List of companies named after people

This is a list of companies named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies.

• adidas – Adi Dassler
• Aston Martin – Lionel Martin
• Avery Dennison – R. Stanton Avery
• Bell Labs – Alexander Graham Bell
  • Also: BellSouth
• Cadbury – John Cadbury opened his shop in 1824
• Casio – Tadao Kashio
• Cray Research – Seymour Cray
• DaimlerChrysler – Gottlieb Daimler and Walter Chrysler
• De Lorean – John De Lorean
• The Dow Chemical Company – Herbert Dow
• Dow Jones & Company – Charles Dow and Edward Jones
• DuPont – Eleuthère Irénée du Pont
• Ford Motor Company – Henry Ford
• Gartner – Gideon Gartner
• Ghirardelli Chocolate Company -- Domingo Ghirardelli
• Glock – Gaston Glock
• Harley-Davidson – William Harley and Arthur Davidson
• Harvey Norman – Gerald Harvey and Ian Norman
• Hewlett-Packard – William Hewlett and David Packard
• Honda – Soichiro Honda
• Honeywell – Mark Honeywell
• Horlicks – James Horlick and William Horlick who founded the company in Chicago in 1873
• JCPenney – J.C. Penney
• Kawasaki Heavy Industries – Shozo Kawasaki
• Levi Strauss & Co -- Levi Strauss
• Mazda – Ahura Mazda, god of the Zoroastrians. It also closely resembles company founder's name Jujiro Matsuda
• McDonald's Corporation – Dick McDonald and Mac McDonald
• Nestlé – Henri Nestlé who created the milk-based food in 1867
• Porsche – Ferry Porsche
• Procter & Gamble – William Procter and James Gamble
• Sears – Richard Sears
  • Formerly Sears, Roebuck – Sears and Alvah Roebuck
• Siemens AG – Werner von Siemens
• Suzuki – Michio Suzuki
• Tata – J. R. D. Tata
• Toyota – Sakichi Toyoda
• The Walt Disney Company – Walt Disney
• Wal-Mart – Sam Walton

Also see

• List of companies
• List of company name etymologies