Home›Industrials›FounderBrowse ByFounderThis dimension names the person credited with founding a company. Wikipedia notes that a company is "a legal entity representing an association of legal persons with a shared objective, such as generating profit or benefiting society," an entity that in every case traces back to a named founder. Browsing this way collects every company founded by the same person.FactsFounderSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonGICS Sector CodeWell-attested20 1FounderFilter Results63 entriesSector (GICS)AllAerospace and Defense (38)Africa and Middle East Airlines (1)Airlines (4)Airlines of the Americas (3)Industrial Conglomerates (4)Machinery (8)Marine Transportation (1)Professional and Commercial Services (4)Research, Data and Information Services (1)Trading Companies and Distributors (1)Headquartered InAllAnn Arbor (1)Barcelona (1)Berlin (1)Brampton (1)Brazil (1)California (1)Dallas (2)Denmark (1)France (2)Germany (6)Herndon (2)Houston (1)India (1)Kent, Washington (1)Leeds (1)Long Beach, California (3)Mojave, California (1)Newcastle upon Tyne (1)Paris (1)Pittsburgh (1)Richmond (1)Santa Monica, California (1)Switzerland (1)Tokyo (1)United Arab Emirates (1)United Kingdom (8)United States (18)FoundedAll1795 (1)1811 (2)1823 (4)1837 (1)1847 (1)1859 (1)1868 (1)1884 (1)1892 (1)1893 (1)1903 (1)1904 (2)1908 (4)1909 (3)1912 (1)1914 (1)1915 (1)1917 (1)1921 (1)1922 (1)1925 (3)1927 (5)1929 (1)1932 (3)1938 (1)1939 (1)1947 (1)1949 (1)1967 (2)1969 (1)1973 (1)1982 (1)1984 (1)1985 (1)1993 (1)2000 (1)2003 (2)2006 (1)2007 (1)2013 (1)2015 (2)2016 (1)Company TypeAllAirline (3)Aktiengesellschaft (2)Division (2)Engineering Company (1)General Partnership (1)Limited Company (10)Manufacturer (6)Private (8)Public (15)Societe Anonyme (1)State-Owned (2)Subsidiary (9)Trademark (5)Parent CompanyAllAviation Industry Corporation of China, Ltd. (1)Constellis Group (2)English Electric (4)General Dynamics Corporation (1)Leyland Motors (1)McDonnell Douglas (1)Northrop Grumman Corporation (1)PACCAR (1)RTX Corporation (3)Textron Inc. (5)ThyssenKrupp (1)Led ByAllAhmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1)Alex Wilcox (1)Arnold Peter Moller (1)Arnold von Siemens (1)August Borsig (1)Carl Friedrich von Siemens (1)Clyde Cessna (2)Dave Limp (1)Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1)Eric Schmidt (2)Ernst Heinkel (1)Frank D. Robinson (1)Frederick Handley Page (1)Georg Wilhelm von Siemens (1)Heinrich von Pierer (1)Henry Villard (1)Herb Kelleher (1)Ignacio Balderas (2)Jamsetji Tata (1)John P. Thornton (1)Juan Trippe (1)Klapmeier brothers (1)Klaus Kleinfeld (1)Larry Clarke (1)Marcel Dassault (1)Mark Eubanks (1)Masuda Takashi (1)Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1)Olive Ann Beech (3)Ozires Silva (1)Peter Beck (1)Robert Stephenson (4)Thomas W. Hyde (1)Tim Ellis (2)Walter Beech (3)William T. Piper (2)DissolvedAll1843 (1)1923 (1)1929 (2)1937 (5)1938 (1)1960 (1)1965 (1)1967 (1)1970 (1)1982 (1)1983 (1)1991 (1)2000 (1)2002 (1)2014 (3)2024 (1)IndustryAllAerospace Industry (31)Airline Industry (4)Automotive Industry (2)Bus Manufacturing Industry (1)Conglomerate Industry (2)Defense Industry (1)Electronics Industry (1)Engineering Industry (3)Information Industry (1)Motorcycle Industry (1)Private Security Industry (3)Railroad Industry (5)Shipbuilding Industry (1)Shipping and Logistics Industry (1)Space Industry (1)Trading Company Industry (1)Trucking Industry (2)Weapons Industry (4)Show ResultsAlex WilcoxFounder1 entryArnold Peter MollerFounder1 entryAugust BorsigFounder1 entryAugustus Moore HerringFounder1 entryBurt RutanFounder1 entryCharles Algernon ParsonsFounder1 entryCharles Richard FaireyFounder1 entryClarence Gilbert TaylorFounder1 entryClaude DornierFounder1 entryClyde CessnaFounder1 entryDonald Wills Douglas Sr.Founder1 entryEdmund HecklerFounder1 entryÉdouard NieuportFounder1 entryEdward Andrew DeedsFounder1 entryEdward G. BuddFounder1 entryEdward PeaseFounder1 entryErnst HeinkelFounder1 entryEugene PowerFounder1 entryFerdinand von ZeppelinFounder1 entryFrank D. RobinsonFounder1 entryFranz SaurerFounder1 entryFrederick Handley PageFounder1 entryFrederick RentschlerFounder1 entryFriedrich KruppFounder1 entryGeorge HandasydeFounder1 entryGeorge J. MeadFounder1 entryGeorge StephensonFounder1 entryGlenn CurtissFounder1 entryHenry VillardFounder1 entryHerb KelleherFounder1 entryJamsetji TataFounder1 entryJeff BezosFounder1 entryJohann Georg HalskeFounder1 entryJordan NooneFounder1 entryJuan TrippeFounder1 entryKam GhaffarianFounder1 entryKlapmeier brothersFounder1 entryLarry ClarkeFounder1 entryMarc BirkigtFounder1 entryMarcel DassaultFounder1 entryMasuda TakashiFounder1 entryMatt MannFounder1 entryMatthew MurrayFounder1 entryMohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumFounder1 entryNeal BlueFounder1 entryOlive Ann BeechFounder1 entryOzires SilvaFounder1 entryPaul MauserFounder1 entryPerry BrinkFounder1 entryPeter BeckFounder1 entryShowing 1 to 50 of 63, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. 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