded in 1946 as the Basketball Assoc...
