[ { "entity_name": "AAA", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-25", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Automobile_Association" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "American Automobile Association: federation of nonprofit motor clubs; no equity to buy." }, { "entity_name": "AARP", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARP" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization." }, { "entity_name": "Adderall", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TEVA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Teva Pharmaceutical Industries", "primary_listing": "TEVA.TA (TASE, ILS)", "alt": "Adderall XR brand: Shire plc, SHP.L (GBp) / SHPG ADR (USD); Shire acquired by Takeda 2019-01-08" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://fdanews.com/articles/62890-barr-cleared-to-launch-adderall-ir", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000936402/000095010315001422/dp53559_10k.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr_Pharmaceuticals" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Branded Adderall (IR tablets) was sold by Shire to Barr's Duramed unit in 2006; Teva acquired Barr in Dec 2008, so the Adderall IR brand sat with Teva in 2014. Adderall XR stayed with Shire. The quote does not say which form; Teva chosen as owner of the plain 'Adderall' brand. Generic amphetamine salts were made by many firms. Previous record (private) changed." }, { "entity_name": "Airbnb", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-01", "to": "2020-12-09", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2020-12-10", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "ABNB", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbnb" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "All air dates (2016-2017) predate the 2020-12-10 IPO; not buyable on the air dates." }, { "entity_name": "Akamai", "periods": [ { "from": "1999-10-29", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "AKAM", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Amazon", "periods": [ { "from": "1997-05-15", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "AMZN", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_(company)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "20-for-1 split 2022-06-06; same security." }, { "entity_name": "Amazon Alexa", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-11-06", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AMZN", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Amazon" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Alexa" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Amazon Web Services", "periods": [ { "from": "2006-03-14", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AMZN", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Amazon" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Ambien", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-17", "to": "2024-07-09", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "SAN.PA", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Sanofi", "adr": "SNY (USD)" }, { "from": "2024-07-10", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null, "note": "US rights sold to Cosette Pharmaceuticals (private) July 2024" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240710788038/en/Cosette-Pharmaceuticals-Acquires-Ambien-and-Ambien-CR-Zolpidem-Tartrate-Tabs-from-Sanofi-US-in-the-US-Market", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolpidem" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Ambien was a Sanofi brand in the US in 2019. Exact July 2024 handover date approximate (press release 2024-07-10); air date unaffected." }, { "entity_name": "American Express", "periods": [ { "from": "1977-05-18", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "AXP", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Express" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Long-listed; NYSE." }, { "entity_name": "Andreessen Horowitz", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreessen_Horowitz" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private VC partnership." }, { "entity_name": "Android", "periods": [ { "from": "2005-08-01", "to": "2015-10-01", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GOOGL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Google Inc." }, { "from": "2015-10-02", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GOOGL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Alphabet Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "2015 air date: Google Inc. (GOOGL class A / GOOG class C). Alphabet holding company from 2015-10-02; GOOGL continued as the same symbol." }, { "entity_name": "AngelList", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AngelList" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private." }, { "entity_name": "Anusol Plus", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-12-22", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "CHD", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Church & Dwight" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000313927/000156459017002326/chd-10k_20161231.htm", "https://www.gnhindia.com/products/anusol-plus-hc" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Church & Dwight bought the Anusol business from Johnson & Johnson on 2016-12-22; Church & Dwight UK is the trademark owner of Anusol Plus HC. Anusol is chiefly a UK/Commonwealth brand; no US Anusol Plus product with a different owner found." }, { "entity_name": "AOL", "periods": [ { "from": "2009-12-10", "to": "2015-06-22", "status": "public", "ticker": "AOL", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2015-06-23", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "VZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Verizon (until 2021-09-01; then Apollo-owned Yahoo, private)" } ], "fate_notes": "AOL (NYSE: AOL) acquired by Verizon 2015-06-23 for $50.00 cash per share. Air date 2015-04-26 precedes this, so AOL itself was buyable.", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/23/verizon-completes-its-acquisition-of-aol-for-4-4b", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001468516/000119312515231323/d945952dex99a5d.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Verizon sold AOL+Yahoo (Verizon Media) to Apollo funds 2021-09-01; private since." }, { "entity_name": "Apple", "periods": [ { "from": "1980-12-12", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc." ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Apple Lisa", "periods": [ { "from": "1983-01-19", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Discontinued Apple product (1986); exposure only via Apple." }, { "entity_name": "Apple Maps", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-09-19", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Maps" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status corrected from public to subsidiary (Apple product)." }, { "entity_name": "Apple Newton", "periods": [ { "from": "1993-08-02", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Discontinued Apple product (1998); exposure only via Apple." }, { "entity_name": "Applebee's", "periods": [ { "from": "2007-11-29", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "DIN", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Dine Brands Global (DineEquity until 2018-02-20)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applebee's", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dine_Brands_Global" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Arby's", "periods": [ { "from": "2011-07-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arby's", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspire_Brands" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Roark Capital held ~81.5% after buying it from Wendy's in July 2011; Wendy's (WEN) kept an 18.5% minority stake, which does not count. Inspire Brands (private) formed 2018." }, { "entity_name": "Arco", "periods": [ { "from": "2013-06-01", "to": "2017-07-31", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TSO", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Tesoro Corporation" }, { "from": "2017-08-01", "to": "2018-09-30", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ANDV", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Andeavor (Tesoro renamed)" }, { "from": "2018-10-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MPC", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Marathon Petroleum" } ], "fate_notes": "Tesoro (TSO) renamed Andeavor (ANDV) 2017-08-01; Andeavor acquired by Marathon Petroleum 2018-10-01 for 1.87 MPC shares or $152.27 cash per share (elections prorated).", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313807/000119163813000724/bp201306036k.htm", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1510295/000151029519000014/mpc-20181231x10k.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCO" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Tesoro bought BP's Carson refinery and the ARCO brand rights effective 2013-06-01, but BP kept an exclusive license to ARCO in Northern California, Oregon and Washington. A Bay Area-adjacent station (Hwy 108 is in Northern/Central California) would likely have been BP-licensed (BP.L GBp / BP ADR). Brand owner Tesoro used. Previous record (private) changed." }, { "entity_name": "Arizona State University", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-07", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_State_University" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Public university; government entity." }, { "entity_name": "Asteroids", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-24", "to": "2022-06-29", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ATA.PA", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Atari SA" }, { "from": "2022-06-30", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ALATA.PA", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Atari SA" } ], "fate_notes": "Atari SA moved from Euronext Paris to Euronext Growth on 2022-06-30; same security, Yahoo symbol now ALATA.PA.