What is the oldest company in the world?
The oldest company in the world, and still going today is a Japanese construction company called Kongo Gumi, and was founded in 578AD, some 1400 years ago. The next oldest is also a Japanese company called Ho-Shi, which is a Hotel chain, estd in 717AD. Funnily enough, six of the world 20 oldest companies are Japanese. The oldest European company is an Austrian firm called St. Peter (3rd), which is a Restaurant chain started in 803AD. The UKs oldest company is Aberdeen Harbour (13th), which was founded in 1136AD. And who would have thought the oldest French company was a wine manufacturer? Called Goulaine (4th), it was started in 1000AD on the dot.
