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The Travelers Companies Corporate Office

The Travelers Companies is the result of a 2004 merger between St. Paul Companies, Inc. and Travelers Companies.

St. Paul Companies was founded in 1853 as Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. as a mutual insurance company. It was soon a national company and was reorganized into a stock company.

Travelers was founded in Hartford in 1864 to provide travel insurance to railroad passengers. The company grew and expanded to include many different types of insurance, focusing on general property and casualty insurance.

As a result of the 2004 merger, the new company was named St. Paul Travelers. The name was changed in 2007 to The Travelers Companies. The new company kept the distinctive red umbrella logo.

Today The Travelers Companies is the second largest writer of U.S. commercial property casualty insurance and the third largest writer of U.S. personal insurance, issued through independent agents. It is part of the S&P 500 and the Fortune 500. The company has over 30,000 employees and had $25.74 billion in revenue in 2012.

The Travelers Companies

The Travelers Companies is the result of a 2004 merger between St. Paul Companies, Inc. and Travelers Companies.

St. Paul Companies was founded in 1853 as Saint Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. as a mutual insurance company. It was soon a national company and was reorganized into a stock company.

Travelers was founded in Hartford in 1864 to provide travel insurance to railroad passengers. The company grew and expanded to include many different types of insurance, focusing on general property and casualty insurance.

History

As a result of the 2004 merger, the new company was named St. Paul Travelers. The name was changed in 2007 to The Travelers Companies. The new company kept the distinctive red umbrella logo.

Today The Travelers Companies is the second largest writer of U.S. commercial property casualty insurance and the third largest writer of U.S. personal insurance, issued through independent agents. It is part of the S&P 500 and the Fortune 500. The company has over 30,000 employees and had $25.74 billion in revenue in 2012.

Northwestern Mutual Corporate Office

John C. Johnston was a General in the local militia in New York in 1850. He worked as an agent at Mutual Life Insurance Agency of New York.

Johnston and his grandson, John H. Johnston, moved to Wisconsin and founded the Mutual Life Insurance Company of the State of Wisconsin in 1854. The company issued its first policy contracts in 1858.

The company grew and began to work regionally. To reflect this change, it was renamed Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1865. At that time, “Northwest” was used to describe states now in the Midwest.

By 1919 Northwestern Mutual was the sixth-largest insurance company in the country. By 1955, the company ranked fifth in mortgage holdings.

In 1981 the company began to invest in energy exploration and major real estate ventures.

In 1999 Northwestern Mutual acquired Frank Russell Co., an investment management and advisory firm with $40 billion in assets under management, for $1 billion.

Today Northwestern Mutual offers financial services, life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and employee benefit services. The company also provides consultations on asset and income protection. Northwestern Mutual has 5,000 employees and had $23 billion in revenue in 2010.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

John C. Johnston was a General in the local militia in New York in 1850. He worked as an agent at Mutual Life Insurance Agency of New York.

Johnston and his grandson, John H. Johnston, moved to Wisconsin and founded the Mutual Life Insurance Company of the State of Wisconsin in 1854. The company issued its first policy contracts in 1858.

The company grew and began to work regionally. To reflect this change, it was renamed Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1865. At that time, “Northwest” was used to describe states now in the Midwest.

History

By 1919 Northwestern Mutual was the sixth-largest insurance company in the country. By 1955, the company ranked fifth in mortgage holdings.

In 1981 the company began to invest in energy exploration and major real estate ventures.

In 1999 Northwestern Mutual acquired Frank Russell Co., an investment management and advisory firm with $40 billion in assets under management, for $1 billion.

Today Northwestern Mutual offers financial services, life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability insurance, annuities, mutual funds, and employee benefit services. The company also provides consultations on asset and income protection. Northwestern Mutual has 5,000 employees and had $23 billion in revenue in 2010.

The TJX Companies Corporate Office

The TJX Companies was founded in 1956 by Stanley Feldberg as Zayre Corp. He was the first president of the company, serving until 1978.

Zayre Corp opened its first T.J. Maxx branch in 1976 and its first BJ’s Wholesale Club in 1984.

In 1988 Zayre sold its nameplate to rival Ames and renaming itself The TJX Companies, Inc.

In 1990 TJX acquired Winners’ five stores in Canada.

In 1992 TJX launched HomeGoods in the United States.

TJX expanded beyond North America when it founded T.K. Maxx in the United Kingdom in 1994.

TJX acquired Marshall’s in 1995, which doubled the size of the company.

The company launched a sixth brand, A.J. Wright, in 1998 and a seventh, HomeSense, in 2001.

Today The TJX Companies is the largest off-price department store chain for apparel and home fashion in the United States. The company has over 150,000 employees worldwide and had $21.9 billion in revenue in 2010.

The TJX Companies

The TJX Companies was founded in 1956 by Stanley Feldberg as Zayre Corp. He was the first president of the company, serving until 1978.

Zayre Corp opened its first T.J. Maxx branch in 1976 and its first BJ’s Wholesale Club in 1984.

In 1988 Zayre sold its nameplate to rival Ames and renaming itself The TJX Companies, Inc.

History

In 1990 TJX acquired Winners’ five stores in Canada.

In 1992 TJX launched HomeGoods in the United States.

TJX expanded beyond North America when it founded T.K. Maxx in the United Kingdom in 1994.

TJX acquired Marshall’s in 1995, which doubled the size of the company.

The company launched a sixth brand, A.J. Wright, in 1998 and a seventh, HomeSense, in 2001.

Today The TJX Companies is the largest off-price department store chain for apparel and home fashion in the United States. The company has over 150,000 employees worldwide and had $21.9 billion in revenue in 2010.

