The Companies That Changed The World

By siliconindia  |  Monday, 30 November -1, 05:30:00 AM IST



McDonald’s Hamburger: The food giant that has grown from being an American Fast food joint to a global food chain has revolutionized the science of food, service and quality. It has given employment to over 1.9 million people around the globe. It serves nearly 70 million customers each day, through its 35,000 food outlets in over 100 countries.

"The hamburger is symbolic of our society," says Heidelberg University professor and fast-food industry scholar David Hogan, "and McDonald's is of course the ambassador and marketer of that concept,” reports fortune.
 

Otis elevator:  In 1854, Elisha Otis, stood on a platform suspended by a single taunt rope. Otis signaled his assistant to cut the rope in two. As thousands of people stood watching Otis, his assistant cut the ropes but did not come crashing instead was slowly lowered with the use of spring’s rails.

Later Otis founded his first elevator company in New York, and due to which today has shaped the whole by conquering huge buildings. Otis Elevators is part of United Technologies and has ever since dominated the industry. 

Google Inc: A relatively new company compare to the rest, transformed the way people used the internet and the reasons to use the internet. They brought a quick, safe and reliable mode of searching for information that allows people to tap into any data they want at any given, from any given place that has internet connection.

This is a company that has made information easy to access, a factory of innovation from self driving cars, wearable gadgets and technologies to expand human lifespan. They have ventured into areas that was never thought of taking streets of places all around the globe so navigation is made better, created pocket size computers and  gave the world a more organized and tamed web. It still continues to shape and change the lives of people and the society.

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