Mobil is a major American oil company that merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. It operates petrol stations, carwashes, convenience stores and auto-repair shops throughout the world. It was founded in 1911 and quickly grew to be one of the w...
Microsoft is one of the best-known companies in the world. Almost everyone uses a Microsoft product. These include the Windows operating systems, Hotmail and MSN, MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and the Bing search engine. The Financial Times ranks it...
Merrill Lynch is now the investment banking and wealth management arm of Bank of America (B of A). It was a publicly owned company before it was bought by B of A in 2009. What had been Merrill Lynch Co., Inc suffered badly in the 2008 global financia...
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury cars, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG. Mercedes-Benz was founded in 1881 and is the oldest car maker around today. Its history includes the first petrol-p...
McDonalds is one of the most famous brands in the world. It is the worlds largest chain of hamburger restaurants with 31,000 eateries. It operates in 119 countries, serving 47 million customers a day. The company employs over 1.5 million people. The...
Marlboro is the worlds largest selling brand of cigarettes. It is made by the Philip Morris Company, originally a London-based cigarette maker. Philip Morris named the cigarette after the location of the companys first factory in Londons Great Marlbo...
Manchester United Football Club is the biggest brand in world football and the worlds richest club. The English Premier League club was founded as Newton Heath in 1878 and changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. It is one of the most successfu...
Since it was founded, Louis Vuitton has been a byword for stylish, elegant luggage. This comment from its website highlights the secret of the companys success from its very beginnings in 1854. Louis Vuitton worked for the French royal family and dev...
Levis have been the most famous brand of jeans and denim clothing for decades. Levi Strauss Co. was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss emigrated from Germany to San Francisco to help with his brothers dry goods business. The company began producing de...
Kraft Foods, Inc. is the worlds second largest confectionery, food, and drinks company (after Nestl). It has dozens of household-name brands which it markets in more than 155 countries. It was founded by James L. Kraft in 1903. He started a door-to-d...
