Founded by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in 1905, in London, England, and was recently ranked 57 on the world's most powerful brands. The original name of the company was Wilsdorf and Davis, and in 1919, operations were relocated to Geneva, Switzerland.

Rolex has a distinct, insurmountable advantage: It wrote the rule book.

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The story of Lays started with a young man named Herman Lay, born in 1909 in Charlotte, North Carolina. After dropping out of college during the Great Depression, he worked for the Bartlett food company where he began experimenting with potato chips. In Nashville, Tennessee, Lay began to sell bags of potato chips to his customers as a traveling salesman. He latched onto an innovation that allowed potato chips to be sealed in wax paper bags and become portable snacks. And so, Lay's Chips were born!

Samsung’s history began as a trading company trading locally produced food and textiles. However, it didn’t take long for Samsung to expand its reach into various fields. In the 1960s, the company ventured into the electronics industry, manufacturing black-and-white televisions and consumer electronics. This was the beginning of Samsung’s domination of the consumer electronics market.

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Thierry Hermès founded the company in 1837 as a harness workshop in Paris.

Originally, he intended to serve the needs of European noblemen by providing saddles, bridles, and other leather riding gear. In the early 20th century, Thierry’s son Charles-Émile Hermès moved the company’s shop to 24 Rue Du Faubourg Saint-Honore in Paris, where it remains today and is the company’s global headquarters.

Gradually, the company’s product offerings expanded through generations. Between 1880 and 1900, it started selling saddlery and introduced its product in retail stores. In 1900, the company started selling the “Haut à Courroies” bag, which was meant for riders to carry their saddles in it. In 1918, Hermès introduced the first leather golf jacket with a zipper, made for the then Prince of Wales. In the 1920s, accessories and clothing were introduced into the portfolio. In 1922, the first leather handbags entered the product line. The brand’s travel bags introduced in 1925 were a global success. In the 1930s, Hermès introduced products that have now entered the annals of fashion as icons – the leather Sac à dépêches (renamed as the “Kelly bag” after Grace Kelly) in 1935 and the Hermès carrés (scarves) in 1937. In 1949, the first Hermès silk tie and the first perfume ‘Eau d’ Hermès’ were introduced.

In the 1930s, the company entered the United States with an initial tie-up with the Neiman Marcus department store in New York.

Rolls-Royce, a renowned motor car company, established in 1904, has been through many phases of accomplishments alone and in a joint venture with other superior automotive companies worldwide.

The two masterminds behind this colossal empire, Henry Royce and Charles Rolls met each other in May 1994, after Royce built his first motor car. With the partnership of a majestic car designer and an aviation pioneer, the company started producing the best cars the world has ever witnessed.

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Prada’s story began in the spring of 1913, when Mario Prada and his brother Martino opened their first leather goods shop in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.

Their business was a success and the Prada brothers soon became the official leather suppliers to the Royal House of Savoy

Christian Ernest Dior  founded the previous brand on 21 January 1905 – 24 October. His fashion houses are known all around the world, having gained prominence "on five continents in only a decade.

Dior's skills led to his employment and design for various fashion icons in attempts to preserve the fashion industry during World War2. . It's an inspiring story, for which you can tune in nowww\1

Ferrero Group was created in 1982 in Alba, a small town in the hills of Piedmont in Italy. Inspired by the desire to make all the pleasure of a sophisticated chocolate specialty accessible to a much wider public. Initially sold in Europe, Ferrero Rocher soon became the favorite boxed chocolate for millions of people around the world. Today, it is the world leader in its category and is sold in 140 countries across 5 continents. Read more about Ferro