The document provides brief summaries of 10 companies including their founding year and industries. The Hartford Financial Services Group is an American investment and insurance company founded in 1810. John Wiley & Sons is an academic publishing company founded in 1807 that specializes in educational products. The Valspar Corporation is an international paint and coatings manufacturer founded in 1806 with nearly 10,000 employees worldwide.
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10 WORLD'S OLDEST SURVIVING BUSINESS
2. The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc.,
American investment
and insurance
company. It is a is a
Fortune 500 company
and based on 2013
figures, revenues were
$26.2 billion
Founded in
3. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
also referred to as
Wiley, is a global
publishing company
that specializes in
academic publishing
and markets its
products to
professionals and
consumers, students
and instructors
Founded in
4. The Valspar
Corporation is an
international
manufacturer of paint
and coatings with
nearly 10,000
employees in 25
countries, it is the sixth
largest paint and
coating corporation in
the world.
Founded in
5. The Colgate-Palmolive
Company is an
American multinational
consumer products
company focused on
the production,
distribution and
provision of household,
health care and
personal products, such
as soaps, detergents,
and oral hygiene
products
Founded in
6. For more than 200
years, DuPont has
brought world-class
science and
engineering to the
global marketplace
through innovative
products, materials and
services
Founded in
7. Washington Trust is the
largest independent
bank in Rhode Island
and one of the premier
financial institutions in
the region, offering
comprehensive
personal banking,
commercial banking,
and wealth
management services.
Founded in
8. Globally, Cigna is
helping people in 30
countrieswith 35,000
employees providing
health care products
and other services to
75 million customers.
Founded in
9. Lorillard is the oldest
continuously operating
tobacco company in
the Newport, United
States. Their flagship
premium cigarette
brand, is the top selling
menthol and second
largest selling cigarette
brand overall in the
United States .
Founded in
10. Sotheby's is a public
company is one of the
world's largest brokers
of fine and decorative
art, jewelry, real estate,
and collectibles,
Sotheby's operation is
divided into three
segments: Auction,
Finance, and Dealer. The
companys services
range from Corporate
Art Services to Private
Sales.
Founded in
11. Aoxing Pharmaceutical
Company, Inc is
registered in Florida in
US and it is a specialty
pharmaceutical
company which
specializes in research,
development,
manufacturing and
distribution of a variety
of narcotics and pain-
management products
and drug-relief medicine
Founded in