Companies and their Headquarter

Companies

Headquarter

PepsiCo
Nestle
Home Depot
Berkshire Hathaway
BP
Total S.A.
UPS
ConocoPhillips
Fiat
Toshiba
Kroger
Apple
Costco
Unilever
Honda
Volvo
Target
BMW
Sears Holding
Boeing
DaimlerChrysler
Fedex
Vodafone
AXA
Motorola
Petronas
Toyota
Procter & Gamble
Pfizer
Ford
Lockheed Martin
Fortis
Halliburton
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
BASF
Sony
Siemens
Northrop Grumman
Microsoft
Citigroup
Volkswagen
Pemex
Nokia
Reliance Industries
ING Group
Morgan Stanley
Coca-Cola
General Motors
Hyundai
Staples
Walmart
Dell

Purchase, New York, USA

Vevey, Switzerland
Vinings, Georgia, USA
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
London, United Kingdom
La Defense, Paris, France
Sandy Springs, Georgia, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Turin, Italy
Tokyo, Japan
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Cupertino, California, USA
Issaquah, Washington
London, UK and Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tokyo, Japan
Gothenburg, Sweden
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Munich, Germany
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Stuttgart, Germany and Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Newbury, England, UK
Paris, France
Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Toyota, Japan
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
New York, USA
Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Brussels, Belgium and Utrecht, The Netherlands
Houston, Texas, USA
New York City, USA
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Munich, Germany
Los Angeles, California, USA
Redmond, Washington, USA
New York City, USA
Wolfsburg, Germany
Mexico City, Mexico
Espoo, Finland
Mumbai, India
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
New York, USA
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Seoul, South Korea
Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Round Rock, Texas, USA

IBM
HBOS
Nike
IKEA
Samsung Electronics
McDonalds
Michelin
ExxonMobil
Royal Dutch Shell
Walt Disney
HP
Canon
Verizon
General Electric
Chevron
UBS
Bank of America
Allianz
LG
Sprint Nextel
Deutsche Bank
Intel
Peugeot

Armonk, New York, USA

Edinburgh, Scotland
Beaverton, Oregon, USA
Leiden, The Netherlands
Seoul, South Korea
Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Irving, Texas, USA
The Hague, The Netherlands
Burbank, California, USA
Palo Alto, California, USA
Tokyo, Japan
New York, USA
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
San Ramon, California, USA
Basel & Zurich, Switzerland
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Seoul, South Korea
Overland Park, Kansas, USA.
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Santa Clara, California, USA
Paris, France

Companies and their Punchline

Companies

Punchline

BPL
Aiwa
Philips
Nokia
Blue Star
Xerox
Sybase
IBM
Oracle
Alcatel
Wipro
TCS
Infosys Technologies
NOW
Novell
Acer
Acer
Sify
Cisco
HP
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Polaris Software
Apple
Apple

Believe in the best

Pure passion
Let's make things better
Connecting people
Breathe easy
The document company
Information anywhere
Solutions for a small planet
Software powers the internet
Architect of an internet world
Applying thought
Beyond the obvious
Powered by Intellect, driven by values
Experience convergence
The power to change
We hear you
Empowering people
Making the Internet work for you
Empowering the Internet generation
Invent
We make the Net work
Take it to the nth
Throughout computing
The power of precision
The power to be your best
Think different

Hyundai Sonata
Opel
Baleno Altura
Mercedes Benz
Hyundai Accent
Tata
Fiat
Maruti Esteem
Honda City
Honda City
Mitsubishi Lancer
BMW
Santro
Hero Honda
Maruti Versa
Ford Mondeo
Fiat Palio
Opel Astra
Fiat Siena
Wagon R
Mahindra Scorpio
TVS Victor
Accent Viva
Honda Accord
Bajaj pulsar
Tata Safari
Tata Indigo
Sansui
Epson
General Electric
Voltas
Videocon
Crompton Greaves
Panasonic
LG
LG
Electrolux
Mitsubishi Electric
MTNL
Canon
Onida
Olympus
Daikin
Akai
Microsoft
HP
Sun Microsystems
Polaris
Cisco System
HP
Accenture
IBM

