20th Century Fox – William Fox<\/p>\n
A <\/strong><\/p>\n A&M Records – Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss<\/p>\n A&W Restaurants – after Roy Allen and Frank Wright<\/p>\n Abbott Laboratories – Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott (1888)<\/p>\n Abercrombie & Fitch Co. – David Abercrombie and Ezra Fitch<\/p>\n Adam Opel AG – Adam Opel<\/p>\n adidas – Adi Dassler<\/p>\n Alza – name of the founder Alex Zaffaroni.<\/p>\n Amstrad – Alan Michael Sugar – A M S TRADing<\/p>\n Aston Martin – Lionel Martin<\/p>\n Audi – founder August Horch (audi is Latin for horch which means listen in English)<\/p>\n Avery Dennison Corporation – R. Stanton Avery<\/p>\n B <\/strong><\/p>\n B&Q – from the initials of its founders, Block and Quayle<\/p>\n Baedeker’s – Karl Baedeker<\/p>\n Baldwin Locomotive Works – founded by Matthias W. Baldwin<\/p>\n BEA Systems – from the first initial of each of the company’s three founders: Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang.<\/p>\n Beck’s – co-founder Heinrich Beck (1873)<\/p>\n Bell Labs – Alexander Graham Bell<\/p>\n Also: BellSouth<\/p>\n Benz & Cie. (later Daimler-Benz) – Carl Benz<\/p>\n Black & Decker – founded by S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker<\/p>\n Bose Corporation – Amar Bose<\/p>\n Brooks Locomotive Works – founded by Horatio G. Brooks<\/p>\n C <\/strong><\/p>\n Cadbury – John Cadbury opened his shop in 1824<\/p>\n Casio – Tadao Kashio<\/p>\n Chrysler – Walter Chrysler<\/p>\n Citron – Andr Citron<\/p>\n Corel – from the founder’s name Dr. Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.<\/p>\n Cray Research – Seymour Cray<\/p>\n D <\/strong><\/p>\n Daimler-Benz (later DaimlerChrysler) – Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz<\/p>\n DaimlerChrysler – Gottlieb Daimler and Walter Chrysler<\/p>\n Dassault Group – Marcel Dassault<\/p>\n De Lorean Motor Company – John De Lorean<\/p>\n Debian – project founder Ian Murdock named it after himself and his girlfriend, Debra.<\/p>\n Dell – Michael Dell<\/p>\n The Dow Chemical Company – Herbert Dow<\/p>\n Dow Jones & Company – Charles Dow and Edward Jones<\/p>\n Dunlop – John Boyd Dunlop<\/p>\n DuPont – Eleuthre Irne du Pont.<\/p>\n E <\/strong><\/p>\n Eatons – Timothy Eaton<\/p>\n Edison Records – Thomas Edison<\/p>\n Eli Lilly and Company – Eli Lilly<\/p>\n Ericsson – Lars Magnus Ericsson<\/p>\n F <\/strong><\/p>\n Ferrari – Enzo Ferrari<\/p>\n Ford Motor Company – Henry Ford<\/p>\n G <\/strong><\/p>\n Gartner – Gideon Gartner<\/p>\n Ghirardelli Chocolate Company – Domingo Ghirardelli<\/p>\n Global Gillette – King C. Gillette<\/p>\n GLOCK – Gaston Glock<\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n Gottlieb – David Gottlieb<\/p>\n H <\/strong><\/p>\n H. K. Porter, Inc – railroad locomotive manufacturer founded by Henry Kirke Porter<\/p>\n Hanna-Barbera Productions – William Hanna and Joseph Barbera<\/p>\n Harley-Davidson – William Harley and Arthur Davidson<\/p>\n Harvey Norman – Gerald Harvey and Ian Norman<\/p>\n The Hershey Company – Milton Hershey<\/p>\n Hewlett-Packard – William Hewlett and David Packard<\/p>\n Honda – Soichiro Honda<\/p>\n Honeywell – Mark Honeywell<\/p>\n Horlicks – James Horlick and William Horlick who founded the company in Chicago in 1873<\/p>\n I <\/strong><\/p>\n IKEA – from an acronym using the initials of the founder I<\/strong>ngvar K<\/strong>amprad, who was from a family farm called E<\/strong>lmtaryd, which was near the village of A<\/strong>gunnaryd.<\/p>\n J <\/strong><\/p>\n JCPenney – James Cash Penney<\/p>\n K <\/strong><\/p>\n Kawasaki Heavy Industries – Shozo Kawasaki<\/p>\n Kroger Co. – Bernard Henry Kroger<\/p>\n King Kullen Grocery Co. – founder Michael J. Cullen, he replaced the “C” with a “K” for marketing purposes.