Motorola
Best known for its tech products, Motorola started in Schaumburg, Illinois a long time before we were even introduced to the concept of mobile phones. After it was launched in 1928, it saw steady growth until it reached the peak of its success with flip phones and the like. Google eventually bought it, only to sell it to a Chinese company called Lenovo in 2014. This did not prove to be a profitable move for Google since it bought the company for $12.billion two years before it sold it for $2.9 billion. Even today, people are still puzzled why Google seemed to be comfortable losing $10 billion with this deal.
Motorola
Burger King
A lot of people think of the United States when they think of fast food. There are a lot of homegrown chains out there, and Burger King is one of them. David Egerton and James McLamore opened the first store under the name “Insta Burger King” in Miami in 1954. They had no idea that it was going to turn into an international brand. They sold the company for the first time a decade after that. It has since gone through a number of different owners. At the moment, it is owned by a Canadian company called Restaurant Brands International. BK still gets financial backing from 3G Capital from New York City.
Burger King
