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Whole Foods Founder Begins a New Adventure
Whole Foods Founder Begins a New Adventure At the American Business History Center, we rarely comment on current events or living entrepreneurs. At the same time, our study of the lessons of the past is motivated by our desire to understand the present and the...
America’s Largest Employers 1994-2022
Today we present our annual update of the twenty biggest employers among US public companies over the last 28 years. You can see the chart above. Enjoy and share! Gary Hoover Executive Director American Business History Center
America’s Most Valuable Companies 1995-2023
Today we present our annual update of the market capitalizations of the twenty most valuable US public companies over the last 28 years. You can see the chart below, which you can control, or a video here. Enjoy and share! Gary HooverExecutive DirectorAmerican...
Business History on the History Channel
Dear friends, You can see me talking about business history on these upcoming shows on the History Channel. The series is called The Mega-Brands that Built America. I hope you enjoy them! Gary HooverExecutive DirectorAmerican Business History Center “Battle of...
Highest Profit US Companies 1994-2022
Here we present our annual update to our animated chart of the highest profit American companies, now extended to include results for 2022. You can pause them and move them to any year to see the lists of the top 20. We find studying them over and over very...
Largest US Companies 1994-2022
In this, our 161st newsletter, we present our annual update to our animated chart of the largest companies, now extended to include results for 2022. The picture above shows the leading companies when Fortune first did a list of all US companies for 1994 (previously...
21st Century Growth of American Cities
In our most recent newsletter, we reviewed changes in population among American cities (metropolitan areas) since 2019, a short but important period of change. In this issue, we take a look at the longer-term trends; how our cities have shifted over the 22 years from...
The Rise and Fall of American Cities During Covid
The Census Bureau recently released 2022 estimated populations of American Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs – cities with all their suburbs). We were curious to understand what places in the nation were growing and which ones were shrinking since the start of...
Television Giants: From I Love Lucy to Streaming
In our last newsletter, we took a look at the backgrounds of four media industry leaders, Shari Redstone of Paramount Global, Lachlan Murdoch of Fox, Brian Roberts of Comcast, and Bob Iger of Disney. Our exploration of the media and entertainment industries and...
Modern Media Moguls: The First Female Media Mogul, the Paperboy, and the Cable Guy
Warning: The individuals and companies discussed in this story are highly controversial. No industry has had more books and articles written about it than the media industry. These writings are often very opinionated: every industry analyst has a different...
