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Actually, you can thank Massachusetts for Facebook. It was invented at Harvard. Flickr was created by Ludicorp, based in Vancouver. VISA was founded in Delaware, while McKesson Corp was founded in New York City.
Also, none of the produce I eat comes from California.
California (obviously, number 1 for everything)
New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Washington
Colorado
New Jersey
Florida
Washington DC
Well you are proving that you know very little about the U.S.A. if you are placing washington, mass, colorado, jersey and a freaking city ahead of PA and Ohio.
I find it ironic that most of those great California companies you listed were founded by people that aren't even from California. As far as the produce, it can be attributed to the one thing California has on most other states; The weather.
The weather in the central valley is not what you would call perfect compared to many other places and most of it is attributed to the high quality soil in the central valley. Also, you cannot give 100% credit to the "founders" of a company, there are many countless numbers of people involved in the output of a company and if you don't have facts to prove to me that they were all born out of state, then your argument means nothing to me. Lastly, it doesn't even matter if they were all born out of state, the OP didn't ask us to "Rank the top ten most powerful states where employees of companies in said states are from there", so again, void.
Actually, you can thank Massachusetts for Facebook. It was invented at Harvard. Flickr was created by Ludicorp, based in Vancouver. VISA was founded in Delaware, while McKesson Corp was founded in New York City.
So? If I was born in Virginia but I became a famous politician in Illinois would you thank Virginia? I never said any of those companies were founded in California, but that's where they are all located now and have been for some time. Also, Facebook was moved to California within weeks of being an incorporated company. Anyone else on here would say the same thing if it was about their state.
Since people seem to think that a company being founded somewhere else means it's not credible to where it's HQ'd, then here are a list of companies in Silicon Valley alone that were founded in the state as well:
1. Adobe
2. Apple Inc.
3. Cisco Systems
4. Ebay
5. Google
6. Hewlett Packard
7. Intel
8. Yahoo
9. Atari
But aside from this, Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque, NM, but do they get any credit for it? No, Washington does.
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Since people seem to think that a company being founded somewhere else means it's not credible to where it's HQ'd, then here are a list of companies in Silicon Valley alone that were founded in the state as well:
1. Adobe
2. Apple Inc.
3. Cisco Systems
4. Ebay
5. Google
6. Hewlett Packard
7. Intel
8. Yahoo
9. Atari
But aside from this, Microsoft was founded in Albuquerque, NM, but do they get any credit for it? No, Washington does.
This list is just of the Bay Area in California. These companies listed are based there and and have their permanent headquarters there in the Bay Area of California.
Advertising and Marketing
Ameredia
AKQA
Automattic
SALT Branding
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
4delite
Total:6
Clothing & Apparel:
Gap, INC
Levi Strauss & Co.
Gymboree
Bebe
The North Face
Mountain Hardwear
JanSport
Marmot
Western Mountaineering
Total:9
Beauty:
Bare Escentuals
Total:1
Biomedical:
McKesson Corporation
Buck Institute for Age Research
Chiron
Genentech
Gilead Sciences
Total:5
Construction & Real Estate
AMB Property Corporation
Bechtel
Total:2
Electronics:
Dolby Laboratories
FusionStorm
OQO
Sega of America
Watkins Computer, Inc
AMD
Adaptec
Agilent Tech.
Anchor Bay Technologies
Apple Inc.
Adaptec
Applied Materials
Bay Imaging
Cisco Systems
E-mu Systems
Fujitsu Computer Products of America
Genesis Microchip
Hewlett Packard
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi Data Systems
Intel
JDS Uniphase
Integrated Device Technology
Logitech
LSI Corporation
Macrotron Systems, Inc.
Maxtor
Monster Cable Products
National Semiconductor
NetApp
Nvidia
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
Rackable Systems
Rambus
Sanmina-SCI
SanDisk
Seagate Technology
Silicon Graphics
Solectron Corporation
Sony Optiarc America Inc.
Sun Microsystems
Supermicro
Super Talent
THX
Digidesign
Juniper Networks
Foundry Networks
Terayon
Xilinx
Total:49
Energy
Pacific Gas & Electric
Calpine Corporation
Chevron
Total:3
Entertainment:
Industrial Light & Magic
Lucasfilm
LucasArts
Electronic Arts
Kerner Optical
Netflix
Pandora
Pixar
Dreamworks Animation
Skywalker Sound
Lucasfilm Animation
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Total:12
Financial:
Bank of the West
Bank of the Orient
Charles Schwab
Esurance
First Republic Bank
Pegasus Aviation
Stone & Youngberg, LLC
ThinkEquity Partners, LLC
Thomas Weisel Partners
UnionBanCal Corporation and Union Bank of California
VISA
Wells Fargo & Co. and Wells Fargo Bank
WR Hambrecht + Co
Fisher Investments
Franklin Templeton Investments
PayPal
Robert Half International
Total:17
Food & Drink:
Ghiradelli
Adina World Beat Beverages
Anchor Brewing Company
Boudin Bakery
Del Monte Foods
Amadillo Willy's
Basic American Foods
Black Angus Steakhouse
C&H Pure Cane Sugar
Clif Bar
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream
Häagen-Dazs
Jamba Juice
Jelly Belly
Odwalla
Peet's Coffee & Tea
PowerBar
See's Candies
Total:18
Internet:
BitTorrent Inc.
Blogspot
Craigslist
Digg
Flickr
Linden Lab
OpenTable
RarityGuide, Inc
Revision3
Salesforce.com
SixApart
Technorati
Twitter
TypePad
Whiskey Media
Wikimedia Foundation
Yelp, Inc.
YouNoodle
Zynga
Ask.com
eBay
Google
Yahoo!
YouTube
Facebook
Total:24
Media:
AllBusiness.com
Americana exchange
Bebo
CBS Interactive
Chronicle Books
CNET
Craigslist
Current TV
High Speed Productions
Juxtapoz
Thrasher
Dwell
LiveJournal
MacWorld Magazine
Mevio
Mother Jones Magazine
PC World Magazine
VIZ Media
Wired Magazine
XLR8R Magazine
University of California Press
Communication Arts
Total:19
Miscellany:
ABM Industries
Ammunition LLC
Blue Shield of California
Catholic Healthcare West
FusionStorm
Recology
Schlage
State Compensation Insurance Fund
URS
Total:9
Non-profit
Internet Archive
Room To Read
The Sierra Club
Wikimedia Foundation
Total:4
Professional Services:
Elanex
Onyx Research, Inc.
Total:2
Retail:
Good Vibrations
Gymboree Corporation
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Longs Drug Stores
Orchard Supply Hardware
Ross Stores
Safeway
Restoration Hardware
Walmart.com
California, Texas, and Florida
Followed by New York & New Jersey.
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