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10 companies
Zappos
E-commerce / Footwear Retail
Zappos represents the epigenetic model of cultural inheritance in acquisitions. When Amazon acquired Zappos for $1.2 billion in 2009, Tony Hsieh insis...
Zoom
Video Communications / SaaS
Eric Yuan founded Zoom in 2011 after leaving Cisco WebEx, detecting signals others missed: terrible video quality, desktop-first products in a mobile-...
Zara (Inditex)
Retail / Fashion
Zara moves from design to store in 2-3 weeks. The industry average is 6-9 months. That speed premium isn't about fashion - it's about correctly identi...
Zomato
Food Delivery / Technology Platform
Zomato is one of India's largest food delivery platforms, coordinating 300,000+ delivery riders serving 50+ million customers across 1,000+ cities. Th...
Zalando
E-commerce
Zalando is Europe's leading online fashion and lifestyle platform, offering products from thousands of international brands to millions of customers i...
Zapier
Technology/Automation
Distributed-first automation company that designs remote work topology intentionally, emphasizing asynchronous communication and transparent informati...
Zeiss
Optics/Precision Equipment
German optics company that produces optical systems including EUV mirrors requiring atomic-level precision for ASML's lithography equipment. Zeiss has...
Zillow Group
Real Estate - Marketplace
Zillow operates real estate marketplaces providing home valuations, listings, and mortgage services.
Zscaler
Cloud Security
Zscaler operates cloud-native security platform for zero trust architecture. First-mover advantage in cloud security with network effects strengthenin...
Zurich Insurance Group
Financial Services
Zurich Insurance is a Swiss insurance company offering general insurance and life insurance products globally. The company serves individuals, small b...