Redisover luxury
The flight of German engineering
Sleek silent spirited
The future of the automobile
Affordable luxury
Improving the quality of life
Driven by passion
Move ahead in luxury
Gem of an engine, Jewel of a car
Makes perfect sense
Own the road
The ultimate driving machine
India's favourite family car
Desh ki dhadkan
Two luxury cars in one
Refined aggression
Technology. To the max
The science of comfort
Get noticed
Feeling at home
Nothing else will do
More smiles per hour
Rev your imagination
End of discussion
Fear the black
Make your own road
Spoil yourself
Born in Japan. Entertaining the world
Exceed your vision
Imagination at work
The global cooling expert
The Indian multinational
Everyday solutions
Ideas for life
Life's good (tag-line)
Inventive thinking
Nourishing lives. Nourishing hopes
Change for the better
Lifeline of Delhi and Mumbai
Delighting you always
Nothing but the truth
Your vision. Our future
Complete silence
Truly Japanese. Truly Advanced
Your potential. Our passion
Invent
We are the dot in the s.com
Power of precision
This is the power of the network. now'
Everything is possible (catchphrase)
High performance. Delivered
On demand business

Acer
AT&T
Dell Computers
Lenovo
Microsoft
IBM
Tata Indicom
Emirates
Austrian Airlines
Cathay Pacific
Lufthansa
Jet Airways
Air Sahara
Thai Airways
Sri Lankan Airlines
Qatar Airlines
Air Mauritius
Malaysia Airlines
China Airlines
Austrian Airlines
Spice jet
BMI BMI
British Airways
Air India
Gulf Air
KLM
Turkish Airlines
Indian Airlines Ltd.
Qantas Airlines
Skoda Octavia
Chevy SRV
Ford Fusion
Honda Unicorn
Bajaj Eliminator
Skoda Auto
Centra
Toyota Innova
Hyundai Accent
Land Cruiser Prado
Mercedes-Benz
Cedia
Sonata Embera
Alto
Maruti 800
Chevrolet
State Bank of India
Punjab National Bank
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
LIC
Royal Sundaram
New India Insurance Company Ltd
Union Bank of India

Empowering people
Your world. Delivered
Consider the possibilities (tag-line)
First you pay for it then it pays you back with interest
Are you people ready?
What makes you special?
Do more. Live more
Keep discovering
The most friendly airlines
The heart of Asia
There is no better way to fly
The joy of flying
Emotionally yours
Smooth as silk
You are our world
Taking you more personally
Non-stop caring
Going beyond expectations
We blossom everyday
Fly with friends
Flying for everyone
Those who know fly
The world is waiting
Fly Well (tag-line)
Colour your sky
The reliable airline
Your magical gateway to the world
New horizons. Enduring values
Spirit of Australia (tag-line)
The most well built luxury car
Be a sport
Anything Karega
Be a wing rider
Designed to lead
Obsessed with quality since 1885
Fill it-once a month
All you desire
Sheer pleasure
Absolute power. Period
Brace Yourself
Totally responsive. Totally alive
Undoubtedly distinguished
Let's go
Change your life
For a special journey called life
With you - All the way
the name you can bank upon
We cover you. At every step of life
We know India better (tag-line)
Beyond expectations
Assurance of the leaders
Good people to bank with

HDFC Standard Life

SBI Life Insurance
HSBC
The Vysya Bank Ltd
Canara Bank
Aviva Life Insurance Co.
Iffco-Tokio General Insurance
SBI
Oriental Bank of Commerce
IL & FS
Ernst & Young
DSP Merrill Lynch
Syndicate Bank
Induslnd Bank
Allahabad Bank
Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance
Bank of Baroda
Vijaya Bank
Franklin Templeton Investments
ICICI Lombard General Insurance
UCO Bank
The Federal Bank Ltd
Dena Bank
Lord Krishna Bank
National Insurance
Tata Mutual Fund
Allianz Bajaj Life Insurance
Corporation Bank
LIC
Kotak Life Insurance
SBI Mutual Fund
IDFC IDFC
BNP Paribas
Tata AIG
Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd
State Bank of India
ICICI Prudential Life

Respect yourself
With us you are sure
The world's local bank
Experience relationship banking
Lifelong Banking
Kal par control
The life you deserve
For your better tomorrow
Where every individual is committed
More than a fund. A friend
Quality in everything we do
Bullish on Life
Reliable Responsive
We care ... Dil Se
A tradition of trust
Haske Jeeyo Yaar (tag-line)
India's International Bank
A friend you can bank upon
Gain from our perspective
We keep you going
Honours your trust
Your perfect banking partner
Trusted family bank
Banking as you like it
Insuring your happiness
With expertise comes trust
The power on your side
One bank, many solutions
Trust-thy name is LIC
Bulls you win. Bear you win
Soch hamari. Fayda aapka
Think infrastructure. Think
The banking for a changing world
A new look at life
The edge is efficiency
Surprisingly (catch-phrase)
We cover you at every step in life

Acquisitions (Target and Acquirer)

Info crossing

Wipro

Yipes Enterprises

Reliance Communications

Zavata

Apollo Health Street

Pegevo Beheer

Punjab Chemicals and Crop Protection

MTV Networks India

The television 18 group

Watsol Organics

Arch Pharma Labs

Biomeda Group

Elder Pharmaceutical

Unza Holdings

Wipro

Biocon's enzyme business

Novozymes

Boston communications Group

Megasoft

Schoeller Litvinov K.S.

Spentex Industries

SLS Power

Bhoruka power

Sara Lee Household and Body care

Godrej Sara Lee

Vector Insurance Services

Mastek

Logistics Solutions

Kaashyap Technologies

Logan - Orviss International

Patni Computer Systems

Innovative Foods

ndian Hotels Co.

Lintas

IPG

Punjab Tractors

M and M

Orion Technology

Rolta India

FCB Ulka

IPG

Talent Fuse

SQL Star

Wipro BioMed

RFCL

DE Ruiter Staalkabel

Usha Martin

ReckonUp

Logix Microsystems

Kausar India

Gati

Anchor Daewoo Industries

Haier Appliances India

Brics Securities

Lehman Brothers

HCCA Business Services

3i Infotech

Novelis

Hindalco

OM&T

Moser Baer India

Corus

Tata Steel

Keane

Caritor, California

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient

Actavis

RSM Advisory Services

PricewaterhouseCoppe

Best Manufacturing Group

GHCL

Hutchison Essar

Vodafone

Global Ventedge

Essar Global

FrameFlow

Sonly Pictures Imageworks

Ad Dynamix

Y Brant Technologies

eSys Technologies

Teledata Informatics

Gem Tours and Travels

Indian Tourism Infrastructure (ITIL)

Algoma Steel

Essar Steel

Sesa Goa

Vedanta Resources

Anchor Electricals

Matsushita Electric Works

Air Sahara

Jet Airways

Syndesis

Subex Azure

RSH

Golden Ace

Hollister

Jubilant Organosys

Godrej Beverages and Foods

Hershey Co

Minnesota Steel

Essar Global

Hotel Campton Place

Indian Hotels Co

Quickmill

Batliboi

Glaceau (Tata Tea's Stake)

Coca - Cola Co

Whyte and Mackay

United Spirits

Internet Europe

Sakthi Auto Component

Simon Golub and Sons

Shrenuj and Company

Defiance Testing and Engineering Services (DTE)

Ashok Leyland

Detroit Engineered Products (US)

Autoline Industries

Argent Independent Steel

JSW Steel

Pylania (Switzerland)

Kamla Dials and Devices (KKDL)

Empire Rubber (Australia)

Motherson Elastomers and Motherson Investment

NetDevices

Alcatel-Lucent

Sarabhai Zydus Animal Health

Cadila Healthcare

IceNet

YOU Telecom

Globeleq America's power assets

D S Constructions and Israel Corpn.

Mars Restaurants and Sky Gourment Catering

India Hospitality Corp.

Malvika Steel

Jaiprakash Group

J L French

Amtek Automobiles

Schooeller Litvinov

Spentex Industries

Quimica e Farmaceutica Nikho

Cadila Healthcare

Grandix Pharmaceuticals

Strides Arcolab

NaanDan Irrigation Systems

Jain Irrigation Systems

Wausaukee Composites

Sintex Industries

Dunn Solutions Group, Tilak Auto Tech

Cranes Software International

Sara Lee Corp (India and Sri Lanka)

Godrej Sara Lee

Origin of the Company Name

Oracle
Raytheon
IKEA
3M
Sanyo
Apple
Samsonite
Accenture
Kia
Canon
Pepsi
Lotus
Novartis
Wachovia
Alta Vista
Akamai

The code name for a CIA project which was designed to use the newly written SQL database
language from IBM.
Literally 'Light of the gods'.
A composite of the first letters in the Swedish founder's name in addition to the first letters of the
names of the property and the village in which he grew up.
From the company's original name, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company.
The Japanese translation is disputed, although the Chinese name is three oceans.
The founder worked at an orchard, and named the company thus to distance itself from the cold,
unapproachable, complicated imagery created by other computer companies at the time.
Named from the Biblical character renowned for his strength.
The name X was proposed by a company employee in Norway as part of an internal name finding
process (BrandStorming). Prior to January 1, 2001 the company was called Andersen Consulting.
The name roughly translates as 'Rising from Asia' in Hanja.
Originally (1933) Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory the new name (1935) derived from the
name of the company's product named after the Japanese name of the Buddhist bodhisattva of
mercy.
Named from the digestive enzyme.
Mitch Kapor named his company after this yogic position or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher
of Transcendental Meditation technique as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
After the Latin expression which means something like 'new skills'.
From the Latin version of the German name given to a region in North Carolina by German settlers
because it reminded them of a river near their home in Germany.
Spanish for 'high view'.
From the Hawaiian word meaning smart or clever; the company defines it as 'intelligent, clever and

Kinko's
7-Eleven
Samsung
Novell
Cadillac
Hyundai
Volvo
Virgin
Starbucks
Reebok
Atari
Hoechst
Nike
Nestle
Audi
Subaru
Chevrolet
Daewoo
Yahoo!
Volkswagen
Adobe
Hitachi

cool'.
From the college nickname of founder, Paul Orfalea. He was called X because he had curly red hair.
Renamed from 'U-Tote'm' in 1946 to reflect their newly extended hours.
Meaning three stars in Korean.
The name was suggested by founder George Canova's wife who mistakenly thought that X meant
new in French.
Named after the 18th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de X, founder of
Detroit, Michigan.
Connotes the sense of 'the present age' or 'modernity' in Korean.
From the Latin word which means 'I roll'.
The founder says in his autobiography that when they were starting a business to sell records by mail
order, 'one of the girls suggested: 'What about X? We're complete x's at business.''
Named after a character in Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick.
Alternate spelling of Pelea capreolus, an African antelope.
Named from the board game Go. It is a Japanese word to describe a position where an opponent's
stones are in danger of being captured.
From the name of a district in Frankfurt.
Named for the Greek goddess of victory.
Named after its founder, Henri X, who was born in Germany under the name that is German (actually,
Swabian diminutive) for 'bird's nest'.
Latin translation of the German name 'Horch'. The founder August Horch left the company after five
years, but still wanted to manufacture cars. Since the original 'Horch' company was still there, he
called his new company thus.
From the Japanese name for the constellation known to Westerners as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters.
X was formed from a merger of seven other companies, and the constellation is featured on the
company's logo.
Named after company co-founder Louis X, a Swiss-born auto racer. The company was merged into
General Motors in 1917 and survives only as a brand name.
Company founder Kim Woo Chong called it X which means 'Great House' or 'Great Universe' in
Korean.
This word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book Gulliver's Travels. It represents a
person who is repulsive in appearance and barely human. The founders liked it.
From the German for 'people's car'.
From the creek that ran behind the house of co-founder John Warnock.
Literally 'sunrise' in Japanese.
Companies and their Founder
Companies

Founder

Godrej Group

Ardeshir Godrej

Canara Bank

Ammebal Subba Rao Pai

Vedanta Resources (India)

Anil Agarwal

HCL Technologies

Arjun Malhotra (Co-founder)

India Today

Arun Puri

The International School Bangalore

K.P. Gopala Krishna

Dainik Bhaskar

Ramesh Agarwal

Nagarjun Group of Companies

K.V.K. Raju

Jamia Milla Islamia

Khwaja Abdul Hamad

K.K. Birla Foundation

Krishna Kumar Birla

Mind Tree Krishna

Kumar Natrajan (Co-founder)

Ahmedabad Spinning & Weaving Mills

Ranchodlal Chotalal

Birla Engineering College Pilani

G.D. Birla

Dabur India Ltd.

S.K. Burman

Kirloskar Group

Laxman Rao Kirloskar

Bombay Dry Dock Lovji

Nusserwanji Wadia

Hotmail

Sabeer Bhatia (Co-founder)

Ranbaxy

Bhai Mohan Singh

Sahara Group

Subroto Roy

Signet Press (Calcutta)

D.K. Gupta

Mind Tree

Subroto Bagchi (Co-founder)

Jet Airways

Naresh Goyal

Globals Inc

Suhas Gopinath

Cirrus Logic

Suhas Patil

Bharti Group

Sunil Bharti Mittal

Akbarallys

Fakhrudin T. Khorakiwala

TVS Motors T.V.

Sundaram Iyengar

G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College

G.Pulla Reddy

Godrej Group

Projshah Godrej (Co-founder)

Reliance Group

DhiruBhai Ambani

Tata Group

Jamshetji Tata

Dr. Reddy's group of companies

Dr. K. Anji Reddy

Cyber Media

Unni Warrier

Nirma Indsutries

Karsan Bhai Patel

Biocon

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Infosys Technologies

Narayana Murthy

Apollo Hospitals

Dr. Pratal Reddy

Satyam Computers and Services

Ramalinga Raju

Raunaq Group (Apollo tyres)

Raunaq Singh

Oberoi Group of Hotels

M.S. Oberoi.

Zee TV

Subhash Chandra

Infosys Technologies

Nandan Nilekani (Co-founder)

United Breweries

Vittal Mallya

Punjab National Bank

Lala Lajpat Rai

Mahindra & Mahindra

Keshub Mahindra

Hindustan Motors

B.M. Birla

Larsen & Toubro

Henny Hokk Larsen, Soren Kristian

Toubro

Arvind Mills

Kastur Bhai, Narottam Bhai,

Chimanbhai

MRF

K.M. Memman Mappillar

Quasar X

K.M. Memman Mappillar

Aditi Technologies

Pradeep Singh

KRG Rainwater Harvesting Foundaiton

K.R. Gopinath

SKS Finance (P) Ltd.

Vikram Akula

IIPM Dr.

M.K. Chaudhari

Bixel (Indian Job Portal)

Ruban Phukan (Co-founder)

Cancer Patients Aid Association

Y.K. Sapru

Thapar Group of Industries

Karam Chand Thapar

Jain Irrigation Systems

Bhavar Lal Jain

Financial Technologies

Jignesh Shah

Shri Gajanan Mills Dada

Sahab Velankar

Greynium Information Technologies

B.G. Mahesh

Hero Group

Brij Mohan Lal Munjal

Hind Samachar Group

Jagat Narain

Cipla

Khwaja Abdul Hamied