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Worthy Corporate Office

Worthy.com was founded in 2014 by current CEO Ben De Kalo. When De Kalo and his wife wanted to sell some diamond jewelry, they quickly discovered that their options were limited.

The company operates an online marketplace for luxury items, including diamond jewelry, watches, and other valuables.

Worthy connects buyers and sellers on a safe online marketplace. Sellers send their items to Worthy, where they are appraised for value and guaranteed to be valid gems.

The company assumes all the risk, insuring items through Llyods of London, free evaluation and grading of the items, and free FedEx insured shipping.

As offers from vetted professionals come in, sellers decide what offer to accept. Once the auction has concluded, sellers will receive the final sale amount minus the Worthy commission.

In a Forbes interview, De Kalo states that he likes to think of Worthy as a mining operation for old diamonds.

De Kalo states that he believes there is more than $1 trillion in diamonds sitting in drawers or jewelry boxes around the world and he wants to sell it all.

Worthy maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

Worthy.com

Worthy.com was founded in 2014 by current CEO Ben De Kalo. When De Kalo and his wife wanted to sell some diamond jewelry, they quickly discovered that their options were limited.

The company operates an online marketplace for luxury items, including diamond jewelry, watches, and other valuables.

Worthy connects buyers and sellers on a safe online marketplace. Sellers send their items to Worthy, where they are appraised for value and guaranteed to be valid gems.

History

The company assumes all the risk, insuring items through Llyods of London, free evaluation and grading of the items, and free FedEx insured shipping.

As offers from vetted professionals come in, sellers decide what offer to accept. Once the auction has concluded, sellers will receive the final sale amount minus the Worthy commission.

In a Forbes interview, De Kalo states that he likes to think of Worthy as a mining operation for old diamonds.

De Kalo states that he believes there is more than $1 trillion in diamonds sitting in drawers or jewelry boxes around the world and he wants to sell it all.

Worthy maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

Shift Corporate Office

Toby Russell thinks nothing is more stressful than buying a new or even a used car. With new car buying stuck in the analog age of the 1960s, Russell and his friend George Arison set out to create a new platform.

Shift.Com was founded in 2014. The company operates an online marketplace where clients can shop for a used car or sell their car online.

Russell believes that buying or selling a car has many obstacles that using an online marketplace removes, such as women being ripped off or men feeling less than adequate because they don’t want to buy a huge truck or if they can’t buy a top of the line model.

Buyers and sellers never meet. Buyers see a car, they ask a Shift.Com employee to bring them the car so they can test drive it and look it over. If they want to buy it, the employee has a tablet with financing options or a platform is available to pay from the seller’s bank. If the client doesn’t want the car, it is returned to stock.

Clients can also get a manufacturer-style, like-new warranty. There are multiple lending options and a totally transparent price. There’s no negotiation, no haggling, and clients can do it from their driveway, work, or wherever they would like to meet. 

Russell noted that during the pandemic, most people were buying new cars due to the many financing offers of zero percent interest.

In February 2023, the company announced that it would close all east coast stores that came with its merger of CarLotz. The store leases, inventory, and related assets in Richmond, VA, Charlottesville, VA, and Tampa, FL, will be assumed by a local dealership group. The stores in Midlothian, VA, Charlotte, NC, and Greensboro, NC will be closed, effective today.

Shift.Com maintains a corporate office building in San Francisco, California.

Shift.com

Toby Russell thinks nothing is more stressful than buying a new or even a used car. With new car buying stuck in the analog age of the 1960s, Russell and his friend George Arison set out to create a new platform.

Shift.Com was founded in 2014. The company operates an online marketplace where clients can shop for a used car or sell their car online.

Russell believes that buying or selling a car has many obstacles that using an online marketplace removes, such as women being ripped off or men feeling less than adequate because they don’t want to buy a huge truck or if they can’t buy a top of the line model.

History

Buyers and sellers never meet. Buyers see a car, they ask a Shift.Com employee to bring them the car so they can test drive it and look it over. If they want to buy it, the employee has a tablet with financing options or a platform is available to pay from the seller’s bank. If the client doesn’t want the car, it is returned to stock.

Clients can also get a manufacturer-style, like-new warranty. There are multiple lending options and a totally transparent price. There’s no negotiation, no haggling, and clients can do it from their driveway, work, or wherever they would like to meet. 

Russell noted that during the pandemic, most people were buying new cars due to the many financing offers of zero percent interest.

In February 2023, the company announced that it would close all east coast stores that came with its merger of CarLotz. The store leases, inventory, and related assets in Richmond, VA, Charlottesville, VA, and Tampa, FL, will be assumed by a local dealership group. The stores in Midlothian, VA, Charlotte, NC, and Greensboro, NC will be closed, effective today.

Shift.Com maintains a corporate office building in San Francisco, California.

Western Sizzlin Buffet

In 1961-1962, Nicholas Pascarella was traveling the US in search of cheap land on which to build a restaurant. His car had a flat tire in Augusta, Georgia. The employees at the tire repair shop convinced Pascarella that he should purchase land there to build his restaurant.

