I. FOUNDED 1960-1975 (by year)
1960
- Domino’s Pizza
- Duane Reade
- Eastpak
- Electroglas
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- Golden West Books
- IBP, Inc
- Interpublic Group of Companies
- Jackson Hewitt
- Medtronic
- NationsBank
- Playboy Club
- Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
- Scan Furniture
- Sea-Land Service
- Sealed Air Corporation
- SGS-Fairchild
- Teradyne
- Tower Records
- Tyco International
1961
- Amelco Semiconductor (by Fairchild; Teradyne acquired)
- Argan Corporation (engineering)
- Balani Custom Clothiers
- Blue Ribbon Sports (“BRS”to Nike ’78)
- Burgerville
- Cabela’s
- Claire’s
- Frito-Lay
- Haagen-Dazs
- Humana
- J.B. Hunt
- Memorex
- Mesabi Trust
- Mylan
- Scientific Data Systems
- Signetics Corporation
- Six Flags
1962
- ABC Bank (Wolfforth State Bank)
- AquaTec Corp (WaterPik)
- Cathay General Bancorp
- CB Richard Ellis
- Cox Communications
- Crate & Barrel
- DressBarn
- Education Management Corp
- Electronic Data Systems
- Federal Realty (REIT)
- K-tel International
- Kohl’s
- Medina Agricultural Products
- Molectro
- Motel 6
- Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co (Pioneer Nat. Resources)
- Pay ‘n Pak
- Piedmont Airlines
- Pier 1 Imports
- Raymond James
- Red Barn (restaurant)
- Rodeway Inn
- Service Corporation International
- Taco Bell
- Target
- Turbonique
- Unimation
- Wal-Mart Stores
- Wet Seal Corp.
1963
- Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (The)
- Comcast
- Computer Associates
- Cook Group
- CVS/pharmacy
- Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor
- GE Aviation Systems
- General Microelectronics
- Hudson Valley Financial
- Land’s End
- Limited Brands
- Limited (The)
- Los Alamos National Bank
- Mary Kay Cosmetics
- MCI (Microwave Communications Inc)
- Montecito Natural Health
- Pennzoil
- Rent-a-Center
1964
- Arby’s
- Blimpie
- Bose Corporation
- Foremost Group (shipping)
- Guitar Center
- Intelsat Corporation
- King World Productions
- Merv Griffin Enterprises
- MESA Petroleum
- Midstate Airlines
- Murphy Oil
- Oceaneering International
- Parker Hannifin
- Pierre Lafond [Montecito, CA]
- Ronco
- Sabre Corporation
- Syncrude
- Tesoro Petroleum
- Tim Hortons
- Triarc (Arby’s)
- Wawa (convenience store)
1965
- Air California
- Air Midwest
- Air Wisconsin
- Analog Devices
- Audiovox
- Cavenders
- Dolby Laboratories
- Gensler
- Gold’s Gym
- Haskell Company (The)
- Northwestern Air
- Petco
- RLI (insurance, nee Replacement Lens, Inc)
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House
- Subway (restaurant)
- T.G.I. Friday’s
1966
- American Memory Systems
- Best Buy (est. as Sound of Music)
- Bowers & Wilkins (B&W)
- Brita
- Camping World
- Chyron Corporation
- Dollar Rent-a-Car
- Jabil Circuit
- K-Swiss
- MasterCard (Master Charge)
- Northeast Utilities
- North Face
- Peet’s Coffee
- Pentair
- Princess Cruises
- Quince Tree Press (The)
- Randall’s Food Markets
- Republic Parking System
- Robert Mondavi
- Steak and Ale
- Swift Transportation (trucking)
- World Class Champ. Wrestling
1967
- Applied Materials
- Ashgate Publishing
- Big Lots
- Chick-fil-A (est. as the Dwarf Grill)
- Corp. for Public Broadcasting
- Ford of Europe
- Hovnanian Enterprises
- IMAX Corporation
- Intersil
- Kimley-Horn (engineering)
- Lowepro
- McDonald’s Canada
- McDonnell Douglas
- McMoran Oil & Gas
- New Line Cinema
- Pizza Pizza
- Quest Diagnostics
- Ralph Lauren Corporation
- Ryland Group
- The Salt Lick (TX)
- Southwest Airlines
- The Pantry
- Toll Brothers
- Trader Joe’s (started as nautical-themed market, South Pasadena)
1968
- Air West
- Advanced Memory Systems
- Apple Records
- Brown’s Gun Shop (becomes Ed Brown Products)
- Calvin Klein
- Cincinnati Financial
- Cogar Corporation
- Data General
- Fastenal
- Freymiller Trucking
- Hospital Corporation of America
- Hyatt International (Hyatt Corp. 1957)
- Intel
- Landstar System
- Lorimar Productions
- MasterCraft Boat Company
- Monolithic Memories
- Nabors Industries
- North American Systems (Mr. Coffee, 1970)
- Nutting Associates (video games)
- PGA Tour
- Qualcomm
- Precision Monolithics
- Red Lobster
- Riverton Piano Company (Arizona)
- Roy Rogers
- Sir Speedy
- South Central Bell
- Tele-Communications, Inc.
