Starbucks is the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer, operating and licensing over 38,000 stores globally across North America, China, and international markets. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the company generates roughly $36–37 billion in annual revenue and serves as a bellwether for global consumer discretionary spending. Starbucks’ core business spans company-operated stores, licensed stores, consumer packaged goods, and digital…

General Motors is one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, producing vehicles under brands including Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. Founded in 1908 and headquartered in Detroit, GM generated approximately $171 billion in revenue in FY2024, making it the largest U.S. automaker by revenue. The company operates across North America, China (via joint ventures), and select…

United Parcel Service is one of the world’s largest logistics and parcel-delivery companies, operating an integrated global network spanning ground, air, and supply-chain services. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves customers in more than 200 countries with a particular strength in U.S. domestic parcel delivery and time-definite international shipping. In 2025, UPS…

Overview — Mobileye Global (MBLY) develops advanced driver-assistance and autonomous driving technology that combines camera-based perception, mapping, and purpose-built automotive compute (the EyeQ chip family) to help automakers deliver safer driving features at scale. It is best known for “hands-off” highway/road driving in assisted systems (SuperVision) and its longer-horizon autonomy stack (Chauffeur/Drive), plus its data…

Company Overview Charles Schwab is one of the largest U.S. brokerage and wealth-management firms, operating across retail brokerage, advisory services, asset management, and banking. Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Westlake, Texas, Schwab serves over 35 million active brokerage accounts with more than $8.5 trillion in client assets. The company earns revenue primarily from net interest income on…

U.S. Bancorp is a large American financial services holding company headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, operating under the trade name U.S. Bank. It ranks as the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States by asset size, offering retail and commercial banking, wealth management, payment services, and investment products across thousands of branches and ATMs nationwide. The company also…

Company Overview — America’s Volume Homebuilder D.R. Horton is the largest homebuilder in the United States by volume, focused primarily on affordable single-family homes across entry-level, move-up, and active-adult segments. Founded in 1978, the company operates in more than 100 markets across 33 states and targets first-time and price-sensitive buyers, making it highly exposed to…

Company Overview — BlackRock at a glance BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) is the world’s largest asset manager, running a multi-product platform across index ETFs (iShares), active strategies, cash management, alternatives, and technology services (notably Aladdin). It ended 2025 with about $14.04T in assets under management (AUM), with the business benefiting from both market appreciation and strong organic flows….

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) is one of the world’s oldest and largest financial institutions. It specializes in asset servicing, custody, investment management, and wealth services for institutional and individual clients across 35+ countries. BNY Mellon acts as a backbone of global capital markets, managing and safeguarding assets through the entire investment lifecycle….

Overview — What Wells Fargo is (5 sentences). Wells Fargo & Company is a U.S. diversified bank with leading positions in consumer banking, mortgage, small-business banking, and commercial lending, plus a growing investment-banking and wealth footprint. The firm traces its founding to 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco. For full-year 2025, Wells Fargo reported total…