Purina
Ralston Purina was originally founded in St. Louis, Missouri by William H. Danforth, George Robinson, and William Andrews in 1902, who had no idea just how successful their company would become. In 2001, Swiss company Nestle bought Ralston Purina for $103. billion, and it was renamed to Nestle Purina Petcare
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Firestone
Firestone tire company was given the chance to merge with Italian company Pirelli in 1988, but that didn’t come to fruition. Later, Firestone was sold to Bridgestone Corp., which is a Tokyo based company, for $2.6 million. In a statement in the Los Angeles Times, Firestone shared: “The Bridgestone offer achieves our objective of enhancing shareholder values and will add materially to the employment security and career opportunities available to the men and women employed by Firestone’s existing businesses.”
Firestone
