404 Not Found

This is a list of companies<\/a> named after people<\/strong>. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n
• 20th Century Fox<\/a> – William Fox<\/a><\/li>\n
• A&M Records<\/a> – Herb Alpert<\/a> and Jerry Moss<\/a><\/li>\n
• A&W Restaurants<\/a> – after Roy Allen and Frank Wright<\/li>\n
• Abbott Laboratories<\/a> – Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott (1888)<\/li>\n
• Abercrombie & Fitch Co.<\/a> – David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch<\/li>\n
• Adam Opel AG<\/a> – Adam Opel<\/a><\/li>\n
• adidas<\/a> – Adi Dassler<\/a><\/li>\n
• Alza<\/a> – name of the founder Al<\/strong>ex Za<\/strong>ffaroni.<\/li>\n
• Amstrad<\/a> – Alan Sugar<\/a> – A M S TRADing<\/li>\n
• Aston Martin<\/a> – Lionel Martin<\/a><\/li>\n
• Audi<\/a> – founder August Horch<\/a> (audi<\/em> is Latin for horch<\/em> which means listen<\/em> in English)<\/li>\n
• Avery Dennison<\/a> – R. Stanton Avery<\/a><\/li>\n
• B&Q<\/a> – from the initials of its founders, Block and Quayle<\/li>\n
• Baedeker’s<\/a> – Karl Baedeker<\/a><\/li>\n
• Baldwin Locomotive Works<\/a> – founded by Matthias W. Baldwin<\/a><\/li>\n
• BEA Systems<\/a> – from the first initial of each of the company’s three founders: B<\/strong>ill Coleman, E<\/strong>d Scott and A<\/strong>lfred Chuang.<\/li>\n
• Beck’s<\/a> – co-founder Heinrich Beck<\/a> (1873)<\/li>\n
• Bell Labs<\/a> – Alexander Graham Bell<\/a>\n
  \n
  • Also: BellSouth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
  • Benz & Cie.<\/a> (later Daimler-Benz<\/a>) – Carl Benz<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Black & Decker<\/a> – founded by S. Duncan Black<\/a> and Alonzo G. Decker<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Bose Corporation<\/a> – Amar Bose<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Brooks Locomotive Works<\/a> – founded by Horatio G. Brooks<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Cadbury<\/a> – John Cadbury<\/a> opened his shop in 1824<\/li>\n
  • Casio<\/a> – Tadao Kashio<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Chrysler<\/a> – Walter Chrysler<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Citro\u00ebn<\/a> – Andr\u00e9 Citro\u00ebn<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Corel<\/a> – from the founder’s name Dr. Michael Cowpland<\/a>. It stands for CO<\/strong>wpland RE<\/strong>search L<\/strong>aboratory.<\/li>\n
  • Cray Research<\/a> – Seymour Cray<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Daimler-Benz<\/a> (later DaimlerChrysler<\/a>) – Gottlieb Daimler<\/a> and Karl Benz<\/a><\/li>\n
  • DaimlerChrysler<\/a> – Gottlieb Daimler<\/a> and Walter Chrysler<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Dassault Group<\/a> – Marcel Dassault<\/a><\/li>\n
  • De Lorean Motor Company<\/a> – John De Lorean<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Debian<\/a> – project founder Ian<\/strong> Murdock named it after himself and his girlfriend, Deb<\/strong>ra.<\/li>\n
  • Dell<\/a> – Michael Dell<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Dow Chemical Company<\/a> – Herbert Dow<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Dow Jones & Company<\/a> – Charles Dow<\/a> and Edward Jones<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Dunlop<\/a> – John Boyd Dunlop<\/a><\/li>\n
  • DuPont<\/a> – Eleuth\u00e8re Ir\u00e9n\u00e9e du Pont<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Eatons<\/a> – Timothy Eaton<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Edison Records<\/a> – Thomas Edison<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Eli Lilly and Company<\/a> – Eli Lilly<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Ericsson<\/a> – Lars Magnus Ericsson<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Ferrari<\/a> – Enzo Ferrari<\/a>, founder<\/li>\n
  • Ford Motor Company<\/a> – Henry Ford<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Gartner<\/a> – Gideon Gartner<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Ghirardelli Chocolate Company<\/a> – Domingo Ghirardelli<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Global Gillette<\/a> – King C. Gillette<\/a><\/li>\n
  • GLOCK<\/a> – Gaston Glock<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Goldwyn Picture Corporation<\/a> (later merged into MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer<\/a>)) – a combination of the names of Samuel Gold<\/strong>fish (he later adopted the name Samuel Goldwyn<\/a>), Edgar and Archibald Selwyn<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • H. K. Porter, Inc<\/a> – railroad locomotive manufacturer founded by Henry Kirke Porter<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Hanna-Barbera Productions<\/a> – William Hanna<\/a> and Joseph Barbera<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Harley-Davidson<\/a> – William Harley<\/a> and Arthur Davidson<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Harvey Norman<\/a> – Gerald Harvey<\/a> and Ian Norman<\/a><\/li>\n
  • The Hershey Company<\/a> – Milton Hershey<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Hewlett-Packard<\/a> – William Hewlett<\/a> and David Packard<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Honda<\/a> – Soichiro Honda<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Honeywell<\/a> – Mark Honeywell<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Horlicks<\/a> – James Horlick<\/a> and William Horlick<\/a> who founded the company in Chicago in 1873<\/li>\n
