The company was founded in 1982 by former Burlington Industries textile president Ely Callaway. A dynamic leader and famously successful businessman, Mr. Callaway sold his Temecula, CA-based winery for a $9 million profit and found a new business opportunity when he spotted a wooden pitching wedge in a Palm Springs-area golf shop. The club was …
In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant was sworn into the Presidency and the last stake was driven into the transcontinental railroad. That same year, two men a fruit merchant named Joseph Campbell and an icebox manufacturer named Abraham Anderson shook hands in Camden, New Jersey, to form a business that would one day become …
These are the first letters of the last names of the three company founders, Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn. In 1969, just months after the world had marvelled at Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon, the three partners took another small step that would have a profound impact on the way the …
William Rosenberg founded Industrial Luncheon Services in 1946 as a company to deliver meals and “coffee break snacks” to customers in the outer reaches of Boston, Massachusetts. His business saw success and followed by opening up his first coffee and donut shop called, “The Open Kettle”. In 1950 he opened the first store known as …
In many countries, the Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory for businesses organized by the category of product or service. As the name suggests, they are usually printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages with non-commercial listings, printed on white paper. With the advent of Internet, the traditional term ‘Yellow Pages’ became …
UBS traces its roots back to 1747, when one of the bank’s branches was founded in the Swiss region of Valposchiavo. The three core components of the company date back to second half of the nineteenth century – Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corporation, and PaineWebber or their antecedents were all founded in the …