Acey Gaspard 
Founded as Continental-Caoutchouc- und Gutta-Percha Compagnie, Continental grew from rubber products into tires and automotive systems. Its history includes war, technological setbacks, acquisition-led growth, takeover pressure, and the later separation of major businesses.
Rich Barton moved from Microsoft product work to founding Expedia inside the company and later co-founding Zillow. His career includes public-company leadership, Glassdoor, and a second period as Zillow CEO.
Explore what it takes to start a commercial kitchen hood cleaning business, including practical planning points, operating considerations, and decisions to make before opening.
Michelin’s history began with an 1889 family-business restart and grew through removable and radial tires, road-travel services, international expansion, major acquisitions, and a broader materials strategy.
Walter Chrysler rose from railroad machine shops to Buick leadership, difficult corporate turnarounds, and the founding of Chrysler Corporation. His career grew from hands-on mechanical work into the management of increasingly large industrial operations.
A practical overview of starting a grease trap cleaning business, with guidance on planning, startup decisions, common concerns, and what to research before opening.
Bridgestone began as a Japanese tire manufacturer in 1931 and grew through postwar modernization, overseas production, and the Firestone acquisition. Its later history includes a major recall crisis, compliance failures, fleet-management acquisitions, and portfolio restructuring.
Goodyear’s history includes rapid early growth, a financial crisis that ended founder control, a costly shift to radial tires, and a 1986 takeover fight that reshaped the company’s portfolio.
Roy Speer moved from law and real estate into television retail, becoming majority owner, CEO, and chairman of the national Home Shopping Network company alongside co-founder Lowell “Bud” Paxson.
IBM began as C-T-R in 1911 and repeatedly changed with the computing industry. Its history runs from punched-card systems and System/360 to the IBM PC, services, Red Hat, cloud, and enterprise AI.