  • IKEA<\/a> – from an acronym using the initials of the founder Ingvar Kamprad<\/a>, who was from a family farm called E<\/strong>lmtaryd, which was near the village of A<\/strong>gunnaryd.<\/li>\n
  • JCPenney<\/a> – James Cash Penney<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries<\/a> – Shozo Kawasaki<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Kroger Co.<\/a> – Bernard Henry Kroger<\/a><\/li>\n
  • King Kullen Grocery Co.<\/a> – founder Michael J. Cullen<\/a>, he replaced the “C” with a “K” for marketing purposes.<\/li>\n
  • Lamborghini<\/a> – Ferruccio Lamborghini<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Lancia<\/a> – Vicenzo Lancia.<\/li>\n
  • Levi Strauss & Co.<\/a> – Levi Strauss<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Louis B. Mayer Pictures<\/a> (later merged into MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer<\/a>)) – Louis B. Mayer<\/a> (original name Eliezer Meir)<\/li>\n
  • Mars, Incorporated<\/a> – Frank C. Mars<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Mattel<\/a> – from founders Harold “Matt” Matson and Elliot Handler<\/li>\n
  • Mazda<\/a> – Jujiro Matsuda<\/a>, also possibly inspired by Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • McDonald’s Corporation<\/a> – Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald<\/li>\n
  • MGM<\/a> or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – after the last names of Samuel Gold<\/strong>fish<\/a> and Edgar and Archibald Selwyn<\/strong> and Louis B. Mayer<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Miele<\/a> – Carl Miele.<\/li>\n
  • Mitel<\/a> – from Mi<\/em>ke and Te<\/em>rry’s L<\/em>awnmowers after the founders Michael Cowpland<\/a> and Terry Matthews<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Nestl\u00e9<\/a> – Henri Nestl\u00e9<\/a> who created the milk-based food in 1867<\/li>\n
  • Northrop<\/a> – Jack Northrop<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Path\u00e9<\/a> – Charles<\/a> and \u00c9mile Path\u00e9<\/a>, who founded the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Path\u00e9 Fr\u00e8res<\/a> in 1896<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Peugeot<\/a> – Armand Peugeot<\/a> who founded the company in 1882<\/li>\n
  • Philips<\/a> – Gerard Philips, who founded the company in 1891<\/li>\n
  • Porsche<\/a> – Ferry Porsche<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Procter & Gamble<\/a> – William Procter<\/a> and James Gamble<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Robert Bosch GmbH<\/a> – Robert Bosch<\/a>, who founded the company in 1886<\/li>\n
  • Renault<\/a> – Louis Renault<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works<\/a> – founded by Thomas Rogers<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Rolls-Royce<\/a> – Charles Rolls<\/a> and Henry Royce<\/a><\/li>\n
  • RSA Security<\/a> – from the first letters of the last names of founders Ronald Rivest<\/a>, Adi Shamir<\/a> and Len Adleman<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Ryanair<\/a> – Tony Ryan<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Sainsbury’s<\/a> – John James Sainsbury<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Sears<\/a> – Richard Sears<\/a>\n
    \n
    • Formerly Sears, Roebuck<\/em> – Sears and Alvah Roebuck<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Siemens AG<\/a> – Werner von Siemens<\/a><\/li>\n
    • Singer Corporation<\/a> – Issac Merritt Singer<\/a>, inventor, improvements in the design of the sewing machine<\/li>\n
    • Stewart-Warner<\/a> – John K. Stewart<\/a> and Arthur P. Warner<\/a><\/li>\n
    • Suzuki<\/a> – Michio Suzuki<\/a><\/li>\n
    • Tata<\/a> – Jamshetji Tata<\/a><\/li>\n
    • Tesco<\/a> – amalgamation of TES<\/em> (from T. E. Stockwell<\/a>) and CO<\/em> (from Jack Cohen<\/a>)<\/li>\n
    • Thomas Cook Travel<\/a>, Thomas Cook Airlines<\/a>, Thomas Cook<\/a><\/li>\n
    • Various named after Elihu Thomson<\/a>\n
      \n
      • Alstom<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Thomson SA<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Thomson-CSF<\/a> (now Thales Group<\/a>)<\/li>\n
      • Thomson-Houston Electric Company<\/a> (now General Electric<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • THX<\/a> – from the name of the technology’s inventor and the audio technology of a ‘crossover’ amplifier: Tomlinson Holman<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Tim Hortons<\/a> – Tim Horton<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Toyota<\/a> – Sakichi Toyoda<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Trump Air Shuttle<\/a>, airline<\/a>, named after owner Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n
      • TVR<\/a> – from the first name of the company founder TreVoR Wilkinson<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Waitrose<\/a> – named after founders: Wallace Waite<\/a> and Arthur Rose<\/a><\/li>\n
      • The Walt Disney Company<\/a> – Walt Disney<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Wal-Mart<\/a> – Sam Walton<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Warner Bros<\/a> – the brothers Jack Warner<\/a>, Sam Warner, Harold Warner and Albert Warner<\/li>\n
      • Wendy’s<\/a> – founder Dave Thomas<\/a>‘ daughter Melinda “Wendy” Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n
      • WHSmith<\/a> – William Henry Smith<\/a><\/li>\n
      • Yamaha Corporation<\/a> – Torakusu Yamaha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Sursa: Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        This is a list of companies named after people. For<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}