<\/p>\n L <\/strong><\/p>\n Lamborghini – Ferruccio Lamborghini<\/p>\n Lancia – Vicenzo Lancia.<\/p>\n Levi Strauss & Co. – Levi Strauss<\/p>\n Louis B. Mayer Pictures (later merged into MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)) – Louis B. Mayer (original name Eliezer Meir)<\/p>\n M <\/strong><\/p>\n Mars, Incorporated – Frank C. Mars<\/p>\n Mattel – from founders Harold “Matt” Matson and Elliot Handler<\/p>\n Mazda – Jujiro Matsuda, also possibly inspired by Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda.<\/p>\n McDonald’s Corporation – Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald<\/p>\n MGM or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – after the last names of Samuel Goldfish and Edgar and Archibald Selwyn and Louis B. Mayer.<\/p>\n Miele – Carl Miele.<\/p>\n Mitel – from Mike and Terry’s Lawnmowers after the founders Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews<\/p>\n N<\/strong><\/p>\n Nestl – Henri Nestl who created the milk-based food in 1867<\/p>\n Northrop – Jack Northrop<\/p>\n P <\/strong><\/p>\n Path – Charles and mile Path, who founded the Socit Path Frres in 1896<\/p>\n Peugeot – Armand Peugeot who founded the company in 1882<\/p>\n Philips – Gerard Philips, who founded the company in 1891<\/p>\n Porsche – Ferry Porsche<\/p>\n Procter & Gamble – William Procter and James Gamble<\/p>\n R <\/strong><\/p>\n Robert Bosch GmbH – Robert Bosch, who founded the company in 1886<\/p>\n Renault – Louis Renault<\/p>\n Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works – founded by Thomas Rogers<\/p>\n Rolls-Royce – Charles Rolls and Henry Royce<\/p>\n RSA Security – from the first letters of the last names of founders Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman.<\/p>\n Ryanair – Tony Ryan<\/p>\n S <\/strong><\/p>\n Sainsbury’s – John James Sainsbury<\/p>\n Sears – Richard Sears<\/p>\n Formerly Sears, Roebuck – Sears and Alvah Roebuck<\/p>\n Siemens AG – Werner von Siemens<\/p>\n Singer Corporation – Issac Merritt Singer, inventor, improvements in the design of the sewing machine<\/p>\n Stewart-Warner – John K. Stewart and Arthur P. Warner<\/p>\n Suzuki – Michio Suzuki<\/p>\n T <\/strong><\/p>\n Tata – Jamshetji Tata<\/p>\n Tesco – amalgamation of TES (from T. E. Stockwell) and CO (from Jack Cohen)<\/p>\n Thomas Cook Travel, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomas Cook – Various named after Elihu Thomson<\/p>\n THX – from the name of the technology’s inventor and the audio technology of a ‘crossover’ amplifier: Tomlinson Holman<\/p>\n Tim Hortons – Tim Horton<\/p>\n Toyota – Sakichi Toyoda<\/p>\n Trump Air Shuttle, airline, named after owner Donald Trump<\/p>\n TVR – from the first name of the company founder TreVoR Wilkinson<\/p>\n W <\/strong><\/p>\n Waitrose – named after founders: Wallace Waite and Arthur Rose<\/p>\n The Walt Disney Company – Walt Disney<\/p>\n Wal-Mart – Sam Walton<\/p>\n Warner Bros – the brothers Jack Warner, Sam Warner, Harold Warner and Albert Warner<\/p>\n Wendy’s – founder Dave Thomas’ daughter Melinda “Wendy” Thomas<\/p>\n WHSmith – William Henry Smith<\/p>\n Y <\/strong><\/p>\n Yamaha Corporation – Torakusu Yamaha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 20th Century Fox – William Fox A A&M Records – Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss A&W Restaurants – after Roy Allen and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[60,162],"class_list":["post-445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-money","tag-companies","tag-names"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/didyouknow.org\/lists\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}