Who we are all indebted to

 

The pyramid of capitalism

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Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (founded in 1472)

Cambridge University Press (founded in 1534)

Beretta (founded in 1526)

Barclays (founded in 1690)

The Royal Mint (founded in 886)

The Hudson's Bay Company (founded in 1670)

Sotheby's (founded in 1744)

Lloyd's of London (founded in 1686)

C. Hoare & Co (founded in 1672)

The Leipzig Trade Fair (dates back to the Middle Ages)

La Casa de Moneda de México (founded in 1534)

Stora Enso (originating in 1288)

The Shore Porters Society (founded in 1498)

The King’s School, Canterbury (founded in 597)

Grolsch Brewery (founded in 1615)

Fonderia Pontificia Marinelli (founded in 1000)

Zildjian (founded in 1623)

The University of Oxford (teaching since c. 1096)

The University of Salamanca (founded in 1134)

The University of Paris (founded around 1150)

The University of Bologna (founded in 1088)

The University of Padua (founded in 1222)

Spaten Brewery (founded in 1397)

R. Durtnell and Sons (founded in 1591)

The Seppeltsfield Winery (founded in 1851)

The Royal Delft (founded in 1653)

Twinings (founded in 1706)

Fortnum & Mason (founded in 1707)

Whitechapel Bell Foundry (founded in 1570, closed in 2017 but plans to reopen)

The Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh (founded in 1735)