The first Western Sizzlin Buffet restaurant opened in Agusta, Georgia, in February 1962. Today, the company has about 46 franchises in 13 states and is best known for its unique steaks.

Pascarella believed that “If searing the bottom of the steak made it juicy, adding flames to the top would make them twice as good.” This lead to the company’s renowned searing process trademarked as the FlameKist steak.

Due to the coronavirus, some franchisees were forced to close permanently in 2020.

The company operates as a subsidiary of Biglari Holdings, which is owned by the current CEO Sardar Biglari. Biglari Holdings also owns the Steak N Shake restaurant chain.

Western Sizzlin maintains a corporate office in Roanoake, Virginia.

Western Sizzlin Buffet

In 1961-1962, Nicholas Pascarella was traveling the US in search of cheap land on which to build a restaurant. His car had a flat tire in Augusta, Georgia. The employees at the tire repair shop convinced Pascarella that he should purchase land there to build his restaurant.

The first Western Sizzlin Buffet restaurant opened in Agusta, Georgia, in February 1962. Today, the company has about 46 franchises in 13 states and is best known for its unique steaks.

Pascarella believed that “If searing the bottom of the steak made it juicy, adding flames to the top would make them twice as good.” This lead to the company’s renowned searing process trademarked as the FlameKist steak.

History

Due to the coronavirus, some franchisees were forced to close permanently in 2020.

The company operates as a subsidiary of Biglari Holdings, which is owned by the current CEO Sardar Biglari. Biglari Holdings also owns the Steak N Shake restaurant chain.

Western Sizzlin maintains a corporate office in Roanoake, Virginia.

Reputation Defender Corporate Office

Reputation Defender was founded in 2006 by Michael Fertik. He believed that everyone, both private individuals and businesses, deserved to have their online reputation defended.

Reputation Defender removes untrue or unflattering details about a person or business, as well as removing personal information that might be displayed on certain online sites.

In 2008, the company began expanding after receiving $2.6 million in Series A financing.

In 2011, the company changed its name to Reputation.Com but reclaimed its original name again in 2016.

In April 2018, the company was acquired by the Stagwell Group for an undisclosed sum.

ReputationDefender advertises on multiple television channels during peak viewer hours.

Current CEO Joe Fuca notes in a December 2020 interview that the company has grown substantially past its previous goal of $100 million in annual revenue.

ReputationDefender maintains a corporate office in Redwood City, California.

ReputationDefender

Reputation Defender was founded in 2006 by Michael Fertik. He believed that everyone, both private individuals and businesses, deserved to have their online reputation defended.

Reputation Defender removes untrue or unflattering details about a person or business, as well as removing personal information that might be displayed on certain online sites.

In 2008, the company began expanding after receiving $2.6 million in Series A financing.

History

In 2011, the company changed its name to Reputation.Com but reclaimed its original name again in 2016.

In April 2018, the company was acquired by the Stagwell Group for an undisclosed sum.

ReputationDefender advertises on multiple television channels during peak viewer hours.

Current CEO Joe Fuca notes in a December 2020 interview that the company has grown substantially past its previous goal of $100 million in annual revenue.

ReputationDefender maintains a corporate office in Redwood City, California.

Lodge Cast Iron Corporate Office

Joseph Lodge left home at 15 and worked at odd jobs while traveling. He constructed a foundry in 1896 that is today Lodge Manufacturing. He built a house nearby and a member of his family still occupys that house.

Today, the company makes cast iron cookware, including pots, pans, Dutch ovens, and more.

Lodge Cast Iron is the oldest iron manufacturer in the USA today and it is still owned and operated by the Lodge family.

The demand for cast iron cookware has increased substantially in the past decade, causing the family to develop a new melting and molding system in 2013 to help keep up with consumer demand.

The company’s products are sold in nearly all retail locations across the US, including Walmart, Amazon, and Target.

An employee at a Lodge distribution center was killed in an accident in March 2021, which is under investigation.

Lodge Cast Iron maintains a corporate office where they have been located for 120 years, in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee.

Lodge Cast Iron

Joseph Lodge left home at 15 and worked at odd jobs while traveling. He constructed a foundry in 1896 that is today Lodge Manufacturing. He built a house nearby and a member of his family still occupys that house.

Today, the company makes cast iron cookware, including pots, pans, Dutch ovens, and more.

Lodge Cast Iron is the oldest iron manufacturer in the USA today and it is still owned and operated by the Lodge family.

History

The demand for cast iron cookware has increased substantially in the past decade, causing the family to develop a new melting and molding system in 2013 to help keep up with consumer demand.

The company’s products are sold in nearly all retail locations across the US, including Walmart, Amazon, and Target.

An employee at a Lodge distribution center was killed in an accident in March 2021, which is under investigation.

Lodge Cast Iron maintains a corporate office where they have been located for 120 years, in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee.