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29 companies
Ford Motor Company
Automotive Manufacturing
Ford invented the modern assembly line - and spent a century learning its limitations. From 1900-1970, Ford exemplified industrial centralization: Tay...
Fairfax Financial
Financial Services
Fairfax Financial acquired BlackBerry in 2016 after the company's failed attempt to compete in the smartphone market. The acquisition marked the end o...
Fairphone
Consumer Electronics
Fairphone is mentioned as an example of a company that designed modular smartphones for repairability at the seed stage, which became a core brand dif...
FedEx
Logistics/Delivery
FedEx built a billion-dollar business on costly signaling you can see from your window. Founded by Frederick Smith in 1971 to pioneer overnight packag...
Flipkart
E-commerce
Flipkart represents ecological succession in business form. Founded in Bangalore in 2007, the company emerged only after pioneers like Infosys had pre...
Freshworks
SaaS / Enterprise Software
Freshworks represents the climax stage of Bangalore's ecological succession - Indian SaaS unicorns selling globally from India. With a $5B IPO, Freshw...
Social Media/Technology
Facebook's dominance wasn't inevitable - it was biological. When Mark Zuckerberg launched at Harvard in 2004, he understood what Friendster and MySpac...
Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO)
Financial Software
Fair Isaac Corporation provides analytics software and services for decision management, including the FICO credit scoring system. The company helps b...
Fairchild Semiconductor
Semiconductors
Pioneering semiconductor company founded in 1957 by the 'traitorous eight' that became the monocarpic parent of Silicon Valley's semiconductor industr...
Faire
E-commerce
B2B wholesale marketplace connecting independent retailers with brands and makers. Offers net-60 payment terms and free returns to retailers. Valued a...
Fanatics
E-commerce
Fanatics dominates licensed sports merchandise. Vertical integration with platform economics across sports commerce.
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (Uniqlo)
Retail & Apparel
Fast Retailing is a global apparel retailer best known for its Uniqlo brand, which offers high-quality basic clothing at affordable prices. The compan...
Fendi
Luxury Fashion
Tier 1 brand within LVMH hierarchy, generating €1.5B revenue with 25% operating margin. Part of the dominant brand tier that can veto corporate decisi...
Ferguson
Distribution
Ferguson is a leading distributor of plumbing and heating products, with operations primarily in North America, supplying residential and commercial c...
Ferrari
Automotive/Luxury
Italian luxury sports car manufacturer that exemplifies costly signaling strategy. Ferrari deliberately caps production at 10,000 units annually despi...
Figma
Design Software
Figma represents prey that escaped predation and thrived. Adobe's $20 billion acquisition attempt (2022) collapsed under regulatory pressure—the ecosy...
First American Financial
Title Insurance
First American Financial Corporation provides title insurance and settlement services to the real estate industry. The company offers title insurance...
First Financial Bankshares
Regional Banking
First Financial Bankshares is a financial holding company operating through its subsidiary, First Financial Bank, in Texas. The company provides comme...
FirstRand
Financial Services
FirstRand is one of Africa's largest financial services groups, operating through major brands including First National Bank (FNB), Rand Merchant Bank...
Flexport
Logistics
Third-party logistics (3PL) provider specializing in international shipping and freight forwarding with customs handling. Recommended for companies ne...
Fortinet
Cybersecurity
Fortinet provides cybersecurity solutions through its Security Fabric platform. Vertical integration designing custom ASICs with economies of scale in...
Forward Air Corporation
Freight & Logistics
Forward Air is a provider of time-definite surface transportation and related logistics services to the North American expedited ground freight market...
Foxconn
Electronics Manufacturing
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer that was a pioneer-phase colonizer of Shenzhen in 1988. Foxconn's arrival marked the beginning of Shenzhen's transf...
Franklin Financial Network
Regional Banking
Franklin Financial Network is a bank holding company operating through Franklin Synergy Bank in Tennessee and surrounding markets. The company provide...
Freightos Limited
Freight & Logistics
Freightos operates a digital freight booking and payment platform connecting international shippers with freight forwarders and carriers. The company...
Frontier Group Holdings (Frontier Airlines)
Airlines
Frontier Group Holdings is the parent company of Frontier Airlines, an ultra-low-cost carrier serving destinations throughout the United States and in...
Fujifilm
Imaging/Healthcare
Japanese company cited as successful reinvention example alongside Nokia and IBM. When film photography declined, Fujifilm didn't attempt to regenerat...
Fujitsu Limited
Information Technology
Fujitsu is a leading IT services and solutions provider offering computing products, telecommunications equipment, and business consulting. The compan...
Fulton Financial Corporation
Regional Banking
Fulton Financial is a financial holding company operating through its banking subsidiaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Virgin...