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Dell Corporate Office

Dell

Dell began as PCs Limited in 1984 when Michael Dell was a student at the University of Texas.

In 1985, the Turbo PC was launched.

History

In 1988, the company changed its name to Dell Computer Corporation and went public with an IPO.

In 1996, the company began selling PCs from their website.

In 1999, Dell became the world’s largest PC manufacturer.

In 2003, the company was renamed to simply Dell Inc. to reflect their sales of not only computers but also TVs and other electronics.

In 2006, the company acquired Alienware. In 2009 the company acquired Perot Systems. The company struggled after 2010, with the demand for computers falling in favor of tablets and phones.

Dell went private in 2013 but stated the company would go public again in 2016. After acquiring the EMC Corporation for $60 billion, the company made Dell and EMC divisions of Dell Technologies, Inc.

In its first report after going public, the company beat anticipated revenue estimates in March 2019.

In February 2021, Dell crushed Wall Street expectations by posting much stronger than anticipated sales numbers.

Dell is currently the third-largest PC vendor in the world, behind HP and Lenovo, with revenue in 2018 listed as $78.7 billion.

Headquarters for Dell remains in Round Rock, Texas.

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Sports Authority Corporate Office

Sports Authority

The Sports Authority opened its first store in 1987 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1990, the company was acquired by Kmart.

By 1995, there were 136 stores in 26 states.

In 2003, Sports Authority merged with Gart Sports. Gart Sports was founded in 1928 and had nearly 200 locations at the time of the merger. All Gart Sports locations were renamed to Sports Authority.

History

In 2006, the company was purchased by Leonard Green & Partners in a leveraged buyout.

Today, the company operates over 450 stores in the United States. The company websites is operated by GSI Commerce.

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Delta Corporate Office

Delta Air Lines

Delta Airlines began in 1924 as Huff Daland Dusters. The company began with a single crop duster that began carrying single passengers from one Southeastern state to another in 1929.

In 1928, Collett Woolman purchased the company and renamed it to Delta.

History

Today’s Delta is the result of numerous acquisitions of smaller airlines. Some of these include Pan American in 1991, Chicago and Southern in 1953, Northeast in 1972, Northwest in 2010 and many more.

Delta became an international airline in the 1970s when they began flying to Europe. The entire Pacific region was added in the 1980s. Today, the company flies to every continent except Antarctica.

The company received criticism after a flight attendant forbid a passenger from singing the national anthem when a fallen soldier’s body was loaded on the plane. Delta later apologized to the passenger stating that this was not corporate policy but a misguided employee’s mistake.

In 2018, Delta gave its employees $1.1 billion as part of a profit-sharing program. (more…)

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Sirius XM Corporate Office

Sirius XM

SiriusXM Radio was the result of a controversial 2007 merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. XM Radio was first established in 1988 as the American Mobile Satellite Corporation. The company established a division in 1992 which eventually became XM Radio. Their satellite service initially launched in 2001. A year later, in 2002, Sirius Satellite Radio launched.

In 2009, DirecTV acquired 40% of SiriusXM. The company also raised their rates in 2009.

In 2011, the company dropped BBC Radio 1 with no advance notice.

History

SiriusXM currently serves more than 18.5 million subscribers in the US and Canada.

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Jelly Belly Corporate Office

Jelly Belly

In 1980, the Goelitz Candy Company purchased Jelly Belly from Klein.

The Jelly Belly gained national exposure as it was a favorite treat of President Ronald Reagan.

History

The Goelitz Candy Company eventually changed their name to the Jelly Belly Candy Company.

Today, the company produces over 37 million pounds of candy each year.

The Jelly Belly jelly bean was invented by David Klein. In 1976, Klein approached the Herman Goelitz Candy Company and asked them to produce a gourmet jelly bean for him which would be known as a Jelly Belly. In 1980, the Goelitz Candy Company … [Continue reading] about Jelly Belly Corporate Office