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I was thinking about companies approaching 200 years old since I knew my point would be more difficult to make if I said 100 years (and because they had a launc
by II2II 2y ago
I was thinking about companies approaching 200 years old since I knew my point would be more difficult to make if I said 100 years (and because they had a launch window that comes up roughly once every 200 years, though I checked that out and it is 175 years). That said, you're right about my basically overlooking companies that weren't based in technology.
Exxon is a cute example though. At one point, they owned Zilog.
- goldfishgold 2y agoFair enough. 100yr old companies are pretty easy to come up with, 200yr old companies are much harder.
- oniony 2y agoYou would pretty much have to turn to Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies
- lgeorget 2y agoThe other day, I saw a sign on a building for a painting supply manufacturer "since 1748": https://www.tollens.com/la-marque/histoire https://www.tollens.com/la-marque/histoire. I found that quite amazing.
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