Business and Industry Flashcards
Largest US tire and rubber company
Goodyear
Dutch airline; the world’s oldest
KLM
Brazil’s airline
Varig
Israel’s airline
El Al
Russian airline
Aeroflot
Scandinavian airline
SAS
Germany’s airline
Lufthansa
Belgian airline
Sabena
Hong Kong’s airline
Cathay Pacific
Switzerland’s airlines
Crossair; Swissair
Australia’s airline
Qantas
Spain’s airline
Iberia
Top US shipping company
Federal Express
Top US rental car company
Enterprise
Vermont ice cream maker
Ben and Jerry’s
Billboard ad company and newspaper chain owner
Gannett
Headquarters of Monsanto
St. Louis MO
US largest exporter
Boeing
US largest mail order company
Montgomery Ward
San Francisco high tech catalogue company
Sharper Image
Maine company with outdoor gear catalogues
L.L. Bean
Top US prescription medicine outlet
Walgreen’s
Company that uses the Red Cross symbol
Johnson and Johnson
Top-selling US motor oil company
Pennzoil
Pony Express owners
Wells Fargo
Ray Ban sunglasses maker
Bausch and Lomb
Largest US cigarette maker
Phillip Morris
2nd largest US chemical company
Dow
Largest US chemical company
DuPont
Standard Oil of New Yersey
Exxon
Bennett Cerf’s publishing company
Random House
Headquarters of Anheuser-Busch
St. Louis MO
“Flying Colors” airline that went bankrupt in 1981
Braniff
Headquarters of Eastman Kodak
Rochester NY
Headquarters of Federal Express
Memphis TN
Headquarters of Rubbermaid
Worster OH
Headquarters of Goodyear
Akron OH
Headquarters of General Electric
Schenectady NY
Headquarters of Coca-Cola
Atlanta GA
Headquarters of Jack Daniels
Lynchburg TN
Headquarters of Nike
Beaverton OR
Headquarters of Tyson Foods
Springdale AK
Headquarters of Saturn Auto Plant
Springhill TN
Headquarters of Boeing
Seattle WA
Headquarters of Heinz
Pittsburgh PA
Headquarters of Proctor and Gamble
Cincinnati OH
Headquarters of Nieman-Marcus
Dallas TX
Headquarters of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream
Waterbury VT
“All Natural” ice cream maker
Breyers
Pancake brand started in 1893
Aunt Jemima
Parent company of NBC
General Electric
Parent company of CBS
Westinghouse
Capital Cities network
ABC
Headquarters of Land-O-Lakes
Minneapolis MN
St. Petersburg - Russia Jewelry firm
Faberge
Auto maker who declared bankruptcy in 1940
Preston Tucker
Headquarters of Berlitz
Providence RI
Headquarters of Kellogg
Battle Creek MI
Headquarters of Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids IA
Headquarters of Pillsbury
Minneapolis MN
Headquarters of USX
Pittsburgh PA
Headquarters of Tandy
Fort Worth TX
Delaware chemical company
DuPont
Chrysler chairman 1979-1992
Lee Iacocca
Banana Republic and Old Navy owner
The Gap
Former name of Chiquita brands
United Fruit Company
Former chairman of Occidental Petroleum
Armand Hammer
Steve Jobs’ original partner
Steve Wozniak
Bill Gates’ original partner
Paul Allen
Walt Disney CEO
Michael Eisner
Apple CEO
Steve Jobs
Microsoft’s original CEO
Bill Gates
Microsoft CEO after Gates
Steve Balmer
Dell Computer CEO
Michael Dell
AMR CEO
Robert Crandall
Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos
QVC CEO
Barry Diller
Maker of Cheerios
General Mills
Founder of FOX entertainment
Rupert Murdoch
Astronaut and Eastern Airlines chairman
Frank Borman
WWI flier and Eastern Airlines chairman
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aaron Ward’s middle name
Montgomery
Founded Chicago’s largest department store in 1881
Marshall Field
Founded American Fur Company in 1808
John Jacob Astor
Ford CEO
Jacques Nasser
Founder of Paramount Pictures
Adolph Zukor
Berkshire Hathaway CEO
Warren Buffett
Founder of Kodak
George Eastman
Founder of CBS
William Paley
Founder of TWA
Howard Hughes
Founder of McDonald’s Restaurants
Ray Kroc
Founder of Wendy’s Restaurants
Dave Thomas
“Kleenex” maker
Kimberly-Clark
Founded Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901
James Dole
They had the first roasted coffee in cans 1878
Chase and Sandbourne
World’s largest food company
Nestle
Dallas semiconductor company
Texas Instruments
Maker of the C90 super computer
Cray Research
Largest electric razor company
Norelco
World’s largest spice company
McCormack and Co.
Company that built the Queen Elizabeth
Cunard
Coffee brand named after a Memphis hotel
Maxwell House
North Dakota computer merchant
Gateway
Little Rock yogurt chain
TCBY
Top soy sauce maker
Kikoman
Lean Cuisine maker
Stouffer’s
Arkansas frozen foods company
Tyson
Owner of Jeopardy! And Columbia-Tri Star
Sony
German aspirin company
Bayer
Spam maker
Hormel
Hula Hoop maker
Wham-O
State that incorporates half of the Fortune 500 companies
Deleware
Credit reporting firm and rocket engine builder
TRW
Only major motorcycle maker in US
Harley-Davidson
Maker of Viagra
Pfizer
Maker of Zima
Coors
Scotch Tape-brand maker
3M
Leading maker of processed turkey products
Louis Rich
First company to mass-market baby foods
Gerber
First yoyo maker
Duncan
GI Joe maker
Hasbro
Barbie maker
Mattel
Etch-a-Sketch maker
Ohio Art
Largest US maker of fruit juices
Ocean Spray
Largest US maker of pasteurized orange juice
Tropicana
Company whose symbol is a monocled peanut
Planters