THE ARCHIVE
One company a week, pulled at random from the FTSE All-World. Newest first.
JBS
The largest meat company on earth. We drew it from Emerging Markets, and found it had just quietly become American.
Aug 11, 2026
Hyundai Mobis
78% of its sales make almost no profit. The other 22% makes nearly all of it.
Aug 4, 2026
AkzoNobel
The Dutch company that painted your walls, your car, and a brand-new Boeing Dreamliner.
Jul 28, 2026
Canadian Natural
In 1988 it pumped 1,400 barrels a day. Today it is the largest oil producer in Canada.
Jul 21, 2026
BCA
Nationalised after a 1998 collapse. Today it's the most valuable company in Indonesia.
Jul 14, 2026
UOB
90 years ago, colonial banks turned them away. Today they bank 8.5 million people across ASEAN.
Jul 7, 2026
DSV
The company moving your packages across the world. You've never heard of it.
Jun 30, 2026
HEICO
35 years. $100 turned into $128,000. In an aviation parts supplier nobody has heard of.
Jun 23, 2026
WEG
19 million motors a year, from a city of 180,000 people in Brazil.
Jun 16, 2026
Recruit Holdings
From bribery scandal to the world's largest job site, in 38 years.
Jun 9, 2026
Schneider Electric
A French foundry from 1836 that quietly became the world's largest electrical equipment company.
Jun 2, 2026
Waste Connections
A 28-year-old strategy: avoid the cities everyone else fights over.
May 26, 2026
We uncover one per week. What they do, why they matter.