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20th Century Fox - William Fox
A&M Records - Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss
A&W Restaurants - after Roy Allen and Frank Wright
Abbott Laboratories - Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott (1888)
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. - David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch
Alza - name of the founder Alex Zaffaroni.
Amstrad - Alan Sugar - A M S TRADing
Audi - founder August Horch (audi is Latin for horch which means listen in English)
Avery Dennison Corporation - R. Stanton Avery
B
B&Q - from the initials of its founders, Block and Quayle
Baedeker's - Karl Baedeker
Baldwin Locomotive Works - founded by Matthias W. Baldwin
BEA Systems - from the first initial of each of the company's three founders: Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang.
Beck's - co-founder Heinrich Beck (1873)
Bell Labs - Alexander Graham Bell
Also: BellSouth
Benz & Cie. (later Daimler-Benz) - Carl Benz
Black & Decker - founded by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker
Brooks Locomotive Works - founded by Horatio G. Brooks
C
Cadbury - John Cadbury opened his shop in 1824
Casio - Tadao Kashio
Corel - from the founder's name Dr. Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.
D
Daimler-Benz (later DaimlerChrysler) - Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz
DaimlerChrysler - Gottlieb Daimler and Walter Chrysler
Dassault Group - Marcel Dassault
De Lorean Motor Company - John De Lorean
Debian - project founder Ian Murdock named it after himself and his girlfriend, Debra.
The Dow Chemical Company - Herbert Dow
Dow Jones & Company - Charles Dow and Edward Jones
DuPont - Eleuthre Irne du Pont.
E
Edison Records - Thomas Edison
Eli Lilly and Company - Eli Lilly
Ericsson - Lars Magnus Ericsson
F
Ferrari - Enzo Ferrari, founder
Ford Motor Company - Henry Ford
G
Gartner - Gideon Gartner
Ghirardelli Chocolate Company - Domingo Ghirardelli
Global Gillette - King C. Gillette
Goldwyn Picture Corporation (later merged into MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)) - a combination of the names of Samuel Goldfish (he later adopted the name Samuel Goldwyn), Edgar and Archibald Selwyn
Gottlieb - David Gottlieb
H
H. K. Porter, Inc - railroad locomotive manufacturer founded by Henry Kirke Porter
Hanna-Barbera Productions - William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Harley-Davidson - William Harley and Arthur Davidson
Harvey Norman - Gerald Harvey and Ian Norman
The Hershey Company - Milton Hershey
Hewlett-Packard - William Hewlett and David Packard
Horlicks - James Horlick and William Horlick who founded the company in Chicago in 1873
I
IKEA - from an acronym using the initials of the founder Ingvar Kamprad, who was from a family farm called Elmtaryd, which was near the village of Agunnaryd.
J
K
Kawasaki Heavy Industries - Shozo Kawasaki
Kroger Co. - Bernard Henry Kroger
King Kullen Grocery Co. - founder Michael J. Cullen, he replaced the "C" with a "K" for marketing purposes.
L
Lamborghini - Ferruccio Lamborghini
Lancia - Vicenzo Lancia.
Levi Strauss & Co. - Levi Strauss
Louis B. Mayer Pictures (later merged into MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)) - Louis B. Mayer (original name Eliezer Meir)
M
Mars, Incorporated - Frank C. Mars
Mattel - from founders Harold "Matt" Matson and Elliot Handler
Mazda - Jujiro Matsuda, also possibly inspired by Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda.
McDonald's Corporation - Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald
MGM or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - after the last names of Samuel Goldfish and Edgar and Archibald Selwyn and Louis B. Mayer.
Miele - Carl Miele.
Mitel - from Mike and Terry's Lawnmowers after the founders Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews
N
Nestl - Henri Nestl who created the milk-based food in 1867
P
Path - Charles and mile Path, who founded the Socit Path Frres in 1896
Peugeot - Armand Peugeot who founded the company in 1882
Philips - Gerard Philips, who founded the company in 1891
Procter & Gamble - William Procter and James Gamble
R
Robert Bosch GmbH - Robert Bosch, who founded the company in 1886
Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works - founded by Thomas Rogers
Rolls-Royce - Charles Rolls and Henry Royce
RSA Security - from the first letters of the last names of founders Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman.
S
Sainsbury's - John James Sainsbury
Formerly Sears, Roebuck - Sears and Alvah Roebuck
Siemens AG - Werner von Siemens
Singer Corporation - Issac Merritt Singer, inventor, improvements in the design of the sewing machine
Stewart-Warner - John K. Stewart and Arthur P. Warner
T
Tesco - amalgamation of TES (from T. E. Stockwell) and CO (from Jack Cohen)
Thomas Cook Travel, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook
Various named after Elihu Thomson
Thomson-CSF (now Thales Group)
Thomson-Houston Electric Company (now General Electric)
THX - from the name of the technology's inventor and the audio technology of a 'crossover' amplifier: Tomlinson Holman
Trump Air Shuttle, airline, named after owner Donald Trump
TVR - from the first name of the company founder TreVoR Wilkinson
W
Waitrose - named after founders: Wallace Waite and Arthur Rose
The Walt Disney Company - Walt Disney
Warner Bros - the brothers Jack Warner, Sam Warner, Harold Warner and Albert Warner
Wendy's - founder Dave Thomas' daughter Melinda "Wendy" Thomas
Y
Yamaha Corporation - Torakusu Yamaha
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