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)", "https://mfn.se/one/a/atari/effective-transfer-of-ataris-shares-to-euronext-growth-paris-on-june-30-2022-e028ada7" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "1979 Atari arcade game. Atari SA, through its subsidiary Atari Interactive, holds the classic Atari IP including Asteroids. Consistent with the Atari entry in ownership_3. No US-listed ADR." }, { "entity_name": "AT&T", "periods": [ { "from": "1983-01-01", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "T", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "AT&T Inc. (former SBC); NYSE: T." }, { "entity_name": "Atari", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-29", "to": "2022-06-29", "status": "public", "ticker": "ATA.PA", "currency": "EUR", "parent": null }, { "from": "2022-06-30", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "ALATA.PA", "currency": "EUR", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://mfn.se/one/a/atari/effective-transfer-of-ataris-shares-to-euronext-growth-paris-on-june-30-2022-e028ada7", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Atari SA (ISIN FR0010478248) owns the Atari brand and classic 2600 catalogue; traded on Euronext Paris as ATA in 2016. Moved to Euronext Growth 2022-06-30, Yahoo symbol now ALATA.PA (same security). No US-listed ADR. Previous record said non-investable; changed." }, { "entity_name": "Bank of America", "periods": [ { "from": "1998-09-30", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "BAC", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Barrett Firearms", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-06-07", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_Firearms_Manufacturing", "https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/nioa-acquires-us-manufacturer-barrett-firearms/" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Family-owned in 2015; acquired by NIOA Group (private, Australia) 2023-01-17. Quote's 'SKI-caliber' is a mishearing of '.50 caliber'." }, { "entity_name": "Benson & Hedges", "periods": [ { "from": "2003-01-27", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MO", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Altria Group (Philip Morris USA)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_%26_Hedges", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Morris_USA" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "US rights owned by Philip Morris USA (Altria) since 1954. Outside the US the brand belongs to others (Philip Morris International, JTI, BAT by country). US show, so Altria used. Previous record (private) changed." }, { "entity_name": "Betamax", "periods": [ { "from": "1975-05-10", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "6758.T", "currency": "JPY", "parent": "Sony", "adr": "SONY (NYSE, USD; ticker SNE until 2021-04-01)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/313838/000115752321000135/a52368172.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Sony format; cassette production ended March 2016 (still being made on the 2014 air date). NYSE ADR was SNE in 2014, renamed SONY 2021-04-01, same security." }, { "entity_name": "Big Gulp", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-04-24", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "3382.T", "currency": "JPY", "parent": "Seven & i Holdings" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gulp", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Eleven" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Big Gulp is a 7-Eleven brand. 7-Eleven, Inc. has been wholly owned by the Seven & i group since Nov 2005, so on 2016-04-24 the buyable parent was Seven & i Holdings (Tokyo 3382). Only a US OTC ADR (SVNDY) exists, not an exchange listing, so no liquid US-listed ADR." }, { "entity_name": "Bitcoin", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-07-17", "to": null, "status": "crypto", "ticker": "BTC-USD", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Bloomberg", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_L.P." ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Bloomberg L.P., privately held, majority-owned by Michael Bloomberg." }, { "entity_name": "Boston Dynamics", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-09", "to": "2021-06-20", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "9984.T", "currency": "JPY", "parent": "SoftBank Group", "adr": "SFTBY (OTC only, no exchange-listed ADR)" }, { "from": "2021-06-21", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null, "note": "80% Hyundai Motor Group (split across Hyundai Motor, Mobis, Glovis and chairman Chung), 20% SoftBank affiliate; no single listed majority parent" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20170609_0", "https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20210621", "https://bostondynamics.com/news/hyundai-motor-group-completes-acquisition-of-boston-dynamics-from-softbank/" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "SoftBank agreed to buy from Alphabet 2017-06-09; exact closing date not found, but Hyundai/SoftBank describe SoftBank as owner from 2017, well before the 2018-04-29 air date. Previous record labeled it 'acquired' without a ticker; corrected to SoftBank subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "Burger King", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-06-20", "to": "2014-12-11", "status": "public", "ticker": "BKW", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2014-12-12", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "QSR", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Restaurant Brands International" } ], "fate_notes": "Burger King Worldwide (NYSE: BKW) combined with Tim Hortons into Restaurant Brands International 2014-12-12; each BKW share became 0.99 QSR common share + 0.01 partnership exchangeable unit (or elected all-share/all-unit).", "sources": [ "https://www.rbi.com/English/news/news-details/2014/Burger-King-Worldwide-Inc.-Tim-Hortons-Inc.-and-Restaurant-Brands-International-Inc.-Announce-Expiration-of-Election-Deadline/default.aspx", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001547282/000119312514438315/d835559dex991.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Both 2014 air dates predate RBI: Burger King Worldwide itself traded as BKW (3G Capital majority-owned, but 3G is private). Previous record (QSR subsidiary) changed." }, { "entity_name": "Burning Man", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-05-13", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Burning Man Project, 501(c)(3) nonprofit." }, { "entity_name": "BuzzFeed", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-06-14", "to": "2021-12-05", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2021-12-06", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "BZFD", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuzzFeed", "https://buzzfeed.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/buzzfeed-inc-completes-majority-stake-investment-byron-allens" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private on the 2015 air date. Listed via 890 Fifth Avenue SPAC, trading as BZFD from 2021-12-06; 1-for-4 reverse split May 2024; Byron Allen's family office took ~51% on 2026-05-26 but shares remain listed on Nasdaq. Previous record's 'delisted 2023' was wrong." }, { "entity_name": "Cadillac Escalade", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-11-18", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "General Motors" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Escalade" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "California Attorney General", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "State government office. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "California Secretary of State", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-20", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Secretary_of_State" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "State government office." }, { "entity_name": "California Supreme Court", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-06-14", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "State court (government). Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Campbell's Soup", "periods": [ { "from": "1954-01-01", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "CPB", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell%27s" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Renamed The Campbell's Company in Nov 2024; ticker CPB unchanged, same security." }, { "entity_name": "CES", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Trade show owned by the Consumer Technology Association, a nonprofit trade group." }, { "entity_name": "Cessna", "periods": [ { "from": "1992-01-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TXT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Textron" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textron_Aviation" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Cessna owned by Textron since 1992; part of Textron Aviation since 2014. Citation is a Cessna jet line." }, { "entity_name": "CFIUS", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Foreign_Investment_in_the_United_States" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US interagency government committee." }, { "entity_name": "Chatroulette", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-06-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatroulette" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Small private company." }, { "entity_name": "Cheetos", "periods": [ { "from": "1965-01-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "PEP", "currency": "USD", "parent": "PepsiCo (Frito-Lay)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetos" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Chef", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": "2020-10-05", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2020-10-06", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "PRGS", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Progress Software" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/876167/000087616720000151/progress_chefclosing.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Chef" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "'Chef scripts' = Chef configuration-management software by Chef Software Inc. (formerly Opscode), private in 2014. Progress acquired it 2020-10-06 for $220M." }, { "entity_name": "Cherry Garcia", "periods": [ { "from": "2000-08-01", "to": "2025-12-05", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ULVR.L", "currency": "GBp", "parent": "Unilever", "adr": "UL (NYSE, Unilever PLC ADR); in 2014 also Unilever N.V. UNA.AS (EUR) / UN (NYSE)" }, { "from": "2025-12-06", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MICC", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.", "primary_listing": "MICC on Euronext Amsterdam (EUR), also LSE" } ], "fate_notes": "Unilever's dual PLC/N.V. structure unified into Unilever PLC in Nov 2020 (UL continues). Ice cream (incl. Ben & Jerry's) demerged as The Magnum Ice Cream Company 2025-12-06; Unilever holders received 1 MICC share per 5 Unilever shares/ADSs (trading from 2025-12-08), plus an 8-for-9 Unilever share consolidation effective 2025-12-09.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry%27s", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000217410/000021741025000070/a2025-12x08xverdixsharec.htm", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/217410/000021741025000067/a2025-12x08xverdirnscomp.