10 Successful Online

Businesses
by Cristian Pena
Block 4 Mr. Mentze

Facebook
Facebook is an online social networking service
headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its website
was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark
Zuckerburg with his Harvard College roommates
and fellow students.

Apple Inc.
Apple inc. is an American multinational technology company
headquartered in Cupertino, California. It designs, develops,
and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online
services. Apple was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak,
and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, to develop and sell
personal computers.

Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean multinational
conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung
Town, Seoul. Samsung was founded by Lee Byungchul in 1938 as a trading company.

Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables
users to send and read short 140-character messages called
tweets. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey,
Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass and launched by July
2006.

Microsoft
Microsoft is an American multinational technology company
headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops,
manufactures , licenses, supports and sells computer software,
consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Microsoft
was founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates on April 4, 1975, to develop
and sell BASIC interpreters for Altair 8800.

Beats Electronics
Beats electronics is a division of Apple that produces audio products.
Headquartered in Culver City, California. The company was founded
by music producer and rapper Dr. Dre. The subsidiarys product line is
primarily focused on headphones and speakers.
Founded - 2008 (Circa)
Revenue - US $1.5 billion

Bose Corporation
Bose corporation is an American privately held corporation, based in
Framingham, Massachusetts, that specializes in audio equipment.
Founded in 1964 by Dr. Amar G. Bose, the company sells its products
throughout the world. Bose is known for its home audio systems and
speakers, noise canceling headphones, professional audio systems
and automobile sound systems.

Weebly
The founders of Weebly are Chris Fanini, David Rusenko,
and Dan Veltri. Weebly is a web-hosting service featuring
a drag-and-drop website builder. It's worth $455 million.
It makes its money by users upgrading their accounts
and the advertisements on the website.

Target
Founder of Target is George Dayton. Target
corporation is an American retailer that operates
large retail stores primarily across North America
that offer a multitude of goods. It's worth $53.5
million. Makes its money by selling its products by
store or online.

Verizon
Founded by the merging of two companies, Bell Atlantic and GTE, in
2000. Verizon is an American broadband and telecommunications
company, the largest U.S. wireless communications service provider.
It is worth $202.5 billion. Makes its money by selling its services and
phones.

Links to Websites
1. https://www.facebook.com
2. http://www.apple.com
3. http://www.samsung.com/us
4. https://twitter.com
5. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us
6. http://www.beatsbydre.com
7. https://www.bose.com
8. http://www.weebly.com