1969
- Advanced Micro Devices
- AlphaGraphics
- Arch Coal
- Capricorn Records
- Chicago Pacific Corporation
- Children’s Place (The)
- Coleman Carpet Cleaners (California)
- CompuServe
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- Danaher
- DHL Express
- Dingo (boots)
- Doubletree
- Dycom Industries (specialty engineering)
- Econo Lodge
- ENSCO, Inc.
- Equity Residential
- Fortune Brands
- Four Phase Systems
- Gap Stores
- Jordache
- KinderCare Learning Centers
- Kmart Australia
- Korn/Ferry
- Long John Silver’s
- Mercury Asset Management
- MOS Technology
- Mostek
- Old Spaghetti Factory
- Outdoor Adventure River Specialists (O.A.R.S.)
- Penske Corporation
- Precision Drilling
- Primark
- Quiksilver
- Realty Income
- Royal Caribbean
- SAIC (Science Applications International Corp)(now LEIDOS/LMT)
- Sturm Ruger
- SYSCO
- Tenet Healthcare
- Vishay Intertechnology
- Wendy’s
1970
- AmSouth Bancorporation
- Boston Properties
- Colonial Properities
- Days Inn
- Diamond Naturals
- Jones Apparel Group
- Kinkos
- Seattle’s Best (Whidbey Island)
- Sun Hydraulics Corporation (d.b.a. Helios Technologies)
- Tom’s of Maine
- Turner Broadcasting System
- Western Digital
- Wilson Greatbatch, Ltd.
- Yankee Group (The)
1971
- Ambac Financial
- Barnes & Noble
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Borders Group
- Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc (Guidant)
- Cardinal Health
- Century 21 Real Estate
- Charles Schwab & Co.
- Coherent Corporation
- Cray Research
- Crazy Eddies
- Cuisinart
- dbx, Inc
- Devon Energy Corporation
- DirectBuy
- Essex Property Trust
- Eveready Inc.
- Exar Corporation
- Federal Express
- GSD&M Idea City
- Hub Group (transportation management)
- Hungry Jack’s
- NASDAQ
- Paychex
- Payless Car Rental
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- Powell’s Books
- Regions Financial
- Rockport Corporation
- Schering-Plough
- Schlotsky’s
- Starbuck’s
- Waste Management
- Wire & Plastic Products [UK] (now WPP)
1972
- Air Florida
- Atari Corporation
- Bass Pro Shops
- Carnival Corporation
- Chicago Northwestern Trans Corp.
- Clear Channel Corporation
- ECCO (safety products design; engineering)
- EMI Records
- GT Distributors
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- Half Price Books
- Hobby Lobby
- Interdesign
- International Microcircuits
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- Patagonia
- Phase Linear
- PolyGram
- Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits (opened as “Chicken on the Run”)
- Royal Viking Line
- Ruby Tuesday
- Spaghetti Warehouse
- Super 8 Motels
- Superior Industries
- Weatherford International
1973
- Apollo Group
- Bain & Company
- Billabong (clothing)
- Cablevision
- Compuware
- Chessie System
- Dallas Avionics
- Godfather’s Pizza
- Golden Corral
- Good Guys (The)
- Men’s Wearhouse
- Michael’s Stores
- RE/MAX
- River Street Sweets (Greensboro, SC)
- Smoothie King
- Solaray (nutritional supplements)
- Steve’s Ice Cream
- Streamlight
- Telenet, Inc.
- Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc) [game publishing company]
- Vicarm, Inc.
1974
- Arbor Drugs (acquired by CVS)
- Arista Records
- Dynetics
- Foot Locker
- Greenbrier Co (railroad equipment)
- Knights Inn
- Tandem Computers
- Tech Data
- WMS Industries
- Zilog, Inc.
1975
- Billiard Factory
- Bridgewater Associates (Ray Dalio, founder)
- Brinker International
- Cal Labs, Inc (Calibration Solutions for the Aviation Industry)
- Chi-Chi’s
- Chili’s
- DeLorean Motor Company
- FJ Tieman (Optelec)
- Golden Eagle (bullion)
- International Game Technology
- KLA Instruments (now KLAC after merger with Tencor)
- Linens ‘n Things
- Microsoft Corp.
