38 ms·Or the East India Company if you want to go even further back.by danoprey 13y agoOr the East India Company if you want to go even further back.pm90 13y agoCan you please elaborate? The East India Company never recovered from its episode of near-bankruptcysp332 13y agoNot the near-bankruptcy part, just the most-profitable part.danoprey 13y agoThanks, beat me to it. Which leads me to ask, were IBM near bankrupt before roaring back?