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2014 air date the parent was Unilever (ULVR.L / UL, or the N.V. line UNA.AS / UN). Yahoo suffix for MICC Amsterdam listing not confirmed." }, { "entity_name": "Chevrolet Volt", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-11-18", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "General Motors" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Volt discontinued Feb 2019; both air dates (2014, 2018) during production." }, { "entity_name": "Chicago Cubs", "periods": [ { "from": "2009-10-27", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Owned by the Ricketts family since 2009; Tribune sale. Not listed." }, { "entity_name": "Chick-fil-A", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Family-owned." }, { "entity_name": "Chipotle", "periods": [ { "from": "2006-01-26", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "CMG", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipotle_Mexican_Grill" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "50-for-1 split June 2024; same security." }, { "entity_name": "Cincinnati Medical School", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-03-25", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati_College_of_Medicine" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, a public university; government entity." }, { "entity_name": "Clif Bar", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-12-08", "to": "2022-07-31", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2022-08-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MDLZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Mondelez International" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clif_Bar" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private (family/employee owned) on the 2019 air date; Mondelez bought it 2022-08-01. Previous record's MDLZ was today's owner, not the air-date owner." }, { "entity_name": "Clinkle", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-22", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinkle" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private startup, defunct." }, { "entity_name": "Corvette", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-11-18", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "General Motors" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Craigslist", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigslist" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Privately held." }, { "entity_name": "Crosscut Ventures", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-18", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://www.crosscutventures.com/" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Private LA venture firm; Rick Smith is a real co-founder." }, { "entity_name": "CSE", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Security_Establishment", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_Module_Validation_Program" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Communications Security Establishment (Canada), co-runs the NIST/CSE Cryptographic Module Validation Program; government." }, { "entity_name": "Dave & Buster's", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-10-10", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "PLAY", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Department of Planning and Community Environment", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-10", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Planning-Development-Services" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "City of Palo Alto municipal department (since renamed Planning and Development Services); government." }, { "entity_name": "Digg", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-07-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Owned by Betaworks (private) on the 2015 air date; sold to BuySellAds 2018; reacquired by Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian 2025. Never public." }, { "entity_name": "Disney", "periods": [ { "from": "1957-11-12", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "DIS", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "2019 holding-company reorganization after Fox deal kept ticker DIS." }, { "entity_name": "Dodge Challenger", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-10-13", "to": "2021-01-15", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "FCAU", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.", "primary_listing": "FCA.MI (Borsa Italiana, EUR)" }, { "from": "2021-01-16", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "STLA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Stellantis N.V.", "primary_listing": "STLAM.MI (EUR); also STLAP.PA" } ], "fate_notes": "FCA N.V. was the surviving entity of the FCA-PSA merger and renamed Stellantis N.V.; FCAU became STLA on NYSE 2021-01-19 (same security, 1:1). PSA holders got 1.742 Stellantis shares each.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Challenger", "https://miaxglobal.com/alerts/2021/01/15/miax-exchange-group-options-markets-corporate-action-alert-fiat-chrysler", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellantis" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Dodge is an FCA US brand. FCA shares were directly listed on NYSE (not an ADR). Previous record (private) changed." }, { "entity_name": "Dolce & Gabbana", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolce_%26_Gabbana" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Privately held fashion house." }, { "entity_name": "Domino's", "periods": [ { "from": "2004-07-13", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "DPZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino%27s" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Dropbox", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-27", "to": "2018-03-22", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2018-03-23", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "DBX", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "All air dates (2014, 2016) predate the 2018-03-23 IPO." }, { "entity_name": "El Pollo Loco", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-07-25", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "LOCO", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Pollo_Loco" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Elevation Partners", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_Partners" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private equity firm." }, { "entity_name": "Emerson College", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_College" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private nonprofit college." }, { "entity_name": "Equation Group", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-07", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation_Group" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Threat actor attributed to the NSA; not a company." }, { "entity_name": "Expedia", "periods": [ { "from": "2005-08-09", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "EXPE", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedia_Group" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Renamed Expedia Group 2018; EXPE unchanged. Spun off from IAC 2005." }, { "entity_name": "Facebook", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-05-18", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "META", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Traded as FB until 2022-06-09, then META; same security. Today's Yahoo symbol META." }, { "entity_name": "FaceTime", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-06-07", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status corrected from public to subsidiary (Apple product)." }, { "entity_name": "FAGE", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fage" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "FAGE International S.A., privately held (has public bonds, no listed equity)." }, { "entity_name": "Fairmont", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-12", "to": "2016-07-11", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2016-07-12", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AC.PA", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Accor", "adr": "ACCYY (OTC only)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://webzine-actionnaires.accor.com/07_2016/en/article/60/GENERAL_MEETING_JULY_12_2016_FINALIZED_ACQUISITION_OF_FRHI_AND_NEW_GROUP_S_GOVERNANCE.html", "https://insights.ehotelier.com/global-news/2016/07/13/official-accorhotels-purchase-frhi-approved/" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2016-06-12 air date Fairmont belonged to FRHI Holdings, owned by Qatar Investment Authority and Kingdom Holding (minority holders, no listed majority parent). Accor closed the FRHI purchase on 2016-07-12, one month after the episode." }, { "entity_name": "FBI", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-17", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal agency." }, { "entity_name": "Federal Trade Commission", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-04-30", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal agency." }, { "entity_name": "Forbes", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Majority owned by Integrated Whale Media (private) since 2014; 2021 SPAC deal abandoned." }, { "entity_name": "Ford Thunderbird", "periods": [ { "from": "1956-01-17", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "F", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Ford Motor Company" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Discontinued model (last 2005); exposure only via Ford." }, { "entity_name": "Fortnite", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-07-25", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnite", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Epic Games is private; Tencent (0700.HK) holds a ~40% minority stake, which does not count." }, { "entity_name": "Four Seasons", "periods": [ { "from": "2007-04-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Seasons_Hotels_and_Resorts" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Owned by Bill Gates's Cascade Investment and Kingdom Holding (each 47.5% in 2019; Cascade 71.25% after 2021). Kingdom Holding (4280.SR) is listed but a minority holder, so it does not count." }, { "entity_name": "Freaknik", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaknik" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Atlanta spring-break gathering/event, not a company. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Fresca", "periods": [ { "from": "1966-01-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "KO", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Coca-Cola Company" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresca" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Friars Club", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-04-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friars_Club" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private members' club in New York, known for its roasts. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Friendster", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-05-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendster" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Shut down 2015; private (owned by MOL Global affiliates) and defunct by the 2018 air date." }, { "entity_name": "Frisbee", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Wham-O" } ], "fate_notes": "Frisbee is a Wham-O trademark. Wham-O was sold to Cornerstone Overseas Investment (2006), then to investment firm The Aguilar Group (2009), so it was privately held on 2014-05-11; global rights later went to Stallion Sport Ltd / InterSport Corp (2015), also private.