Forbes
Here we have another early 20th-century American-born, classic company with more than a century’s worth of successful runnings. This magazine is a leading authority in all things business and economics, best known for ranking powerful individuals and companies alike in wealth. Whenever anyone wants to know where someone stands in the hierarchy of the world’s richest, they turn to Forbes. Despite plenty of people believing that Forbes is one of the centers of American business media, the reality is that a Hong Kong-based business took control all the way back in 2014. Integrated Whale Media Investments purchased Forbes for $400 million. Not much seems to have changed in the media giant’s operation, however.
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Dirt Devil
With over a century’s worth of running, the vacuum cleaners from Dirt Devil have maintained American households for a long time. The machine was created in 1905 by Philip Geier within Cleveland, Ohio. Geier then became incredibly ambitious with his inventions, and in time we would see over 25 million items fly off the shelves. The Cyclone system can be thanked for much of this success. Despite still being based in America with its North Carolina HQ, the brains of this business have now been overtaken by Techtronic Industries of China. Dirt Devil is just part of the tech giant’s range, even possessing another American home appliance staple: Hoover. The Hong Kong multinational will continue to boost its appliance portfolio!
Dirt Devil
