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12 results1855JBS USA Holdings, Inc. — Swift & Company operations can be traced back to 1855, when 16-year-old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in 1974UnitedHealth Group — UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare company in the United States by revenue.November 1979Oracle — First commercial installation at Wright-Patterson Air Force BaseMarch 15, 1995Lockheed Martin — Lockheed and Martin Marietta complete their “merger of equals”2008JBS USA Holdings, Inc. — JBS acquires the beef operations of Smithfield FoodsOctober 18, 2012JBS USA Holdings, Inc. — JBS USA announced it would assume temporary management of XL Foods ' Lakeside beef processing plant 2016UnitedHealth Group — UnitedHealth Group announced that it planned to exit most of the Affordable Care Act state exchanges.2019JBS USA Holdings, Inc. — The Trump administration allocated $62.4 million to JBS USA2020BlackRock — BlackRock’s dedication to ESG principles hasn’t protected it from criticism on the U2021UnitedHealth Group — UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare provider in the United States, holding over 15.3% of the health insurance market as of 2021.May 2022JBS USA Holdings, Inc. — The US House Select Oversight Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis releases a report about the relationship between the Trump administration and the meat packing industry during the COVID-19 pandemic 2025BlackRock — In January 2025, it was announced by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink that the company would be withdrawing from the Net Zero Asset Managers