E-Books →How That Company Started

This book can give you that answer. Each company history is just a few minutes read. Who started the company, how they did it, and often how it got its name.
150 Companies:
Aldi, Alludo, Amazon, Amstrad, Apple Computers, Argos, Asda, Aston Martin, AstraZeneca, Audemars Piguet, Aviva, B&M, B&Q, Bang & Olufsen, Barbour, Barclays Bank, Baume & Mercier, Bell's Whisky, Blancpain, Body Shop, Boots, Bose, BP, Breitling, British Airways, British American Tobacco (BAT), BT (British Telecom), Burger King, Burton Biscuits, Burton Group, Cadbury, Card Factory, Carnival Cruises / Carnival Corporation, Carphone Warehouse, Cartier, Chad Valley, Clarks, Clintons, Co-op, Cunard, Currys / PC World, Debenhams, Diageo, Dixons, Dorothy Perkins, Dun & Bradstreet, Dunhelm, Dyson, easyJet, ebay, Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Elgin, Facebook (Meta), Fatface, Ford, Fortnum & Mason, Fox's Biscuits, Frasers Group (Formerly Sports Direct), GAP, Google, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), H&M, Halfords, Hallmark Cards, Hamilton Watches, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Hobbycraft, House of Fraser, HSBC, Hyundai, IBM, Iceland, IKEA, Ingersoll Watches, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jaguar, JD Sports, John Lewis, KFC, Kingfisher, Land Rover, Laura Ashley, Legal & General, Lego, Lidl, Linde, Lloyds Bank, London Stock Exchange (LSE), Longines, Lyons Tea (J. Lyons and Co.), Marks and Spencer, Mars, McDonald's, Microsoft, Monsoon Accessorize, Morrisons, Mothercare, MSC Cruises, National Grid, NatWest, Nestlé, New Look, Next, Norwegian Cruise Line, Nvidia, O2, Peacocks, Piggly Wiggly, Pizza Hut, Primark, Prudential, Reckitt, RELX, Renault, Rio Tinto, River Island, Rolex , Rolls-Royce, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Ryanair, Ryman, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Shell, SPAR, Starbucks, Subway, Superdrug, Swatch, Tesco, Tesla, The Entertainer, The Works, Topshop, Toys R Us, Tunnucks, Unilever, United Biscuits, Vauxhall, Vodafone, Waitrose, Waltham Watch Company, Waterstones, WHSmith, Wickes, Wikipedia, X/Twitter, Yum! Brands, Zara/Inditex.