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Google Corporate Office

Google

Google began as a research project in 1996 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Originally called BackRub, the name was changed to Google and a domain was registered in 1997.

In 1999, the company moved from Menlo Park to Palo Alto.

History

The company has grown extremely quickly since incorporating in 1998. Google has acquired many other tech companies since 2001, including Keyhole Inc. whose software became Google Earth, Youtube, Grandcentral which became Google Voice and many other smaller companies.

Google has also acquired some of the biggest and most popular businesses on the internet, including Blogger and YouTube.

In 2004, the company went public and outsiders feared the company would lose their “do no evil” culture.

In September 2018, Google made numerous changes to their browser Chrome, including login changes that angered many users.

Today, the company process over 1 billion search queries per day and runs over 1 million servers in datacenters worldwide. The Google corporate office is located in Mountain View, California.

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McDonalds Corporate Office

McDonalds

McDonald’s began in 1940 when Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a restaurant in San Bernardino, California.

In 1948, the brothers introduced the Speedee Service System, similar to the White Castle plan, which was the beginning of “fast food”.

History

In 1955, Ray Kroc opened the 9th location (a franchise). Kroc would later purchase the company from the brothers.

The original mascot was a chef wearing a large chef’s hat. This was replaced by the golden arches everyone knows today in 1962.

While the current organization credits Ray Kroc with the “founding” of the company in 1955, McDonald’s already had 8 locations when Kroc came to work for the company. Kroc later purchased the McDonald brothers’ equity in the company and began work on the company’s worldwide reach. Kroc was recorded as being an aggressive business partner, driving the McDonald brothers out of the industry.

In 1965, the company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol MD.

In 1967, Ronald McDonald was created as the company mascot.

The chain mostly sells hamburgers, fries, and drinks, however, it also offers chicken sandwiches and strips, fish burgers, wraps, salads, and vegetarian items, such as black bean “burgers”. The company is well known for its children’s meals, which they call “Happy Meals”. Along with Happy Meals, most restaurants offer children friendly playgrounds, indoor or outdoor, and occasionally, both.

Starting in 2009, the company began offering free Wi-Fi to its customers. McDonald’s restaurants are found in 120 countries and territories around the world and serve 68 million customers each day. At the end of 2016, the company operates 36,899 restaurants worldwide and employs more than 375,000 people. The company saw huge earnings in the first quarter of 2019, mainly due to a new menu item, Donut Stixs, and the ability to add bacon as a side to any order.

At the same time, the company announced that it would be reducing the number of items on their Late Night menu.

McDonald’s restaurants around the globe are phasing out plastic straws in exchange for paper ones. This has caused the old plastic straws to suddenly become “collectors” items on eBay, some selling for as much as $1300.

Yahoo listed McDonald’s as #1 on its list of America’s Most Hated Food Chains list of 2020.

In August 2021, a Russian woman sued McDonald’s stating that their advertisements for hamburgers were so enticing that she broke her vows during the Lent period.

Today, the company is the world’s largest hamburger chain. There are over 33,000 locations in 119 countries worldwide. McDonald’s corporate office is located in Oak Brook, Illinois.

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Abercrombie and Fitch Corporate Office

Abercrombie & Fitch

Founded in 1892 in Manhatten by David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch, the original Abercrombie and Fitch produced very high end outdoor clothing and supplies.

In 1976, the company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In 1979, Oshman’s Sporting Goods purchased the rights to the business name. The business was relaunched as a mail order company.

History

In 1988, Oshman’s sold the company to Columbus, Ohio based Limited Company. The Limited changed the company to a casual clothing company targeting 18-25 year olds.

Leslie (Les) Wexner hired Michael Jeffries as CEO to revitalize the company. Jeffries was always controversial and also extremely highly paid. His 2011 compensation was $46.6 million.

Michael (Mike) Jeffries stepped down on December 9, 2014 due to mass criticism and nearly 3 years of declining revenue. Joanne Crevoiserat replaced Jeffries as interim CEO.

The company currently has over 1000 locations worldwide. The Abercrombie corporate office is located in New Albany, Ohio.

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Hertz Corporate Office

Hertz

The Hertz Corporation was founded in 1918 by Walter L. Jacobs. He started the business in Chicago, IL with 12 Ford Model T cars. Within 5 years, Jacobs company, simply called Rent A Car, had a fleet of 600 vehicles and an estimated annual revenue of $1 million.

In 1923, Jacobs sold the business to John D. Hertz who renamed the business to Hertz Drive-Ur-Self System.

History

In 1925, Hertz sold an interest in the company to General Motors. The remaining shares were sold to GM in 1943. General Motors opened the first car rental credit card in 1926 and the first airport car rental counter in 1932 at Chicago’s Midway airport.

In 1953, Jacobs purchased the company back from GM and took the company public on the NYSE.

In 1967, the company was purchased by RCA.

In 1987, Hertz was sold to the Ford Motor Company subsidiary Park Ridge Corporation.

In 2010, Hertz acquired British Car Auctions and in 2012, acquired rival Dollar-Thrifty Automotive Group.

In 2013, the company partnered with China’s largest rental company, China Auto Rental.

Currently, the company has 9,700 locations in 150 countries between the three brands; Hertz, Dollar, and Thrifty Rent a Car.

Hertz added approximately 335,000 2015 model-year vehicles to its fleet through September 30, 2015.

Annual revenue in the US alone is $9.3 billion for 2016.

Today the company operates in 145 countries worldwide. In May 2013, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Hertz Global Holdings would relocate their worldwide headquarters from Park Ridge, New Jersey to Estero, Florida.

Due to the coronavirus crisis, Hertz filed for bankruptcy in May 2020.

Despite laying off thousands of employees, the company paid out $16.2 million in bonuses to executives just before filing for bankruptcy.

In December 2022, Hertz agreed to settle with nearly 370 clients who were falsely accused of stealing cars from Hertz.

Equity Residential Corporate Office

Equity Residential

Equity Residential was founded in 1969 by Sam Zell (the current Chairman of the Board) and Bob Lurie. The two had been managing student apartment buildings at the University of Michigan and decided to create a business out of it.

The company went public in 1993 and has paid a cash dividend to investors every year since that time.

In 2001, Equity Residential became list in the S&P 500, the first apartment building company to do so.

History

Today, the company owns wholly or in part, over 550 apartment buildings in 23 US states. The Equity Residential corporate office is located in Chicago, Illinois.