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I was expecting to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avedis_Zildjian_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avedis_Zildjian_Company for USA. I suspect there is a

I was expecting to see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avedis_Zildjian_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avedis_Zildjian_Company for USA. I suspect there is always some wiggle room in the definitions of "oldest", but wikipedia dates it as earlier than Shirley Plantation (and it is also older than the company given for Armenia).

psalminen 7y ago
It wasn't started in America though.
- squiggleblaz 7y ago
  Because I'm meant to believe HSBC was started in El Salvador right? The standard in the image does not include having started there.
  - arethuza 7y ago
    That's presumably the local legal entity for HSBC - most large companies operate by having at least one local legal entity in each country they operate in which are usually wholly owned subsidiaries of some other company in the group.