With that in mind, let’s take a look at each of The Big 6, who control them, and what they own. Unless you’re directly involved in business and / or entertainment, you’ve probably never heard of National Amusements before. The company owns movie theaters throughout the world — about 950 total — but it owns much more than just movie theaters.

July 12, 2024 - So we have 12 different companies to choose from? Thats great and I mean it. As somebody who experienced the era of communism where everything was state owned and so everything was basically one company, I can tell you, this is a level of diversity that many people in the world can only dream of.

In this piece, we take a look at nine well-known mega-corporations, each of which has a significant presence in their respective industries. They are often referred to as companies that own the world, given their wide reach.

February 11, 2014 - 5.) News Corporation, $34 billion revenue, $1.1 billion profit Owns: Fox Wall Street Journal Times of London Barron’s Harper Collins · Food and Beverage Companies 1.) PepsiCo Inc Makes: Gatorade Propel Pepsi Aquafina Sobe Mountain Dew Sierra Mist Cheetos Doritos Frito Lay Funyun’s Lay’s Ruffles Tostitos Quaker Amp Energy Lipton Rockstar Energy Seattle’s Best Coffee Starbucks: Doubleshot, Frappucino, Iced Coffee · 2.) Tyson Foods Inc–World’s largest Chicken Processor Supplies: KFC Taco Bell McDonalds Burger King Wendy’s Wal-Mart Kroger IGA Beef O’Grady’s

February 3, 2025 - Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company that owns companies from various sectors. They include cable television, film production, broadband internet, and a lot more. They are currently based in Pennsylvania. Moreover, Comcast has established itself as one of the largest media conglomerates in the world.

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April 12, 2022 - The telecoms giant is currently winding down its holdings in the media sector, however still boasts an enormous roster of companies. ... The Japanese technology giant has an extremely impressive media wing, with Sony Music being one of the biggest players in the music industry, one mustn’t forget that Sony hold ownership of some of the most successful film brands ever, such as: Spider-Man, Men in Black & Ghostbusters.

November 8, 2016 - 5.) News Corporation, $34 billion revenue, $1.1 billion profit Owns: Fox Wall Street Journal Times of London Barron’s Harper Collins · Food and Beverage Companies 1.) PepsiCo Inc Makes: Gatorade Propel Pepsi Aquafina Sobe Mountain Dew Sierra Mist Cheetos Doritos Frito Lay Funyun’s Lay’s Ruffles Tostitos Quaker Amp Energy Lipton Rockstar Energy Seattle’s Best Coffee Starbucks: Doubleshot, Frappucino, Iced Coffee · 2.) Tyson Foods Inc–World’s largest Chicken Processor Supplies: KFC Taco Bell McDonalds Burger King Wendy’s Wal-Mart Kroger IGA Beef O’Grady’s

1 week ago - This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the annually ranked Fortune Global 500 published by Fortune magazine, as well as other sources. Out of 51 largest companies 23 are American, 17 Asian and 11 European. This is limited to the largest 50 companies, ...

December 12, 2024 - It is an entire institution that is even credited for cannonizing the modern-day archetype of Santa Claus. Cola-Cola is the world’s largest beverage manufacturer and distributor with over 500 brands sold in over 200 countries. Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, vitaminwater, Dasani and smartwater represent only a small sip of what the company owns.

June 1, 2025 - I’ve been intrigued by how these entities shape markets, influence consumer choice, and wield economic power, sometimes creating the illusion of variety where consolidation reigns. To address what companies own everything, I’ll focus on five key categories of companies—conglomerates, asset managers, consumer goods firms, media giants, and tech titans—that dominate multiple sectors, based on my research into ownership structures and market influence as of May 2025.

1 month ago - It owns RTL Group, which is one of the two major private TV companies in both Germany and the Netherlands and also owning assets in Belgium, France, UK, Spain, Czech and Hungary. Bertelsmann also owns Gruner + Jahr, Germany's biggest popular magazine publisher, including popular news magazine Stern and a 26% share in investigative news magazine Der Spiegel. Bertelsmann also owns Random House, a book publisher, ranked first in the English-speaking world and second in Germany.

Such versatility exemplifies why it’s considered a cornerstone among companies that own brands in the food sector. ... Nestlé is often described as the world’s largest food and beverage company, illustrating the scale companies that own everything can achieve.

September 9, 2025 - Over the years, it lost the title of the world’s largest many times—to its nemesis Microsoft, but also Amazon, Google, and even to Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco. Market capitalization can change quickly, and Nvidia’s recent breakthrough proves it more than ever. How these companies get to the top, and how they get to stay there, has changed too. That of Apple and Microsoft is a textbook example.

August 23, 2025 - Most media you consume -- everything from news to internet to TV -- is owned by these six companies: Time Warner, Disney, News Corporation, Comcast, Viacom and Sony.

March 28, 2024 - Here are the funds (ETFs, mutual funds, etc.) that Blackrock owns that you might recognize. ... Danone S.A. is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. ... Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. ... R.C. Willey Home Furnishings ... With hundreds of sub-brands and hundreds of billions in combined market value, these six media companies provide much of what we consume for content.

February 7, 2023 - Additionally, Microsoft purchased Skype, MSN, Bling and LinkedIn. As at the month of December 2017, Apple purchased Shazam for a sum of $400 million. When you consider all these, you begin to understand that the world of business is not too large, so leading companies are somewhat always linked.

In less than 30 years, this American financial firm has grown from nothing to becoming the world’s largest and most trusted manager of other people’s money. The assets left in their care are worth a staggering 6.3 trillion US dollars – a figure with 12 zeroes.

June 12, 2025 - For the 23rd year, Forbes’ Global 2000 ranks the largest public companies in the world using four metrics—sales, profits, assets and market value—and despite the geopolitical uncertainty and combativeness resulting from Donald Trump’s tariffs, all four reached records this year.