This is a list of notable businesses, organizations or charities founded by Quakers. At the end of the article are businesses that never had any connection to Quakers, but some people may believe that they did or still do.
- Most of these are no longer managed or influenced by Quakers.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Businesses, organizations or charities with Quaker origins
A
- Amnesty International, human rights organization; Eric Baker was a founding partner.
- Albright and Wilson, Manufacturing chemists.
B
- Barclays Bank, finance.[1][2][3]
- Bethlehem Steel, founded by Quaker entrepreneur Joseph Wharton.
- Bradshaw's, Victorian and Edwardian publisher of the most widely used railway timetables in Britain, Europe and India, founded by Quaker George Bradshaw.
- Bryant and May, former match manufacturing company, founded by two Quakers, Francis May and William Bryant.
C
- Cadbury plc, chocolate and drinks manufacturer, was founded by Quaker John Cadbury, and expanded by Quaker sons Richard and George
- CHUM Limited, a major Canadian media company, which was founded by Ted Rogers, Sr, a former caretaker of Pickering College who invented the radio tube.[4]
- Clarks, shoe manufacturer.
- Coalbrookdale Company, iron manufacturer.
- Cornell University, Ivy league educational institution in Ithaca, New York, US.
- Crosfield's, a British chemicals company founded in 1814 by Quaker Joseph Crosfield, now a subsidiary of Ineos.
- Cully&Sully, Irish food producer, famous for its award-winning pies.
E
- ExelTech Aerospace, Canadian aircraft maintenance and repair company.
F
- Friends Provident, life assurance company, was founded by Quakers Samuel Tuke and Joseph Rowntree.
- J. S. Fry & Sons, chocolate manufacturer.
G
- Greenpeace, campaigning environment organization — founding member Irving Stowe.[5]
H
- Hilton, Anderson, Brooks, & Co, a Victorian cement producer that became the largest employer in Essex, England, founded by Quaker Edmund Wright Brooks.
- Huntley and Palmers biscuits, manufacturer in Reading, Berkshire.
- Huntsman, steel manufacturer.
L
- Lloyds Bank (now Lloyds TSB), finance.[6]
M
- Marigold Health Food, a London-based health food distributor founded in 1975 by Quaker entrepreneur David Swinstead.[7]
- Miami Beach Improvement Company, the first land developer in Miami Beach, was founded in 1911 by Quaker John S. Collins.
- Mount of Olives, an Irish company founded by Richard Kimbell, imports and distributes olives from Jenin in the West Bank and distributes all profits to youth projects and schools.
N
- Neptune Works, also known as Wigham Richardson, a British shipbuilder founded in 1860 by John Wigham Richardson that pioneered steel construction for ships; it later merged with Swan Hunter to become the largest shipbuilder of its day.
O
P
Q
- Queen City Oil Company, headquartered in Toronto, was founded by Samuel and Elias Rogers and evolved into Imperial Oil, which is now the Canadian subsidiary of Exxon.
R
- Renovaré, an interfaith group founded by Richard J. Foster.
- Rowntree's (now Rowntree Mackintosh, owned by Nestlé), chocolate manufacturer was founded by Quaker Joseph Rowntree
S
- Sandy Hill Bank, founded in 1868 by Quaker farmers, is now the largest bank in the state of Maryland, USA.
- Scott Bader Commonwealth, a British manufacturer of advanced resins and composites, founded by Ernest Bader in 1951.
- Strawbridge and Clothier, (now part of Macy's) department store chain, USA (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware).
- Sony (formerly Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo); TTK's founding board chair was Tamon Maeda, a Japanese Quaker.
- Stockton and Darlington Railway, established in 1825 by Quaker Edward Pease, operated the world's first permanent steam locomotive-hauled railway line.
W
- Waterford Wedgwood, an Irish publicly-traded luxury goods company created in 1987 through the merger of Waterford Crystal and Wedgwood, both founded by Quakers.
Businesses with no Quaker connection
- Quaker Oats Company, food manufacturer.
- Quaker Funds, an investment firm.[9]
- Quaker State, motor oil brand.
References
- ^ http://www.decision-finance.co.uk/barclays_sales_finance_about_the_bank.html
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/history/slavery_2.shtml
- ^ http://www.visitdarlington.com/site/heritage/quaker-heritage
- ^ http://business.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081202.wrogersobit1202/BNStory/Business/home
- ^ http://archive.greenpeace.org/comms/vrml/rw/text/def/stowe.html
- ^ Levy, Barry (1992). Quakers and the American Family: British Settlement in the Delaware Valley. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195049764.
- ^ http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/2009/010809/news010809_04.html
- ^ http://www.londonquakers.org/new-to-quakers/
- ^ http://www.quakerfunds.com/about_1.php
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