The Coca Cola Company is among the largest and most well known companies in the world. With a revenue of around 40 billion dollars, few people have never heard the name coke. Boosted by their flagship brand, from which the company name is drawn, it has been a big...
Ikea is one of the world’s largest companies, with a revenue of more than 40 billion dollars. Boasting 445 locations, few places are untouched by the Ikea brand, the best known of all Swedish brand names. Known for their iconic ready to assemble furniture, the...
Some of the most famous and powerful people in the world are billionaires. Think Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg. But not all wealthy people are so accepting of public attention. Across the world there exist billionaires who insist on keeping a low profile,...
Robber barons were a group of powerful businessmen, named robber barons by the media, who felt they had gotten their sometimes hundreds of billions (in today’s money) through immoral and unscrupulous methods. Some robber barons made the equivalent of over $300...
Social media has made countless millionaires and even a few billionaires. Facebook is currently valued at almost 200 billion dollars, with some predicting it will one day be worth 1 Trillion or more. They do have over a billion users. The social network market is...
Who are Apple’s biggest competitors? Well, the markets are constantly valuing Apple and Google as the most valuable company on earth, with it switching between them. Apple is widely considered the most valuable company in real terms, as Apple create physical...