- Mill Creek Botanicals
- Sabre Home Defense
- Sigma-Aldrich
- Supercuts
- Tellabs
- ThunderCloudSubs (Texas)
- Unversity Press of America
- Vanguard Group (The)
II. Going Public 1960-1975 (alphabetically)
- AIG 1969
- Alberto-Culver 1961
- AMD 1972
- Analog Devices 1968
- Apache 1969
- Applied Materials 1972
- ARAMARK 1960
- Automatic Data Processing 1961
- Ball Corporation 1973
- Bard 1963
- Becton Dickinson 1962
- Bemis Company 1966
- CB Richard Ellis 1968
- Champion Enterprises 1962
- Computer Applications, Inc. 1970
- Deluxe 1965
- Denny’s 1966
- Diebold 1964
- Dillard’s 1969
- Dollar General 1967
- EDS 1968
- Family Dollar 1970
- First American 1964
- Fisher Scientific 1965
- Flowers Industries 1968
- Franklin Resources 1964
- Gap Stores 1975
- Golden West Financial 1968
- H & R Block 1962
- Harley Davidson 1965
- Hasbro 1968
- Herman Miller 1970
- Hillenbrand 1971
- Humana 1968
- Hyatt Corporation 1962
- Intel 1971
- International Flavors & Fragrances 1964
- Interpublic 1971
- Jacobs Engineering 1970
- Jo-Ann Stores 1969
- KB Homes 1961
- Kelly Services 1962
- Laidlaw International
- Leggett & Platt 1967
- Lennar 1971
- Levi Strauss 1971
- Levitt & Sons 1960
- Long’s Drugs 1961
- Lowe’s 1961
- Lubrizol 1960
- Marsh & McLennan 1962
- Mattel 1960
- McDonald’s 1965
- MCI 1972
- Merrill Lynch 1971
- MESA Petroleum 1967
- Molson Coors 1975
- Mylan 1973
- New York Times 1967
- Newell Corporation 1972
- Noble Energy 1972
- Nordstrom 1971
- Owens & Minor 1971
- Payless Shoes 1962
- Pier 1 Imports 1969
- Pizza Hut 1972
- Precision Cast Parts 1968
- Progressive Corporation 1971
- Pulte Homes 1969
- Rite Aid 1968
- Rowan Companies 1964
- RPM 1963
- Russell Corporation 1963
- Ryland Group 1967
- Safeguard Scientific 1967
- Schlumberger 1964
- Scholastic Corporation 1969
- Scripps Holdings 1963
- Sealed Air 1960
- Service Corporation of America 1969
- Servicemaster 1962
- SYSCO 1970
- Taco Bell 1965
- Tandy Corporation 1960
- Target 1966
- Tenet Healthcare 1969
- The Limited 1969
- Transocean 1967
- Tyson Foods 1963
- Vishay Intertechnology 1974
- Volt Information 1962
- W.W. Grainger 1967
- Wal-Mart Stores 1970
- Washington Post 1971
- Waste Management 1970
- Weyerhauser 1963
- Worthington Industries 1968
- Xerox Corporation, 1961
- Zion’s Bancorporation 1966
NON-AMERICAN COMPANIES FOUNDED 1960-1975
Auchan, S.A. (France), 1961, general, food retail
Valori & Cambi (Switzerland), 1961, precious metals refiner/mint
Saras S.p.A. (Italy), 1962, energy
ECCO (Netherlands), 1963, footwear
Seatrium Limited [nee Jurong Shipyard](Singapore), 1963, offshore, marine & energy
NN Group (Netherlands), 1963, insurance, banking, asset management
Tokyo Electron (Japan), 1963, semiconductors
Unipol Assicurazioni S.p.A. (Italy), financial services
MetroAG (Germany), 1964, wholesaling, cash-and-carry stores
PSA
Berghaus Limited (England), 1966, camping & mountaineering eq.
Baird & Co. (England), 1967, bullion dealer, refiner, and manufacturer
Sabanci Holding A.S. (Turkey), 1967, industrial and financial conglomerate
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (Singapore), 1967, transportation technology
ASM (Netherlands), 1968, semiconductors
The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd (Singapore), 1968, financial services
Pohang Iron and Steel Company (Korea), 1968, metals manufacturing
Flextronics International Ltd (Singapore), 1969, electronics manufacturing services
Baylis & Harding (England), 1970, body/bath/ cosmetics
Airbus (European consortium), 1970, aerospace
First International Bank of Israel (Israel), 1970, banking
A & P Group (England), 1971, shipping, marine engineering
Australian Bullion Company (“ABC”), 1972, precious metals refiner/mint
SAP (Germany), 1972, software
Foxconn (Taiwan), 1973, electronics, instruments assembly
Sanofi S.A. (France), 1973, pharmaceuticals, healthcare
ALFA (Mexico), 1974, consumer staples, packaged foods & meats
Fomento Economico Mexicano (FEMSA) (Mexico), 1974, beverages/retail
Glencore, plc (Anglo-Swiss), 1974, non-precious metals mining
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co [Foxconn] (Taiwan), 1974, multinational electronics contract manufacturing
Investec (South Africa), 1974, financial services
Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings Ltd (Israel), 1974, insurance holding company
AmBank (Malaysia), 1975, retail banking/insurance
Aselsan (Turkey), 1975, defense electronics/air traffic control
Coal India (India), 1975, mining, refining
National Thermal Power Company Limited (India), 1975, electricity utility
Hexagon AB (Sweden), 1975, software, electronic, GIS systems
MORE COMING SOON
ORGANIZATIONS
Young Americans for Freedom, 1960
Up with People, 1968