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham-O", "https://www.sportsdestinations.com/management/marketing-sponsorships/wham-o-rights-sold-stallion-sport-ltd-and-10529" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Used generically in the line. Owner chain is obscure but no owner in the chain was a listed company; medium only because Wham-O's ownership records are thin." }, { "entity_name": "Frontier Airlines", "periods": [ { "from": "2013-12-03", "to": "2021-03-31", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2021-04-01", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "ULCC", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://centreforaviation.com/members/direct-news/indigo-partners-completes-acquisition-of-frontier-airlines-142303", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Airlines" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Republic Airways sold Frontier to Indigo Partners (private) on 2013-12-03, so it was private on the 2014-04-06 air date. Frontier Group Holdings IPO 2021-04-01 (ULCC). Previous record's 'public ULCC' did not apply to the air date." }, { "entity_name": "Geek Squad", "periods": [ { "from": "2002-01-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "BBY", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Best Buy" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Squad" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "GitHub", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": "2018-10-25", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2018-10-26", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2018/10/26/microsoft-completes-github-acquisition/" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private on both air dates (2014, 2016). Microsoft deal announced 2018-06-04, closed 2018-10-26 ($7.5B in stock). Previous record used the announcement date." }, { "entity_name": "Gmail", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-10-02", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GOOGL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Alphabet Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Google product; status corrected from public to subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "Golden State Warriors", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "NBA franchise owned by a private group led by Joe Lacob and Peter Guber; no traded equity." }, { "entity_name": "Good Humor", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": "2025-12-05", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ULVR.L", "currency": "GBp", "parent": "Unilever", "us_adr": "UL", "alt_listing": "UNA.AS (Unilever N.V., EUR; NYSE: UN) until the 2020 unification" }, { "from": "2025-12-06", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MICC.AS", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V.", "us_listing": "MICC (NYSE)" } ], "fate_notes": "Unilever brand since 1961 (Good Humor-Breyers). Unilever demerged its ice cream business as The Magnum Ice Cream Company effective 2025-12-06; shares listed in Amsterdam, London and New York from 2025-12-08 and were distributed to Unilever holders. In 2020 Unilever N.V. (UN/UNA.AS) shares were exchanged 1:1 into Unilever PLC (UL/ULVR.L).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Humor", "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/unilever-completes-ice-cream-demerger-with-magnum-set-to-list-4395029", "https://www.debrauw.com/matters/the-magnum-ice-cream-company-successfully-obtains-triple-listing-following-demerger-from-unilever" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2017 air date the buy is Unilever. Magnum's primary venue treated as Euronext Amsterdam; NYSE line is MICC." }, { "entity_name": "Google", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-03", "to": "2015-10-01", "status": "public", "ticker": "GOOGL", "currency": "USD", "parent": null, "also": "GOOG (Class C, from 2014-04-03)" }, { "from": "2015-10-02", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GOOGL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Alphabet Inc.", "also": "GOOG" } ], "fate_notes": "2014-04-03: Class C stock dividend; Class A moved to GOOGL, new Class C took GOOG. 2015-10-02: Alphabet became the holding company; GOOGL/GOOG shares converted 1:1 into Alphabet shares and kept the same tickers.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changes to subsidiary (of Alphabet) for the 2016-2019 air dates." }, { "entity_name": "Greylock Partners", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-26", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylock_Partners" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private venture capital firm." }, { "entity_name": "Grindr", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": "2016-01-10", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2016-01-11", "to": "2020-06-09", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "300418.SZ", "currency": "CNY", "parent": "Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd." }, { "from": "2020-06-10", "to": "2022-11-17", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2022-11-18", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "GRND", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Kunlun bought 61.5% in Jan 2016 and the remainder in Jan 2018; sold its 98.59% stake to San Vicente Acquisition LLC for $608.5M in 2020 after CFIUS objections (private again). Went public via merger with Tiga Acquisition Corp, trading as GRND from 2022-11-18.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindr", "https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/grindrs-chinese-owner-says-to-sell-social-media-app-for-608-million.html", "https://www.globaldatinginsights.com/news/grindr-to-be-bought-out-by-chinese-gaming-company/" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "2014 air date: private. 2019 air date: Kunlun (Shenzhen-listed, no US ADR). Kunlun period boundaries are month-accurate (Jan 2016 to Jun 2020), not day-accurate; the exact closing days are approximate." }, { "entity_name": "Hacking Team", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-07", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Team" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private Milan surveillance software firm; acquired 2019 by InTheCyber Group and rebranded Memento Labs, still private." }, { "entity_name": "Havahart", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-15", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Woodstream Corporation" } ], "fate_notes": "Havahart is a Woodstream brand. Woodstream was owned by Vestar Capital Partners (PE) from 2015 and sold to Bansk Group (PE) in 2020; private throughout.", "sources": [ "https://peprofessional.com/2015/04/vestar-buys-mouse-trap-maker-woodstream/", "https://www.woodstream.com/vestar-capital-partners-agrees-to-sell-woodstream-to-bansk-group" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Brand of a privately held parent, so status is private (not subsidiary of anything listed)." }, { "entity_name": "Haworth", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-22", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haworth_(company)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Family-owned office furniture maker (Holland, Michigan)." }, { "entity_name": "Hewlett-Packard", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-10", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "HPQ", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "On 2015-11-01 Hewlett-Packard Company renamed itself HP Inc. (keeps HPQ) and distributed Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), 1 HPE per HPQ share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Hipstamatic", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-18", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipstamatic" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Small private app maker." }, { "entity_name": "Hulu", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-20", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "In 2014 a joint venture of Disney, 21st Century Fox and NBCUniversal (about 1/3 each); no majority owner, so not buyable as a subsidiary. Disney took majority control in 2019 and full ownership later.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Only the 2014 air date matters; no owner held a majority then." }, { "entity_name": "IBM", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-12", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "IBM", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Index Ventures", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-26", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_Ventures" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private venture capital firm." }, { "entity_name": "Instagram", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": "2022-06-08", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "FB", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Facebook, Inc." }, { "from": "2022-06-09", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "META", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Meta Platforms" } ], "fate_notes": "Acquisition announced 2012-04-09 and closed 2012-09-06 while Instagram was private. Facebook renamed Meta Platforms 2021-10-28; ticker FB became META on 2022-06-09 (same security; today's Yahoo symbol META).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Previous record gave the announcement date as the acquisition date; it closed 2012-09-06." }, { "entity_name": "iOS", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-26", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "iPad", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-29", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Product of Apple; status is subsidiary, not public." }, { "entity_name": "iPhone", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-17", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Product of Apple; status is subsidiary, not public." }, { "entity_name": "IRS", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal agency." }, { "entity_name": "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-21", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Iranian state military force; not investable (and subject to US sanctions)." }, { "entity_name": "Java", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ORCL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Oracle Corporation" } ], "fate_notes": "Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems 2010-01-27, taking Java.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_acquisition_by_Oracle" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Jell-O", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "KHC", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Kraft Heinz Company" } ], "fate_notes": "Kraft Foods Group (KRFT) merged with H.J. Heinz to form Kraft Heinz on 2015-07-02, before both air dates.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jell-O", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001637459/000163745915000021/khc10q62815.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Kraft Heinz brand on 2016-05-01 and 2019-12-08." }, { "entity_name": "Jet Ski", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-10-27", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "7012.T", "currency": "JPY", "parent": "Kawasaki Heavy Industries" } ], "fate_notes": "Kawasaki's motorcycle and engine business (which makes Jet Ski) was split out as Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. in Oct 2021, but it stays a wholly owned KHI subsidiary, so the buyable parent is the same.