Top Brands and Companies CRUX 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
Ericsson ( Telecommunications ) - Sweden
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.
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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 )
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.
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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
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
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
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
Rolls-Royce - British luxury automobile maker, Now owned by BMW Group
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MAJOR INDIAN COMPANIES
Tata Group - Jamsetji Tata, Jamshedpur city was named after him.
Infosys ( Information technology consulting ) - N.R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, S. Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh, N. S. Raghavan Ashok Arora.
Wipro ( Information technology consulting ) - Mohamed Hasham Premji.
Reliance - Dhirubhai Ambani
Essar ( multinational conglomerate and construction ) - Shashi Ruia & Ravi Ruia
Genpact ( professional services firm ) - Pramod Bhasin
Asian Paints - Champaklal Choksey, Suryakant Dani, Arvind Vakil & Chimanlal Choksi.
Dabur ( FMCG company ) - S.K. Burman
Lupin Pharma ( Pharmaceutical ) - Desh Bandhu Gupta
Coffee Day Enterprises - V. G. Siddhartha
Apollo Hospitals - Prathap C. Reddy
Bharti Airtel ( Telecommunications ) - Sunil Bharti Mittal
Future Group ( conglomerate ) - Kishore Biyani
Cipla - Khwaja Abdul Hamied, India's oldest pharmaceutical company.
Sun Pharma ( Pharmaceutical ) - Dilip Shanghvi
Ashok Leyland ( Automobile ) - Raghunandan Saran
Biocon ( Biopharmaceutical ) - Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Bajaj Auto ( two / three-wheeler manufacturing ) - Jamnalal Bajaj
Nirma - Karsanbhai Patel
Oyo Rooms ( also known as Oyo Hotels & Homes ) - Ritesh Agarwal
Flipkart ( E-commerce ) - Sachin & Binny Bansal
PayTm ( e-commerce, payment and financial technology ) - Vijay Sekhar Sharma
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PhonePe ( digital wallet and online payment ) - Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer
Swiggy ( food ordering and delivery ) - Nandan Reddy, Sriharsha Majety, Rahul Jaimini
Zomato ( restaurant aggregator and food delivery ) - Deepinder Goyal, Pankaj Chaddah
Zerodha ( financial service ) - Nithin Kamath & Nikhil Kamath
Dream11 ( fantasy sports ) - Harsh Jain, Bhavit Sheth
Hike Messenger ( cross-platform instant messaging, calling application ) - Kavin Bharti Mittal
InMobi - Naveen Tewari, Mohit Saxena, Amit Gupta and Abhay Singhalth
Glance - Naveen Tewari
Nykaa ( cosmetics & beauty ) - Falguni Nayar
Razorpay ( Payment gateway ) - Harshil Mathur, Shashank Kumar
Pine Labs ( Merchant platform ) - Lokveer Kapoor
MobiKwik ( digital wallet & online payment ) - Bipin Preet Singh and Upasana Taku
HDFC Bank - Hasmukhbhai Parekh
Hero Motocorp ( Automaker ) - Brijmohan Lall Munjal
Vedanta ( Mining company ) - Anil Agarwal
TVS ( Motor company ) - The company was founded in 1911 by Sundaram lyengar
Canara Bank - Ammembal Subbarao Pai
Bank of Baroda - Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of Baroda
CHINESE COMPANIES
BATX - It refers specifically to the largest internet companies in China. Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and Xiaomi Jack Ma (Alibaba Co-Founder), He is also the founder of Ant Group, which is a subsidiary of Alibaba.
Huawei ( Telecommunications, Tech ) - The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei.
DiDi Chuxing ( Transport company ) - China
ByteDance ( Internet technology company ) Founder - Zhang Yiming ( Tiktok )
JD.com is the largest retailer in China.
BBK Electronics Oppo, Realme, and Oneplus, Vivo, iQOO - All are Chinese brands. BBK electronics is the parent company, BBK electronics. Founder: Duan Yongping
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Lenovo ( Technology company ) - A Chinese Company that makes phones and laptops.
Motorola ( electronics and telecommunications ) - It was earlier a U.S. company, but now it is owned By Lenovo.
Tecno Infinix U C Browser QQ ( instant messaging software service and web portal ) Shareit ZTE Sina Weibo ANT Group - Jack Ma WeChat founder - Allen Zhang Weibo
Non-Chinese Mobile Companies in India
Samsung ( Electronics, Technology ) is from South Korea
Sony ( Electronics, Technology ) is from Japan
HTC ( Electronics ) and Asus ( Electronics, Hardware ) are from Taiwan
Electronics company ACER ( Electronics, Hardware ) also from Taiwan
Nokia ( Telecommunications, IT ) was earlier a Finnish mobile brand, but now it is bought by HMD global (another Finnish company). However, the manufacturing of Nokia phones is done by Foxconn - a Taiwanese company.
Aircraft Manufacturers
Defence Manufacturers
Dassault - France (Rafale manufacturer) Northrop Grumman - USA Raytheon Technologies - USA Lockheed Martin - USA BAE Systems - British Rheinmetall (Germany) Almaz-Antey (Russia) Thales (France)
The Biggest Oil and Gas Companies in the World
Sinopec Group - China Aramco - Saudi Arabia ADNOC - UAE Total - France Chevron - USA Exxon Mobil - USA Royal Dutch Shell - British-Dutch Rosneft - Russia (Alrosa is a Russian group of diamond mining companies that specialize in exploration, mining,
manufacture, and sale of diamonds. ) Gazprom - Russia
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Famous Japanese companies
Sporting Goods Companies
Adidas - Germany, Founder - Adolf “Adi” Dassler Decathlon Group - France Nike - USA, Founder - Bill Bowerman & Philip Knight. Reebok - Originally British, now HQ in USA, and owned by German Adidas. Puma - Germany
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