Is Hbc the worlds oldest company?
No. There are a few other candidates with claims to this title and it depends on your definition of company. The (British) Royal Mint: According to the Guinness Book of Records. But this isn’t really a company in the modern sense of shareholders, etc. Guinness gives no date for its establishment and its own website says nothing of the kind. It produces an Annual Report – at Parliament’s behest – but does not seem to be a “company” of investors at all. Sumitomo Corporation: Founded over 400 years ago by Masatomo Sumitomo (1585-1652), Sumitomo is publicly listed and includes such well-known names such as Mazda, Sumitomo Bank, Asahi Breweries, Mitsui OSK Shipping Lines, NEC computers and Dunlop tires. The history on its website indicates that it was family held for quite a while and it is unclear when it became jointly held. Its original business was copper-mining. Stora Kopparberg: Copper has been mined in Falun, Sweden, for over 1,000 years, and two thirds of the world’s copper ore was
