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JetBlue Corporate Office

JetBlue

David Neeleman founded JetBlue on 1999 under the name NewAir. Neeleman, along with several of the original executives of JetBlue, were former Southwest Airlines Employees.

JetBlue follows Southwest’s low-cost model, but has sought to distinguish itself by having first-class amenities for every traveler such as personal televisions for every seat and Satellite radio.

The airline grew quickly and profitably; JetBlue was one of the only airlines that showed a profit after the downturn in travel after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

History

Major airlines such as Delta and United Airlines started rival mini-carriers but these have now been disbanded and absorbed by their parent airlines.

JetBlue expanded to add routes all over the United States and in 2008, the airline also had twelve Caribbean/Atlantic destinations.

From 2008 to 2013 JetBlue entered into codeshare agreements with Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, South African Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Jet Airways, and Air China.

Today JetBlue is a publicly traded company, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol JBLU. The company is #495 in the Fortune 500, a member of the S&P 400, has 18,000 employees, and had $5.89 billion in revenue in 2015.

The company announced in June of 2016 that it plans on overhauling 15 of its planes to begin introducing flights to Europe in 2019.

In July of 2016, the company stated that it would provide commercial flights between the US and Cuba beginning in August of that year.

As of September, 2016, JetBlue Airways flies to 96 destinations in North, Central, and South America; some countries include Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Maarten, and Saint Lucia

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GEICO Corporate Office

GEICO

GEICO is an acronym for Government Employees Insurance Company. GEICO is an auto insurance company.

GEICO was founded by Leo Goodwin, Sr. and his wife Lillian to provide auto insurance directly to government employees. He had worked for USAA, an insurer to military personnel; he decided to start his own business after he reached the highest position a civilian could hold in the military-dominated hierarchy.

Despite the word “government” in its name, GEICO is and has always been a private corporation. Goodwin’s original aim to sell to government employees reflected his belief that they were less risky as insurance customers than the general public.

History

The company went public in 1948.

GEICO began selling insurance policies to the general public in 1974 under the leadership of David Lloyd Kreeger.

The next year it was clear that the company had grown too quickly when it reported a $126 million loss. The company recovered by issuing a stock offering to raise money.

In 1996 GEICO was bought by Berkshire Hathaway.

Today GEICO has 12 million customers, 37,000 employees, and had $16.7 billion in revenue in 2012.

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Cheesecake Factory Corporate Office

The Cheesecake Factory

The Cheesecake Factory started when Evelyn Overton opened a small cheesecake shop in Detroit, Michigan in the late 1950’s. She later closed the shop but continued to sell cheesecakes to local restaurants, baking them in her basement kitchen.

In 1972 The Overton’s moved to California and Evelyn Overton and her husband Oscar opened a wholesale bakery that supplied cheesecakes and other desserts to restaurants.

History

In 1978 Evelyn’s son David Overton opened a small sandwich shop in Beverly Hills. The one-page menu sold ten different varieties of Evelyn’s cheesecake.

In the 1980’s the Overton’s opened two new restaurants and expanded the original location to a 78-seat restaurant.

In 1993 The Cheesecake Factory went public, trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol CAKE.

Today The Cheesecake Factory has more than 308 restaurants in the United States, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Beirut, and Puerto Rico.

In August 2023, the company opened its first location in Thailand.

The Cheesecake Factory is a member of the S&P 400, is #1000 in the Fortune 1000, and had $303 billion in revenue in 2022.

The largest Cheesecake Factory location can be found at the Dubai Ski Slope.

The Cheesecake Factory maintains a corporate office in Calabasas Hills, California.

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Jacobs Engineering Corporate Office

Jacobs Engineering

Jacobs Engineering was founded by Joseph J. Jacobs in 1947 as Jacobs Engineering Company. The original company was both a consulting agency and a manufacturer’s representative for makers of large-scale equipment in the processing industry.

In 1956 the company completed its first substantial chemical project – the engineering of a chlorine plant in Louisiana.

In 1970 Jacobs Engineering went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

History

From 1968 to 1978 the company completed one-third of the uranium projects in the United States with 1,600 employees.

In 1995 Jacobs Engineering expanded to Italy, Spain, and France and in 1999 to the Middle East.

Today Jacobs Engineering is an international architecture, engineering, and construction firm with offices all over the world. The company’s largest single client (20%) is the United States Government, for which it does aerospace and defense work.

Typical projects for Jacobs Engineering include oil refineries, manufacturing plants, and roads and highways.

Jacobs Engineering is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JEC, is a member of the S&P 500, is #249 in the Fortune 500, has 50,000 worldwide employees, and had $12.13 billion in revenue in 2013.

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Yum! Brands Corporate Office

Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands was created in 1997 when PepsiCo spun-off its fast food division. The new company was named Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc and was the new owner and franchiser of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands worldwide.

Because of the company’s pre-existing relationship with PepsiCo, all brands have a lifetime contract with the company and do not serve Coca-Cola products.

In 2002 Tricon acquired Yorkshire Global Restaurants, owner of Long John Silver’s and A&W Restaurants for $320 million. The same year the company changed its name to Yum! Brands, Inc.

History

In 2003 Yum! launched WingStreet.

In 2011 Yum! sold Long John Silver’s to LJS Partners, LLC and A&W Restaurants to A Great American Brand LLC.

In 2003 Yum! acquired Little Sheep, a Chinese hot pot restaurant, condiment processing, and meat processing company with $2 billion in revenue, or 2% of all Chinese dining-out receipts, for $587 million.

Today Yum! is a Fortune 500 corporation, is a member of the S&P 500, is #201 in the Fortune 500, is #247 in the FT 500, has 75,500 employees, and had $13.08 billion in revenue in 2013.