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PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Office

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers is the result of the 1998 merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand.

Price Waterhouse was founded in by Samuel Lowell Price, William Hopkins Holyland, and Edwin Waterhouse in 1849 in London.

Cooper Brothers was founded in 1854 by William Cooper, with the name being changed in 1973 to Coopers & Lybrand.

History

The 1998 merger was intended to put the new firm in a new league of accounting firms.

Today Pricewaterhouse Coopers is one of the Big Four accounting firms. The company offers auditing and human resources, tax-related and other advisory services, consumer products and services, financial services, entertainment, utilities, and technology.

Pricewaterhouse Coopers is #4 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies. The U.S. arm of the London-headquartered parent company has 80 offices in 30 states, 168,000 employees, and had $29.20 billion in revenue in 2011.

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Bechtel Corporate Office

Bechtel Corporation

Warren Bechtel founded Bechtel Corporation in 1898 when he started a sizable contracting business that specialized in railroad and highway building.

In 1925 Warren’s sons Warren Jr., Stephen, and Ken joined the business, incorporating as W.A. Bechtel Company.

In 1928 when the U.S. Congress mandated the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the Colorado River, named the Hoover Dam in honor of president Herbert Hoover, W.A. Bechtel Company joined up with five competitors to form the Six Companies Corporation. The companies’ combined strength gave them the best bid, and Six Companies was awarded the contract in 1931.

History

After the Hoover Dam was completed two years ahead of schedule, Bechtel’s reputation soared. Warren’s son Warren Jr. was now running the company, and he diversified the company to engineering and oil contracts.

During WWII Bechtel built a shipyard for the US government and participated in the CANOL pipeline project, the company’s first pipeline and one for which they received criticism and eventually a federal investigation for mismanagement.

Through the 1940’s and 1950’s Bechtel continued to expand its pipeline business.

In the 1960’s and 1970’s the company expanded its energy engineering activities. At the same time Bechtel launched its development, finance, and investment arm, Bechtel Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

Today Bechtel has had involvement in a large number of high profile construction and engineering projects, numerous power projects such as refineries and nuclear power plants, and transportation projects. Notable projects include the BART system, the King Fahd International airport in Saudi Arabia, which is the largest airport in the world, and the rebuilding of civil infrastructure in Iraq through USAID.

Bechtel continues to be a family business and is run by fourth-generation CEO, Riley Bechtel.

Bechtel is #5 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies. The company has 52,700 employees and had $27.90 billion in revenue in 2011.

 

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Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Corporate Office

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores

Tom and Judy Love spent $5,000 to lease an abandoned gas station in Watonga, Oklahoma in 1964 under the name Musket Corporation. Over the next 8 years Musket opened a further 40 gas stations.

During the 1973 oil crisis Tom Love diversified the gas stations to include convenience stores. The move was a success and he quickly converted all of his locations to include Mini Stop stores.

The company changed its name to Love’s Country Stores in 1973.

History

In 1978 the company had 60 locations, and in 1981, 100 locations.

In 1993 Love’s teamed up with Taco Bell. The move was a success and in 1995 Love’s opened its first triple-branded location with Subway, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. In subsequent years Love’s teamed up with Arby’s, Godfather’s Pizza, Hardee’s, Carl’s Jr., Chester’s Chicken, and Baskin-Robbins.

Today Love’s has 300 travel stops and 160 truck tire care centers in 39 states. Each travel stop contains a convenience store, fast-food restaurant, and gas outlets. The travel stops also offer services for truckers such as shower rooms, laundry facilities, game rooms, and mail drops.

Love’s is owned and operated by CEO and founder Tom Love. The company has 8,000 employees and had $24.40 billion in revenue in 2011.

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Ernst & Young Corporate Office

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is the result of a long history of mergers.

The oldest of the firms that make up Ernst & Young was founded in 1849 in England as Harding & Pullein. That year Frederick Whinney joined the firm. When he made partner, and with his sons in the business, the firm was renamed Whinney Smith & Whinney.

The firm Ernst & Ernst was founded in 1903 in Cleveland. Arthur Young & Co. was founded by Arthur Young in Chicago.

History

In 1979 Whinney Smith & Whinney merged with Ernst & Ernst to form the fourth-largest accounting firm in the world, Ernst & Whinney.

In 1989 Ernst & Whinney merged with the fifth-largest accounting firm, Arthur Young, to create Ernst & Young.

Ernst & Young went through a rebranding in 2013 and the name of the company was officially changed to EY, which had been an informal name for the company previous to the rebranding.

Today EY is a multinational professional services firm. The firm creates a network of member firms which are separate legal entities in different countries.

EY  is #8 on the Forbes list of America’s Largest Private Companies. The company has 152,000 employees and more than 700 offices in 150 countries. EY’s revenue for 2011 was $22.88 billion.

 

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C&S Wholesale Grocers Corporate Office

C&S Wholesale Grocers

Israel Cohen and and Abraham Siegel founded C&S Wholesale Grocers in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1918. Three years later Cohen bought out Siegel’s share of the business.

C&S distinguished itself from its numerous competitors by increasing the speed of delivery through efficient warehouse procedures and putting the needs of customers as a first priority.

After WWII, Israel’s son Lester returned home from the war and began to sell to military commissaries.

History

In 1955 Lester became CEO of C&S.  For the next twenty years Lester grew the company, focusing on wholesale and by 1974 annual sales had reached $14 million.

In 1993 annual sales reached $1 billion.

By 2003 C&S was the third-largest wholesaler in the United States and the largest in New England.

Today C&S delivers over 100,000 food and non-food items to 3,900 independent supermarkets, regional and national chains, and military bases from 50 distribution centers. Its customers include Safeway, Target, A&P, Stop & Shop, and Foodtown.

C&S has 17,000 employees and had $20.40 billion in revenue in 2011.

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