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 ResultsPierre-Georges LatécoèreFounder1 entryRed WhittakerFounder1 entryRobert StephensonFounder1 entrySir George White, 1st BaronetFounder1 entryT. A. PetermanFounder1 entryTed A. WellsFounder1 entryThomas RichardsonFounder1 entryThomas W. HydeFounder1 entryTim EllisFounder1 entryTom KatisFounder1 entryVictor RoosFounder1 entryWalter BeechFounder1 entryWilliam T. PiperFounder1 entryShowing 51 to 63 of 63, page 2 of 2.← Previous12Sources1. Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification Standardtier 2WikipediaGlobal Industry Classification Standard, sector table, Industrials rowQuote, Global Industry Classification Standard, sector table, Industrials row20 IndustrialsView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.