100 Oldest Companies in the World
The Long Views Blog has pointed me to an interesting list of the oldest companies in the world. It’s interesting to see the factors which allow a company to last for so long. They are generally small, family-owned, extremely specialized, and renowned for the quality of their products.
The first one on the list that I recognized was #32 cymbal-maker Zildjian, which was founded in Istanbul in 1623, which was followed closely by Kikkoman, a soy-sauce maker founded in Japan seven years later.
Tags: Business, Long Term Thinking
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June 19th, 2008