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Ski", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Heavy_Industries" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Used generically, but Jet Ski is a Kawasaki trademark. Only an OTC ADR (KWHIY) trades in the US, no exchange listing. The 2021 spin-out date is from memory and does not change the answer." }, { "entity_name": "Johnson & Johnson", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-24", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "JNJ", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Kenvue (KVUE) separated in 2023 via IPO and exchange offer; JNJ continues.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Johnson" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Juilliard", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juilliard_School" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private nonprofit performing arts school." }, { "entity_name": "Ken doll", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-12", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MAT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Mattel" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_(doll)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Mattel product (Barbie line)." }, { "entity_name": "Kia", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-26", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "000270.KS", "currency": "KRW", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Kia Motors Corporation renamed Kia Corporation in 2021; same Korea Exchange security 000270.KS. Hyundai Motor owns roughly a third, a minority stake, so Kia is its own public company.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "No liquid US ADR existed. Previous record called it private because there was no US ticker; under the rules it is public on KRX." }, { "entity_name": "Kickstarter", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-19", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private public benefit corporation." }, { "entity_name": "Kool-Aid", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-17", "to": "2015-07-01", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "KRFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Kraft Foods Group" }, { "from": "2015-07-02", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "KHC", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Kraft Heinz Company" } ], "fate_notes": "On the air date Kool-Aid belonged to Kraft Foods Group (Nasdaq: KRFT). Merger with H.J. Heinz closed 2015-07-02: each KRFT share became 1 KHC share plus a $16.50 special cash dividend. A planned 2026 split of Kraft Heinz into two companies was paused in Feb 2026.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kool-Aid", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001637459/000163745915000021/khc10q62815.htm", "https://www.supermarketnews.com/mergers-acquisitions/kraft-heinz-pauses-plans-to-split-into-2-companies" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Previous record used KHC, which did not exist until 2015-07-02 (air date 2015-05-17)." }, { "entity_name": "LaCroix", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "FIZZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "National Beverage Corp." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaCroix_(sparkling_water)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Brand of National Beverage; status is subsidiary, not public." }, { "entity_name": "Lego", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-08", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lego_Group" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "The Lego Group is privately held by the Kirk Kristiansen family's KIRKBI (75%) and the LEGO Foundation (25%)." }, { "entity_name": "Liberty University", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private nonprofit university." }, { "entity_name": "LinkedIn", "periods": [ { "from": "2011-05-19", "to": "2016-12-07", "status": "public", "ticker": "LNKD", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2016-12-08", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "LNKD acquired by Microsoft 2016-12-08 for $196.00 cash per share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn", "https://news.microsoft.com/2016/12/08/microsoft-completes-acquisition-of-linkedin/" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "2015 and May 2016 air dates: LNKD. 2019 air dates: MSFT." }, { "entity_name": "Lyft", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": "2019-03-28", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2019-03-29", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "LYFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "IPO on Nasdaq 2019-03-29.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyft" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Both air dates (2014, 2017) predate the IPO, so not investable then. Minority holders (GM, Rakuten, Alibaba) don't count." }, { "entity_name": "MacBook Pro", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-18", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Product of Apple; status is subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "Martinelli's", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-26", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Martinelli_%26_Company" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Family-owned since 1868." }, { "entity_name": "Maserati", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-24", "to": "2021-01-15", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "FCA.MI", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.", "us_listing": "FCAU (NYSE, common shares)" }, { "from": "2021-01-16", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "STLAM.MI", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Stellantis N.V.", "us_listing": "STLA (NYSE)" } ], "fate_notes": "FCA merged with Groupe PSA 2021-01-16; FCA was the surviving legal entity and was renamed Stellantis, so FCA shares continue as Stellantis (Milan STLAM.MI, NYSE STLA). Ferrari (RACE) was spun off from FCA in Jan 2016; Maserati stayed with FCA.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Chrysler_Automobiles", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellantis" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Previous record used STLA with a 2021 date; on the 2015 air date the parent was FCA (same security, later renamed)." }, { "entity_name": "Mass Effect 3", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "EA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Electronic Arts" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_3", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000712515/000119312511342360/d271274dex991.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "2012 game developed by BioWare (owned by Electronic Arts since 2008) and published by EA. EA's Nasdaq symbol changed ERTS -> EA effective 2011-12-20, so EA was the symbol on the 2014 air date." }, { "entity_name": "Mazda", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "7261.T", "currency": "JPY", "parent": null, "us_adr": "MZDAY (OTC)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Primary listing Tokyo Stock Exchange. MZDAY is an OTC ADR with thin volume; liquidity is modest." }, { "entity_name": "McLaren", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-26", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Group" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "McLaren Group/McLaren Automotive privately held (Mumtalakat, TAG Group, Ron Dennis et al.) in 2015." }, { "entity_name": "Mello Yello", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "KO", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Coca-Cola Company" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mello_Yello" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Coca-Cola brand; status is subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "Mercedes-Benz", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-03", "to": "2022-01-31", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "DAI.DE", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Daimler AG", "us_adr": "DDAIY (OTC, sponsored Level I)" }, { "from": "2022-02-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MBG.DE", "currency": "EUR", "parent": "Mercedes-Benz Group AG", "us_adr": "MBGYY (OTC)" } ], "fate_notes": "Daimler AG renamed Mercedes-Benz Group AG on 2022-02-01 (same security; Yahoo now MBG.DE, ADR MBGYY). In Dec 2021 Daimler spun off Daimler Truck (DTG.DE), 1 DTG share per 2 Daimler shares, so the 2015 money also followed into Daimler Truck.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Group", "https://autoremarketing.com/?p=7996" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "In 2015 the brand belonged to Daimler AG, not a listed company named Mercedes-Benz." }, { "entity_name": "Mercury", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-06-14", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "F", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Ford Motor Company" } ], "fate_notes": "The Mercury brand was discontinued in 2011; the car in the quote (Grand Marquis) and the brand belong to Ford.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(automobile)" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Brand dormant on the air date; Ford is the only way to buy it." }, { "entity_name": "Metamucil", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-04-24", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "PG", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Procter & Gamble" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamucil" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Microsoft", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Microsoft Azure", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Microsoft product; status is subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "Microsoft Exchange", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-10-27", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Exchange_Server" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Microsoft product." }, { "entity_name": "Minecraft", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-17", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "Mojang was acquired by Microsoft for $2.5B; announced 2014-09-15, closed 2014-11-06 (Mojang was private).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojang_Studios", "https://www.engadget.com/2014-11-06-microsoft-completes-acquisition-of-minecraft-studio.html" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Acquisition date corrected from the announcement to the close." }, { "entity_name": "MIT", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-31", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private nonprofit university." }, { "entity_name": "Montblanc", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-22", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "CFR.SW", "currency": "CHF", "parent": "Compagnie Financiere Richemont", "us_adr": "CFRUY (OTC)" } ], "fate_notes": "Richemont has owned Montblanc since 1993.