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I have to say, I find it rather strange that this is worthy of mention. I'm sure all European countries have business entities that sort of age. I'm fact, I've
by MatthewWilkes 12y ago
I have to say, I find it rather strange that this is worthy of mention. I'm sure all European countries have business entities that sort of age. I'm fact, I've had two clients in the last year that are over 900 years old.
- joezydeco 12y agoIt's right there in the second paragraph: "While this longevity is not confined to East Asia—the Italian gun manufacturer Beretta has operated since at least 1526 and the cymbal maker Zildjian was founded in 1623 in Turkey—these Sequoia-like firms are relatively common in Japan."
- jpatokal 12y agoThe top 6 oldest companies in the world are all Japanese. A brash European upstart, namely an Austrian restaurant founded in 803, sneaks in at #7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies Note that all lists of this kind have to be taken with a fistful of salt though, since usually the claims are along the lines of "this ancient document written in the year X mentions that there's an inn next to the hot spring; there is still an inn next to the hot spring; therefore this inn has been operating here since X".
- msh 12y agoI wonder how good that list is. The oldest danish company it lists is Munke Mølle from 1135 but it have actually only been a private company since 1881, before that it belonged to the state and earlier it belonged to the catholic church so I am wondering if the rest of the list is just as faulty.