10 Most Popular American Companies by Non-Americans

3. Goldman Sachs
Immigrant Founder: Marcus Goldman
Country of Origin: Germany

Marcus Goldman made it to the U.S. in 1848 from Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In the U.S., Goldman started working as a peddler and later, he became a shopkeeper. Over the years, he transformed himself into one of the greatest investment bankers of the world with his banking firm, ‘Goldman Sachs’.

Goldman founded ‘Goldman Sachs in New York in the year 1869. Since its foundation, it has been known as one of the most popular investment banking firms in the U.S. and its influence started spreading across the globe. Goldman is still considered as one of the legends in establishing initial public offering (IPO).

4. eBay
Founder: Pierre Omidyar
Country Of Origin: France

Pierre Omidyar was only six years old, when his entire family migrated from Paris, France to the U.S. After getting into the U.S. soil, the Omidyar family got settled in Washington. Pierre completed his schooling in Washington and joined the Tufts University and became a Computer Science graduate. Since his schooldays, he was interested in computers.

It was in 1995; Pierre created a webpage called as ‘Auction Web’. The webpage was to encourage the auctioning of used items over the internet. This webpage became very popular and started attracting people to a greater extent. Later, this website became the largest online-auctioning site, ‘eBay’.

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