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montblanc_(company)", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richemont" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Primary listing SIX Swiss Exchange added." }, { "entity_name": "Movember", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-04-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movember" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Charity (Movember Foundation) and an annual event; not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Mr. Chow's", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-15", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Chow" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Privately held restaurant group." }, { "entity_name": "Mr. Potato Head", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-24", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "HAS", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Hasbro" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Potato_Head" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Hasbro product." }, { "entity_name": "MSNBC", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-17", "to": "2026-01-02", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "CMCSA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Comcast (via NBCUniversal)" }, { "from": "2026-01-03", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "VSNT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Versant Media Group" } ], "fate_notes": "Comcast spun off Versant (MSNBC, renamed MS NOW, plus CNBC, USA, etc.) effective 11:59pm ET 2026-01-02: 1 Versant share per 25 Comcast shares; VSNT regular-way trading on Nasdaq from 2026-01-05.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000095010326000079/dp239108_ex9901.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versant" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2019 air date: CMCSA." }, { "entity_name": "MySpace", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": "2016-02-10", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Specific Media / Viant (private)" }, { "from": "2016-02-11", "to": "2018-01-30", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TIME", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Time Inc. (majority owner of Viant)" }, { "from": "2018-01-31", "to": "2019-11-03", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MDP", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Meredith Corporation" }, { "from": "2019-11-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Viant (Vanderhook brothers)" } ], "fate_notes": "Time Inc. bought a majority stake in Viant (Myspace's parent) 2016-02-11. Meredith acquired Time Inc. 2018-01-31 for $18.50 cash per TIME share. Meredith sold its Viant stake back to the founders 2019-11-04. MDP itself was later taken out 2021-12-01 for $42.18 cash (Dotdash/IAC) plus $16.99 cash (Gray Television) per share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/11/time-inc-acquires-viant-owner-of-myspace-and-a-vast-ad-tech-network", "https://mobilemarketingmagazine.com/meredith-sells-its-60-per-cent-viant-stake-back-to-founders/", "https://iac.com/press-releases/iacs-dotdash-announces-close-of-meredith-transaction", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65011/000119312521293654/d200314d8k.htm" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Previous record said 'defunct/News Corp'. 2014 air date: private (Specific Media/Viant). 2018-05-06 air date: Meredith (MDP), which owned Viant/Myspace through Time Inc." }, { "entity_name": "National Guard", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-05-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US military reserve force." }, { "entity_name": "NBA", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-12-08", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "League owned by its private member teams; not investable." }, { "entity_name": "NFL", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-05-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "League (trade association of member clubs); not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Nike", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "NKE", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike,_Inc." ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "NIST", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Standards_and_Technology" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal agency (Dept. of Commerce)." }, { "entity_name": "NSA", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal intelligence agency." }, { "entity_name": "Oculus", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-12", "to": "2022-06-08", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "FB", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Facebook, Inc." }, { "from": "2022-06-09", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "META", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Meta Platforms" } ], "fate_notes": "Facebook's $2B acquisition of Oculus VR (private) was announced 2014-03-25 and closed 2014-07-21. Ticker FB became META 2022-06-09 (same security).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus_VR", "https://techcrunch.com/?p=1032650" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Acquisition date corrected to the close." }, { "entity_name": "Oldsmobile", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-12-08", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "General Motors" } ], "fate_notes": "GM shut down the Oldsmobile division on 2004-04-29 but keeps the OLDSMOBILE trademarks (General Motors LLC, registrations live and renewed).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile", "https://www.cohnlg.com/trademarks/vehicles/oldsmobile/" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Judgment call: by 2019 the brand was defunct (no products sold for 15 years), but GM still owned it, so under the brand rule the buyable parent is GM (NYSE, the post-2010 GM). If defunct brands should be non-investable, switch to private. The trademark source is a trademark-listing site, not GM itself." }, { "entity_name": "Olympics", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-19", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "International Olympic Committee" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Run by the IOC, a nonprofit. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Oracle", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-06-01", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "ORCL", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Moved its listing from Nasdaq to NYSE in 2013; ticker unchanged.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Corporation" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Oreo", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MDLZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Mondelez International" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreo" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Mondelez brand; status is subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "OxyContin", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Purdue Pharma (Sackler-family owned)" } ], "fate_notes": "Purdue filed Chapter 11 in 2019; never publicly traded.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OxyContin", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_Pharma" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Palantir", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": "2020-09-29", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2020-09-30", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "PLTR", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Direct listing 2020-09-30 (NYSE; moved to Nasdaq in 2024, ticker unchanged).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2017 air date: private." }, { "entity_name": "PandoDaily", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-20", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(website)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private tech media outlet (now Pando)." }, { "entity_name": "Pappy Van Winkle", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-08", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rip_Van_Winkle_Distillery" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Van Winkle family brand produced with privately held Sazerac at Buffalo Trace." }, { "entity_name": "PayPal", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-07-20", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "PYPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Spun off from eBay 2015-07-20.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Periscope", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-14", "to": "2021-03-31", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TWTR", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Twitter, Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "Twitter acquired Periscope (private) in Jan 2015 (announced Mar 2015). Periscope shut down 2021-03-31. TWTR was taken private by Elon Musk 2022-10-27 for $54.20 cash per share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periscope_(service)", "https://techcrunch.com/?p=1131991", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "All 2017 air dates: Twitter." }, { "entity_name": "Perkins", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-04-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Restaurant_%26_Bakery" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Perkins & Marie Callender's was privately held (Wayzata Investment Partners after 2011 bankruptcy); sold to Huddle House (private) in 2019." }, { "entity_name": "Pets.com", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-12-08", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pets.com" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Defunct since Nov 2000 (was IPET on Nasdaq 2000); nothing to buy in 2019. The domain belongs to PetSmart (private), which is not the original company." }, { "entity_name": "Philz Coffee", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-05", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philz_Coffee" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Privately held." }, { "entity_name": "Photoshop", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-03", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ADBE", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Adobe" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Pinterest", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-26", "to": "2019-04-17", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2019-04-18", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "PINS", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "IPO on NYSE 2019-04-18.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2015 air date: private." }, { "entity_name": "PitchBook", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-14", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MORN", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Morningstar" } ], "fate_notes": "Morningstar (already about a 20% holder) acquired the rest of PitchBook, closing 2016-12-01, for about $180M (valuing it at $225M).", "sources": [ "https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry/morningstar-acquires-remaining-stake-in-pitchbook/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PitchBook" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Acquisition date corrected from the Oct 2016 announcement to the 2016-12-01 close." }, { "entity_name": "Pixar", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-29", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "DIS", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Walt Disney Company" } ], "fate_notes": "PIXR acquired by Disney 2006-05-05 in an all-stock deal (2.3 DIS shares per PIXR share). In Mar 2019 Disney created a new holding company in the Fox deal; DIS shares converted 1:1 and kept the ticker.