Corporate
Founded
Company formation.
1977
Oracle
Software Development Laboratories is founded
Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates founded Software Development Laboratories in Santa Clara, California. Oracle’s corporate history identifies 1977 as the company’s founding year.
December 19, 1912
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed predecessor begins as the Alco-Hydro Aeroplane Company
Brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead incorporated the Alco-Hydro Aeroplane Company to develop and operate their Model G hydro-aeroplane. The predecessor venture initially sought to demonstrate the aircraft and earn revenue by carrying passengers; the brothers later adopted the Lockheed spelling.
1974
UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare company in the United States by revenue.
It had captured more than 14 percent of the American health insurance market. The organization was founded as Charter Med Incorporated in 1974 and later renamed UnitedHealth Group to reflect its growing brand and several subsidiary businesses.
1974
UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group was originally founded in 1974 by Richard Taylor Burke as Charter Med Incorporated.
At the time, the organization was structured as a privately held company. In 1977, Charter Med Incorporated underwent significant restructuring, emerging as United Healthcare Corporation. Though Charter Med Incorporated continued to exist, United Healthcare Corporation became its parent company.
1997
UnitedHealth Group
Though the company grew through aggressive acquisitions , it did not achieve its first major success until 1997, when United Healthcare Corporation was selected to provide insurance coverage for the AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons ).
That same year, the company significantly expanded its Evercare program, a health management program specifically tailored to provide long-term care to older adult patients in assisted living facilities and nursing homes. Unlike traditional healthcare plans, Evercare offered special coverage for people suffering from chronic illnesses and individuals whose health limited them to the confines of their homes.
2021
UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group is the largest healthcare provider in the United States, holding over 15.3% of the health insurance market as of 2021.
Founded in 1974 as Charter Med Incorporated, it underwent several transformations and restructuring, ultimately rebranding itself to UnitedHealth Group to encompass a diverse range of subsidiary businesses. The organization is primarily divided into two divisions: UnitedHealthcare, which manages health insurance plans for millions domestically and internationally, and Optum, which focuses on healthcare services like medical research, pharmacy care, and technological development in health facilities.
2024
UnitedHealth Group
The UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare experienced a cyberattack that disrupted insurance payments and compromised the personal information of more than 100 million individuals, making it one of the largest healthcare data breaches in US history.
On December 4, 2024, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth's insurance division, was shot and killed in New York City. This incident brought significant attention to the company and the broader health insurance industry. Tim Noel, a company veteran, was appointed as the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in January 2025. Also in early 2025, the Justice Department and attorneys general from four states filed a lawsuit to block UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion acquisition of Amedisys, arguing that the merger would reduce competition in the home health and hospice care markets.
1833
McKesson
McKesson is founded by John McKesson and Charles Olcott to import and sell therapeutic drugs and herbal products
McKesson is founded by John McKesson and Charles Olcott to import and sell therapeutic drugs and herbal products.
1855
JBS USA Holdings, Inc.
Swift & Company operations can be traced back to 1855, when 16-year-old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in
Swift & Company operations can be traced back to 1855, when 16-year-old Gustavus Franklin Swift founded a butchering operation in Eastham, Massachusetts . [ 2 ] Its early origins on Cape Cod led later to locations in Brighton (in Massachusetts), and Albany , and Buffalo, New York . In 1875, Swift and Company was incorporated in Chicago. Swift and Armour and Company acquired a two-thirds controlling interest in the Fort Worth Stockyards in 1902. [ 3 ] That same year, an antitrust lawsuit was filed against Swift for conspiring with other companies to control the meatpacking industry. The companies attempted to merge to avoid the suit, leading to the 1905 Supreme Court case of Swift & Co. v. United States .
1973
JBS USA Holdings, Inc.
Swift formed the holding company Esmark
In the 1960s, Swift expanded into a lot of other fields, including insurance and petroleum, and formed the holding company Esmark in 1973. Two years later, Esmark bought International Playtex from Meshulam Riklis ' Rapid-American Corporation. Esmark sold off Globe Life Insurance to the Ryan Insurance Group in 1977. [ 4 ]
1988
BlackRock
BlackRock president Rob Kapito co-founded the company in 1988 and assumed his current corporate leadership title in 2007
BlackRock president Rob Kapito co-founded the company in 1988 and assumed his current corporate leadership title in 2007. 62
2024
BlackRock
Members of BlackRock's leadership team who contributed towards the company's PAC during the 2024 election cycle
FEC filings show that members of BlackRock's leadership team who contributed towards the company's PAC during the 2024 election cycle include Larry Fink, the company's board chair and CEO; Samara Cohen, the chief investment officer for the company's ETF and Index Investments; Sudhir Nair, the global head of the company s tech platform Aladdin; and Manish Mehta, the head of BlackRock Global Markets and Index Investments. In addition, filings show Fink donated $5,000 towards the company PAC between January 2023 and October 2024 while donating a $11,600 grant towards a joint fundraising committee that was split between House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and the campaigns of several congressional Democrats. In the same cycle, Fink has personally donated to other congressional races and their super PACS including Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI), Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va), Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va), Sen. John Tester, (D-MT), and Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH).
1988
BlackRock
BlackRock was founded in 1988 and went public in 1999, using its proprietary risk management technology Aladdin to attract investo
BlackRock was founded in 1988 and went public in 1999, using its proprietary risk management technology Aladdin to attract investors. By the end of 1999, BlackRock was overseeing more than $165 billion in assets. 8