25 Companies and Their Inception

18. Vodafone

To reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones the company was named as Vodafone, which was initial for Voice, Data, Telefone. On 1, Januarey 1985 Vodafone made the UK’s first mobile call few minutes prior to midnight. Measured by 2011 revenues it is the world’s second largest mobile telecommunications company.

19. Wal-Mart

In June 3, 1940 a businessman from Arkansas, Sam Walton began his retail career. On July 2, 1962, he opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City store and on October 31, 1969 it was incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores. Today Wal-Mart is the world’s third largest public corporation and the biggest private employer in the world. The name of the company is taken from the founder of the company Sam Walton.

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20. ESPN

ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen was fired from his job as communications manager at Hartford Whalers in 1978 as he had a craze for sports for much of his life. Later Bill decided to start his carrier in Television and in summer of 1978, Bill Rasmussen and his son, with Eagan and his associate Bob Beyus started a sports channel which they had named as Entertainment and Sports Programming Network now popular as ESPN.

21. Nissan Motors

Initially named as The Kwaishinsha Motor Car Works in 1911 the company was founded by Masujiro Hashimoto. Nissan is a Japanese multinational automaker company that is headquartered in Japan. Earlier the name of the company was Nippon Sangyo which meant Japan Industries or Nippon Industries. It is a member company of the Nissan Group.

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