1. By Rachael
Collinson

3. PARAMOUNT PRODUCTIONS
 Its a private owned company
 They get income from creating and publishing films
 Its a conglomerate
 Founder - Adolph Zukor
 Independent company from1912 – 1966
Gulf+Western 1966 - 1989
Paramount Communications from 1989 - 1994 "Old"
Viacom 1994 – 2005
"New" Viacom 2006 – Present

4. DREAMWORKS PRODUCTIONS
 Its large company with many other daughter companies
like DreamWorks Records (former)
DreamWorks Interactive (former)
DreamWorks Television (current)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (current)
Go Fish Pictures (former)
 They create income by creating and publishing films.
 It is a conglomerate
 Independent from 1994 – 2006
Viacom from 2006 – 2008
Reliance ADA Group from 2008 - present

5. BILL AND BEN PRODUCTIONS
 Its run by the two founders
 It is a small company
 They generate income by producing and directing
some well known films even though they are a
small company
 Are they independent?
 Its not a conglomerate because it is a small
company
 Founded by Bill Jones and Ben Timlett

7. PROMETHEAN (WHITEBORED)
 It is a small company that was founded in
Blackburn Lancashire
 They generate income by making interactive white
boards that help educate people.
 The company is independent
 No its not a conglomerate.
 It hasn't changed much but bar the fact it went from
being a publicly owned company to be a privately
owned company
 Key people - Graham Howe (Chairman)
Jean-Yves Charlier, (CEO)

8. APPLE
 It is a public company which means you can buy shares in the
company on the stock market
 Apple is a big company which I would consider to be a
conglomerate
 They generate income by making Computer hardware,
Computer software and Consumer electronics
 Apple is an independent company
 It was founded on April 1, 1976 (incorporated January 3, 1977
as Apple Computer, Inc.) this later changed to Apple. Steve
Jobs was the founder of Apple 1976 – 2011 and Steve Jobs
also Chairman from 1976-1985, 2011; and CEO from 1997–
2011

9. SAMSUNG
 Business type – Chaebol
 Founder - Lee Byung-chull
 Its a big company which is a conglomerate
 They get income by selling Samsung Electronics,
Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Heavy
Industries, Samsung C&T and Samsung SDS
 They are an independent company
 Key people - Lee Kunhee (Chairman and CEO)
Lee Soo-bin (President, CEO of
Samsung Life Insurance)