Time Warner Corporate Office

Time Warner Inc. is the combination of three companies: Warner Communications, Inc., Time Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

In 1923 Time magazine deputed as the first weekly news magazine in the United States.

In 1927 Warner Bros. released the first feature-length talking picture, “The Jazz Singer.” Warner Communications was formed in 1972 as the holding company of Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Music Group.

In 1976 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. pioneered the basic cable business model.

Time, Inc. and Warner Communications, Inc. merged in 1989 in a $14.9 billion cash and stock deal.

Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting, Inc in 1996.

In 2000 AOL and Time Warner merged to become AOL Time Warner. The merger proved to be a disaster and after almost a decade of suffering losses in stock price and profits, AOL was spun-off in 2009.

Today Time Warner has major operations in film, television, and publishing. The company has numerous subsidiaries, including New Line Cinema, Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, TheWB.com, Warner Bros., Kid’s WB, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, CNN, DC Comics, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network Studios, Hanna-Barbera, and Castle Rock Entertainment.

The company announced in 2013 that they would divest Time, Inc. Time went public in June of 2014.

In addition to their communications and cable company, Time Warner also owns a great deal of real estate, including several buildings within Rockefeller Center, an office tower next to their main office, which is the headquarters of CNN, along with a twin tower complex on the edge of central park, which the company uses for additional office space.

Time Warner has 34,000 employees worldwide and had $28.11 billion in revenue in 2015.

In May of 2016, Charter Cable acquired both Bright House and Time Warner Cable in a $65 billion mega deal. Charter Cable says that over the next few years, it will slowly remove the Time Warner and Bright House names in place of their own logo.

 

 

Time Warner Inc.

Time Warner Inc. is the combination of three companies: Warner Communications, Inc., Time Inc. and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

In 1923 Time magazine deputed as the first weekly news magazine in the United States.

In 1927 Warner Bros. released the first feature-length talking picture, “The Jazz Singer.” Warner Communications was formed in 1972 as the holding company of Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Music Group.

History

In 1976 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. pioneered the basic cable business model.

Time, Inc. and Warner Communications, Inc. merged in 1989 in a $14.9 billion cash and stock deal.

Time Warner acquired Turner Broadcasting, Inc in 1996.

In 2000 AOL and Time Warner merged to become AOL Time Warner. The merger proved to be a disaster and after almost a decade of suffering losses in stock price and profits, AOL was spun-off in 2009.

Today Time Warner has major operations in film, television, and publishing. The company has numerous subsidiaries, including New Line Cinema, Time Inc., HBO, Turner Broadcasting System, The CW Television Network, TheWB.com, Warner Bros., Kid’s WB, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Adult Swim, CNN, DC Comics, Warner Bros., Cartoon Network Studios, Hanna-Barbera, and Castle Rock Entertainment.

The company announced in 2013 that they would divest Time, Inc. Time went public in June of 2014.

In addition to their communications and cable company, Time Warner also owns a great deal of real estate, including several buildings within Rockefeller Center, an office tower next to their main office, which is the headquarters of CNN, along with a twin tower complex on the edge of central park, which the company uses for additional office space.

Time Warner has 34,000 employees worldwide and had $28.11 billion in revenue in 2015.

In May of 2016, Charter Cable acquired both Bright House and Time Warner Cable in a $65 billion mega deal. Charter Cable says that over the next few years, it will slowly remove the Time Warner and Bright House names in place of their own logo.

 

 

Fluor Corporation Corporate Office

Fluor Corporation was founded by John Simon Fluor in 1890 in Wisconsin as the Fluor Brothers Construction Company. Fluor Brothers was awarded a contract to build a natural gasoline plant for Richfield Oil in 1922, thereby establishing itself in the oil and gas industry.

The U.S. Air Force contracted the company to build Saudi Arabia’s Dhahran Air Base in 1955.

Offshore operations began in 1967 and the company built its first hydrocracker plant for the American Oil Company in Texas City.

In 1977 the company merged with Daniel International Corporation, emerging from the merger with the new name, Fluor Daniel.

From 1981 to 2000 the company was involved with mining of lead, zinc, and coal. It sold most of the mining divisions and spun-off its coal operations to Massey Energy Corporation.

In 2009 Fluor entered the solar business, when it was contracted to design a solar thermal plant in partnership with ESolar of California.

Today Fluor is a professional service company which provides construction, engineering, maintenance, procurement, and project management services. Fluor is part of the S&P 500 and the Fortune 500. It has 41,000 employees worldwide and had $27.577 billion in revenue in 2012.

Fluor Corporation

Fluor Corporation was founded by John Simon Fluor in 1890 in Wisconsin as the Fluor Brothers Construction Company. Fluor Brothers was awarded a contract to build a natural gasoline plant for Richfield Oil in 1922, thereby establishing itself in the oil and gas industry.

The U.S. Air Force contracted the company to build Saudi Arabia’s Dhahran Air Base in 1955.

Offshore operations began in 1967 and the company built its first hydrocracker plant for the American Oil Company in Texas City.

History

In 1977 the company merged with Daniel International Corporation, emerging from the merger with the new name, Fluor Daniel.

From 1981 to 2000 the company was involved with mining of lead, zinc, and coal. It sold most of the mining divisions and spun-off its coal operations to Massey Energy Corporation.

In 2009 Fluor entered the solar business, when it was contracted to design a solar thermal plant in partnership with ESolar of California.

Today Fluor is a professional service company which provides construction, engineering, maintenance, procurement, and project management services. Fluor is part of the S&P 500 and the Fortune 500. It has 41,000 employees worldwide and had $27.577 billion in revenue in 2012.