Cobwebs is an archive of some of my favorite Spinnerettes that I have collected over a span of ten years. But more importantly, it has given me a peek into the world that drives our everyday lives. I have enjoyed researching and learning about our financial industry and I continue to be inspired and awestruck by all “the Movers and the Shakers” that hold the most power and influence over our Economy as well as our Global Footprint. WallStreetSpiders.net is a new view into this powerful world with a tongue and cheek flair. Moreover, I look forward to your input and your own discoveries.
IBM + KEY = MY BIKE
IBM - International Business Machines known as Big Blue is a Multinational technology corporation and is in 177 countries. The corporation specializes in computer hardware, middleware and software. It was founded in 1911 in Endicott, NY as a (CTR) Computing, Tabulating and Recording Company. Later renamed (IBM) International Business Machines in 1924. The Founders were Herman Hollerith, Charles Ranlett Flint and Thomas J. Watson Sr.
KEY - KeyCorp (traded as KeyBank) is a Banking, Investment and Financial service headquartered in Cleveland, OH formed in 1994 when it merged with Society Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio which was Cleveland’s Society for Savings founded in 1849 and KeyCorp of Albany, NY which was the Commercial Bank of Albany, NY founded in 1825.
BGNE + LOW = BEN GLOW / NEW BLOG / LONG WEB
BGNE - Bei Gene is a Bio Tech Chinese company specializing in oncology founded on 10/28/2010. CEO is John Oyler. Note: Amgen Inc owns 20.5%.
LOW - Lowe’s is a home improvement company. Its roots began in 1921 by the Lowe Family in NC. In 1946 Carl Buchan/Jim Lowe started the Lowe’s Companies Inc. The company began public trading in 1961.
NET + ES + IP + RS + D = PRESIDENTS / TEN SPIDERS / SPIDERS.NET
NET - CloudFlare, Inc. is one of the world’s largest networks. It is an American company headquartered in San Francisco, CA. CloudFlare provides content delivery network services, cloud Cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation and ICANN - accredited domain registration services. In 2015 CloudFlare was named a Google Cloud Platform Technology Partner
ES - Eversource Energy is a Fortune 500 energy company headquartered in Hartford, CT and Boston, MA founded in 1966.
IP - International Paper Co is an American company of pulp and paper and last year (2022) became the world’s largest paper company by revenue. It was incorporated in 1898 with the merger of 17 pulp and paper mills across the northeastern US and is currently headquartered in Memphis, TN.
RS - Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co is as the name implies a Metals Industry founded in 1939 by Thomas J. Neilan. It is headquartered in Scottsdale AZ and is the largest metals service center operator in North America.
D - Dominion Energy, Inc. is an American Power and Energy company headquartered in Richmond, VA. Over the century, many expansions and acquisitions formed the now Dominion Energy which rebranded itself in 2017. Note: In 2020 Dominion announced plants to sell natural gas transmission and storage to Berkshire Hathaway - The deal is an estimated $10BILLION
TEAM + GLOB = META BLOG / GAME BOLT / GOT MABLE / TO GAMBLE
TEAM - Atlassian Corp is an Australian Software company traded on NASDAQ. Their Global Headquarters is in Sydney, Australia and their US Headquarters is in SanFrancisco, CA. The company was founded by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in 2002. Their revenue is listed @ US$3.53 BILLION and employ almost 11,000. The companies name is an ad hoc from Greek Mythology - the Titan Atlas. Currently, the company is focusing on Cloud and Data Center.
Acquisitions and Products include Crucible, FishEye, Bamboo, and Clover which was acquired in 2007 from Cenqua another Australian Software company. In 2010, they added Bitbucket and in 2012 they acquired HipChat. Blue Jimp was acquired in 2015 and the list goes on… This year they began Atlassian Intelligence.
GLOB - Globant is an Information Technology Company and another Software Development company founded in Buenos Aires in 2003 by Martin Migoya, Guibert Englebienne, Martin Umaran and Nestor Nocetti. Globant is headquartered in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Their revenue is listed at approx US$1.780 BILLION and employ over 27,000 with a long list of acquisitions.