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "On the 2018 air date: Disney (DIS), not the old PIXR ticker." }, { "entity_name": "Polaroid", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation", "https://petapixel.com/2017/05/12/polaroid-acquired-impossible-projects-largest-shareholder/" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "In 2015 the brand belonged to PLR IP Holdings (Pohlad family majority, with Hilco and Gordon Brothers); sold 2017 to the Smolokowski family. Private throughout." }, { "entity_name": "Popcornopolis", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-08", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://nexphase.com/nexphase-capital-exits-investment-in-popcornopolis-through-sale-to-barcel-usa/", "https://www.privsource.com/acquisitions/deal/4dSexx" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Founder-owned in 2016; NexPhase Capital (PE) invested 2019; Grupo Bimbo's Barcel USA bought it 2021-10-29 (Grupo Bimbo trades as BIMBOA.MX). On the 2016 air date, private." }, { "entity_name": "Post-it", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-24", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MMM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "3M" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-it_note" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "3M brand on all three air dates (2015, 2015, 2017)." }, { "entity_name": "PowerPoint", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-08", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Microsoft product." }, { "entity_name": "Priceline", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-03-25", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "BKNG", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Booking Holdings" } ], "fate_notes": "The Priceline Group renamed itself Booking Holdings 2018-02-27; ticker changed PCLN to BKNG (same security). Priceline.com is now a subsidiary brand.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booking_Holdings" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status set to subsidiary: on the air date Priceline was a brand of Booking Holdings." }, { "entity_name": "Pride Fighting", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-18", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_Fighting_Championships" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Pride FC assets bought 2007-03-27 by the Fertitta brothers (Zuffa); dormant since Oct 2007. In 2014 Zuffa was private (WME-IMG 2016, TKO only from 2023)." }, { "entity_name": "Prouts Neck Yacht Club", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-17", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/010145138", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prouts_Neck" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Real tax-exempt social/recreational club in Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Maine. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Publishers Weekly", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-17", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Owned by PWxyz LLC (George Slowik) since 2010; private." }, { "entity_name": "Push Pop", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-15", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topps", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_Pop" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "In 2016 a Topps brand; Topps was private (Tornante Company and Madison Dearborn Partners since 2007)." }, { "entity_name": "Rackspace", "periods": [ { "from": "2008-08-08", "to": "2016-11-02", "status": "public", "ticker": "RAX", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "RAX taken private by Apollo affiliates 2016-11-03 for $32.00 cash per share and delisted. A new company relisted 2020-08-05 as RXT (not the same security).", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/26/rackspace-to-go-private-after-4-3b-acquisition-by-private-equity-firm-apollo/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rackspace_Technology" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Radeon", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-10", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AMD", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Advanced Micro Devices" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "AMD product line; status is subsidiary." }, { "entity_name": "Recode", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-20", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "In 2014 owned by Revere Digital (private, NBCUniversal minority). Acquired by Vox Media (private) in May 2015.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recode" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Red Bull", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-10", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_GmbH" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Privately held Austrian company (Yoovidhya family 51%, Mateschitz 49%)." }, { "entity_name": "Reddit", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-06-14", "to": "2024-03-20", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2024-03-21", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "RDDT", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "IPO on NYSE 2024-03-21.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "All air dates (2015-2017) predate the IPO; Advance Publications (largest holder) is itself private." }, { "entity_name": "Redfin", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-05", "to": "2017-07-27", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2017-07-28", "to": "2025-06-30", "status": "public", "ticker": "RDFN", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2025-07-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "RKT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Rocket Companies" } ], "fate_notes": "RDFN IPO 2017-07-28 (after both air dates). Acquired by Rocket Companies 2025-07-01 in an all-stock deal: 0.7926 RKT Class A shares per RDFN share (not ~$8.75 cash as the previous record said).", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1382821/000110465925044603/tm2513850-1_defm14a.htm", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001805284/000110465925064824/tm2519538d1_ex99-1.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redfin" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Both air dates predate the IPO, so not investable on either date." }, { "entity_name": "Restoration Hardware", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-11-02", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "RH", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RH) renamed RH in Jan 2017; same security, same ticker.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RH_(company)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Russell Stover", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-07-14", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "LISP.SW", "currency": "CHF", "parent": "Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG" } ], "fate_notes": "Russell Stover Candies acquired by Lindt & Sprüngli (SIX Swiss Exchange) in 2014. Lindt trades as participation certificates LISP.SW and registered shares LISN.SW (CHF); no liquid US ADR (OTC LDSVF/LDSVY only). One PC costs several thousand CHF, so $100 implies a fractional position.", "sources": [ "https://fortune.com/2014/07/14/lindt-acquires-russell-stover/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindt_%26_Spr%C3%BCngli", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Stover_Candies" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: a wholly owned subsidiary of a listed parent counts as subsidiary. Medium only because of the LISP vs LISN share-class choice." }, { "entity_name": "Sacramento Bee", "periods": [ { "from": "2006-06-27", "to": "2020-09-03", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MNI", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The McClatchy Company" }, { "from": "2020-09-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Chatham Asset Management" } ], "fate_notes": "On 2019-11-17 McClatchy traded on NYSE American as MNI. Filed Chapter 11 2020-02-13; NYSE American suspended and delisted it (Form 25 on 2020-02-21); then quoted OTC as MNIQQ. Assets sold to Chatham Asset Management in Sept 2020; old common equity got no recovery (treat as total loss).", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056087/000105608720000009/mni-20200213x8k.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_McClatchy_Company", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacramento_Bee" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: on the air date it was owned by publicly traded McClatchy. Exact date Chatham closed and the zero equity recovery come from Wikipedia, not a filing I opened." }, { "entity_name": "Samsung", "periods": [ { "from": "1975-06-11", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "005930.KS", "currency": "KRW", "parent": "Samsung Electronics", "adr_ticker": null } ], "fate_notes": "Galaxy Note 7 is a Samsung Electronics product. Primary listing KRX 005930.KS (KRW). No US-listed ADR existed; only the OTC SSNLF line and the London GDR (SMSN.IL, USD). 50:1 stock split 2018-05-04, and Yahoo history is split-adjusted.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Electronics", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_7" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: Samsung Electronics is public on KRX. Use 005930.KS in KRW, not the bad SSNLF data." }, { "entity_name": "San Francisco Giants", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-12-08", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Privately owned MLB franchise." }, { "entity_name": "Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-04-30", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_Sheriff%27s_Office" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Government agency." }, { "entity_name": "Sarah Lawrence College", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Lawrence_College" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private nonprofit college." }, { "entity_name": "Sav-On", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Albertsons LLC (Cerberus-led, private)" } ], "fate_notes": "By 2014 Sav-on survived only as in-store pharmacy branding (Sav-on Pharmacy) in Albertsons grocery stores. CVS had bought the free-standing Sav-on drugstores in 2006 and converted them to CVS. Albertsons went to a Cerberus-led private group in 2013; Albertsons Companies did not IPO until 2020-06-26 (ACI).