Sun Signs of the Founders of Our 50 Biggest Companies
Company Market Cap. CEO Sun Sign DOB
1. NVIDIA $3.63 T Jensen Huang Aquarius 2/17/63
2. Apple $ 3.38 T Steve Wozniak/Steve Jobs Leo/Pisces 8/11/50, 2/24/55
3. Microsoft $ 3.14 T Bill Gates/Paul Allen Scorpio/Aquarius 10/28/55, 01/21/53
4. Alphabet (Google) $ 2.23 T Larry Paige/Sergey Brin Aries/Leo 3/26 & 8/21/73
5. Amazon $ 2.19 T Jeff Bezos Capricorn 01/12/64
6. Meta (Facebook) $ 1.47 T Mark Zuckerberg Taurus 05/14/84
7. Tesla $ 1.12 T Elon Musk Cancer 06/28/71
8. Berkshire Hathaway $1.0 T Warren Buffett Virgo 08/30/30
9. Broadcom $823 B Henrys Samueli &Nicholas Virgo 09/20/54
10. Eli Lily $756.7 B Eli Lily Cancer 7/08/1838
11. Walmart $687.3 B Sam Walton Aries 03/29/18
12. J. P. Morgan Chase $686.9 B J.P. Morgan Aries 04/17/1837
13. Visa $602.5 B Joseph P. Williams Aquarius 02/02/15
14. United Health $545.01 B Brian Thompson ——– ——-
15. Exxon Mobil $524.37 B John D. Rockefeller Cancer 07/08/1839
16. Oracle $509.15 B Larry Ellison Leo 08/17/1944
17. Mastercard $479 B Karl H. Hinke Capricorn 01/11/06
18. Home Depot $405.44 B Bernie Marcus/Arthur Blank Taurus/Libra 05/12/29, 09/27/42
19. Costco $401.89 B Jeff Brotman/ Jim Sinegal Libra/Capricorn 09/27/42
20. Procter & Gamble 399.27 B William Procter/James Gamble Sagittarius/Aries 12/07/1801
21. Johnson & Johnson $370.77 B Edward, James and Robert Johnson Taurus 04/23/1852
22. Netflix $364.10 B Reed Hastings/Marc Randolph Libra/Taurus 10/08/60, 4/29/58
23. Bank of America $356.76B A.P. Giannini Taurus 5/06/1870
24. Salesforce $308.96 B Marc Russell Benioff Libra 09/25/64
25. AbbVie $292.01 B Dr. Wallace C. Abbott Libra 10/12/1857
26. Chevron $286.18 B Charles N. Felton, Lloyd Tevis Capricorn/Pisces 1/01/1832,.3/20/1824
27. T-Mobil $272.63 B Deutsche Bundespost German State Monopoly
28. Coca Cola $266.84 B John C. Pemberton Cancer 7/08/1831
29. Merck $249.6 B George W. Merck Aries 03/29/ 1894
30. Wells Fargo $243.78 B Henry Wells/William Fargo Sagittarius/Taurus 12/12/1805,5/20/1818
31. Cisco $227.65 B Len Bosack/Sandy Lerner ———- 1952, 1955
32. AMD $221.77 B W. Jerry Sanders III/Edwin J. Turney Virgo/Aries 09/12/36, 03/26/29
33. Adobe $218.71 B Chuck Geschke/John Warnock Virgo/Libra 09/11/39, 10/06/40
34. Pepsico $217.21 B Caleb Davis Bradham Gemini 05/27/1867
35 ServiceNow $214.85 B Fred Luddy Sagittarius 11/24/54
36. American Express Henry Wells/ William G. Fargo Sagittarius/Taurus 12/12/1805, 5/20/1818
37. Walt Disney Co. $212.96 B Walt and Roy Disney Sagittarius/Cancer 12/05/01, 6/24/1893
38. McDonald’s $211.46B Richard and Maurice McDonald Aquarius/Sagittarius 02/16/09, 11/26/02
39. Morgan Stanley $212.03B Henry Morgan/Harold Stanley Scorpio/Libra 10/24/1900, 10/2/1885
40. IBM $209.82 B Charles Ranlett Flint Aquarius 01/24/ 1850
41. Abbott Laboratories $206.31 B Wallace Calvin Abbott Libra 10/12/ 1857
42. Philip Morris $204.95B Philip Morris —– 1835
43. Thermo Fisher Scientific $202.14B Chester Garfield Fisher Leo 08/10/1881
44. General Electric $197.40 B Charles A. Coffin/ J.P. Morgan Capricorn/Aries 12/31/1844, 4/17/1837
45. Caterpillar $197.25 B Benjamin Holt/Clarence Best Capricorn/Taurus 01/01/1849, 04/21/1878
46. Intuitive Surgical $193.24 B John Freund ———- ——–
47. Goldman Sachs $ 191.37 B Marcus Goldman Sagittarius 12/09/1821
48. Verizon $ 185.81 B Alexander Graham Bell Pisces 03/03/1847
49. Texas Instruments $184.37 B. John C. Karcher/Eugene McDermott Aries/Aquarius 04/15/1894, 02/12/1899
50. Intuit $180.14 B Scott Cook/Tom Proulx —-/Scorpio 1952, 11/18/61
Founders by Sun Sign: 7/50, Aries, 6/50 Taurus, 1/50 Gemini, 5/50 Cancer, 4/50 Virgo, 7/50 Libra, 4/50 Leo, 3/50 Scorpio, 4/50 Sagittarius, 6/50 Capricorn, 5/50 Aquarius, 3/50 Pisces.
26/50 or 52% of founders were in one of three cardinal signs or the fixed earth sign. If Cancer and Aquarius are added to the mix, 36/50 or 72% of founders are found within 6 signs. If the distribution were even, each of the 12 signs would have a little over 4.
Woz was the primary designer of the Apple II Jobs oversaw the development of its case.
Broadcom is an American semiconductor company. Virgo Samueli was a professor and Nicholas his student at UCLA.
Paige was CEO of Google from 1997 to 2001. Paige’s father, Carl Victor, was a pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence.
Amazon was originally an online bookstore. It is the world’s largest e-commerce retailer.
Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company for a myriad of businesses included See’s Candy, the BNSF Railroad, Acme Brick Co., Duracell, Dairy Queen, Fruit of the Loom, Geico, and Oriental Trading Company.
Sam Walton developed the largest retail chain in the United States. There are around 7,600 Walmart stores in the U.S. and around the world. Over 50% of sales come from the grocery side of the store.
Exxon Mobil is a direct descendant of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. The current CEO is Darren Woods.
Wells Fargo was an express business created in 1852 between the gold rush town of San Francisco and New York. The company offered banking services.
Charles Ranlett Flint founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company which later became IBM. He consolidated four other companies through the acquisition of their stocks to do so.
In 1985 Philip Morris became a holding company. It acquired both Kraft and General Foods. It also owns Miller Brewing Company.
The original McDonald’s was started in San Bernardino, California. Maurice and Richard McDonald introduced assembly line production to fast food. Ray Kroc bought the brothers out—he visited an early location—the line went around the block– and sold franchises. As of 2021, McDonald’s serves 69 million meals each day.