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sav-on_Drugs", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertsons" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Medium because the show line (a parking lot) doesn't say which Sav-On site it means. No public owner fits it in May 2014." }, { "entity_name": "Sea-Doo", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-14", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "DOO.TO", "currency": "CAD", "parent": "BRP Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRP_Inc.", "https://ir.brp.com/node/9591" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "BRP brand. BRP traded on the TSX as DOO since its 2013-05-29 IPO. Its Nasdaq listing (DOOO, USD) started 2018-09-14, after the 2017-05-14 air date, so no US listing existed that day; only DOO.TO." }, { "entity_name": "SEC", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-05-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal agency." }, { "entity_name": "Sequoia Capital", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-26", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_Capital" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private VC partnership." }, { "entity_name": "Shake Weight", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-06-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Fitness IQ" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_Weight" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Fitness IQ was privately held. I found no public parent." }, { "entity_name": "Shazam", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-07", "to": "2018-09-23", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2018-09-24", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple" } ], "fate_notes": "Private on both 2017 air dates. Apple completed the acquisition 2018-09-24 (~$400M, not disclosed).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shazam_(application)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Not investable on either air date." }, { "entity_name": "Sikorsky", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-11-06", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "LMT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Lockheed Martin" } ], "fate_notes": "Lockheed Martin bought Sikorsky from United Technologies, closing 2015-11-06 ($9.0B). On 2016-06-26 it was a wholly owned LMT subsidiary.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_Aircraft" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private/not proxied: a wholly owned subsidiary of a listed parent counts as subsidiary (LMT)." }, { "entity_name": "Siri", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-04-28", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AAPL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Apple" } ], "fate_notes": "Apple product (Apple acquired Siri Inc. in 2010).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed from public to subsidiary. Ticker is still AAPL." }, { "entity_name": "Sizzler", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-04-30", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Sizzler USA (management-owned)" } ], "fate_notes": "US Sizzler sold by Pacific Equity Partners to a management-led group in a June 2011 buyout; still private in 2017. Sizzler's Australian and Asian operations belonged to Collins Foods (ASX: CKF), which is not the US buffet chain in the line.", "sources": [ "https://www.nrn.com/corporate/sizzler-usa-acquired-management-buyout", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizzler" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Skee-Ball", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-15", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Bay Tek Entertainment" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skee-Ball" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Brand owned by private Bay Tek since 2016." }, { "entity_name": "Skype", "periods": [ { "from": "2011-10-13", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "Microsoft completed the $8.5B acquisition 2011-10-13.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Skyrim", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-04-30", "to": "2021-03-08", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "ZeniMax Media (Bethesda)" }, { "from": "2021-03-09", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "Bethesda game. ZeniMax Media was private in 2017; Microsoft completed the ZeniMax acquisition 2021-03-09.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Not investable on the air date." }, { "entity_name": "Slack", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-05", "to": "2019-06-19", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2019-06-20", "to": "2021-07-20", "status": "public", "ticker": "WORK", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2021-07-21", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "CRM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Salesforce" } ], "fate_notes": "Private on the air date. NYSE direct listing 2019-06-20 (WORK). Salesforce closed the acquisition 2021-07-21 for $26.79 cash plus 0.0776 CRM shares per WORK share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slack_Technologies" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Not investable on the air date." }, { "entity_name": "Slate", "periods": [ { "from": "2008-01-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GHC", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Graham Holdings Company" } ], "fate_notes": "The Slate Group is part of Graham Holdings (formerly The Washington Post Company), which kept Slate when it sold the Post in 2013.", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000104889/000010488918000011/d2017q410k.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Holdings" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: Slate was owned by listed Graham Holdings (NYSE: GHC) in 2017." }, { "entity_name": "Slice", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "New Slice Ventures LLC" } ], "fate_notes": "PepsiCo launched Slice in 1984 and phased it out in the US. PepsiCo had abandoned at least 24 Slice trademark registrations; New Slice Ventures (Mark Thomann and Joe Gioconda) applied for the mark, PepsiCo opposed and then voluntarily withdrew its opposition by November 2017. Coverage dated Feb 14 and 17, 2018 already describes New Slice Ventures as the owner. The brand later went to Suja Life (private) in 2025.", "sources": [ "https://www.inquirer.com/philly/business/slice-is-back-once-popular-soft-drink-will-be-rebooted-as-low-calorie-drink-sweetened-with-fruit-juice-20180217.html", "https://www.fooddive.com/news/slice-bets-on-nostalgia-factor-with-summer-relaunch/516923/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_(drink)" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Coordinator note addressed: 'Slice? The beverage?' refers to the real US lemon-lime soda. On 2018-04-01 the US/Canada Slice trademark belonged to New Slice Ventures LLC, a private startup, not PepsiCo, so it was not buyable. Caveat: PepsiCo kept using the Slice name in other markets (e.g. the Slice mango drink in India), so someone treating it as PepsiCo's global brand would get PEP. For the US soda, private. No exact assignment date found; Nov 2017 to Feb 2018 is the documented window, which is before the air date either way." }, { "entity_name": "Snapchat", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-12", "to": "2017-03-01", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2017-03-02", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "SNAP", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Snap Inc." } ], "fate_notes": "Snapchat Inc. renamed itself Snap Inc. in Sept 2016 (same corporate entity) and listed on NYSE 2017-03-02.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap_Inc." ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed: the three 2015 air dates predate the IPO and are private. 2018 and 2019 are SNAP." }, { "entity_name": "SoftLayer", "periods": [ { "from": "2013-07-08", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "IBM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "IBM" } ], "fate_notes": "IBM acquired SoftLayer in July 2013 (~$2B).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftLayer" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "SonicWall", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Francisco Partners / Elliott Management" } ], "fate_notes": "Spun out of Dell (private at the time) to Francisco Partners and Elliott in Nov 2016.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SonicWall" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Sotheby's", "periods": [ { "from": "1988-05-11", "to": "2019-10-02", "status": "public", "ticker": "BID", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2019-10-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "BidFair USA (Patrick Drahi)" } ], "fate_notes": "Taken private by Patrick Drahi's BidFair USA at $57.00 cash per share; the deal closed in early Oct 2019 (2019-10-03 per Wikipedia).", "sources": [ "https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/sotheby-s-sold-to-businessman-collector-patrick-drahi-for-usd3-7bn", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotheby%27s" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Public BID on the air date. Added the $57 cash exit; the previous record's 2019-10-15 date looks off." }, { "entity_name": "South by Southwest", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-19", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private (Penske Media's 2021 50% stake is also private)." }, { "entity_name": "Spackle", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-28", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "California Products Corporation" } ], "fate_notes": "Spackle was a Muralo Company (Bayonne NJ, private) trademark. In 2014 California Products Corporation (then a Delos Capital portfolio company) bought Muralo brand assets including Spackle; CPC was bought by Audax Private Equity in Oct 2015. Private on the 2017 air date.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spackling_paste", "https://www.icpgroup.com/audax-group-acquires-california-products-corporation/", "https://www.coatingsworld.com/issues/0814/view_breaking-news/california-products-acquires-muralo-paint-brands" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Used generically. Wikipedia calls Spackle an abandoned/genericized Muralo trademark; either way every possible owner was private. The 2014 CPC deal is from search snippets (coatingsworld returned 403), so medium." }, { "entity_name": "Sports Illustrated", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-06-09", "to": "2018-01-30", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TIME", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Time Inc." }, { "from": "2018-01-31", "to": "2019-05-26", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MDP", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Meredith Corporation" }, { "from": "2019-05-27", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Authentic Brands Group" } ], "fate_notes": "On 2017-04-30 SI belonged to Time Inc. (NYSE: TIME, spun from Time Warner June 2014). Meredith bought Time Inc. 2018-01-31 for $18.50 cash per TIME share. Meredith sold the SI brand to Authentic Brands (private) in 2019.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Inc.", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: a Time Inc. subsidiary on the air date. Ticker TIME (delisted 2018)." }, { "entity_name": "Stanford University", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-04-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Private nonprofit university." }, { "entity_name": "Staples", "periods": [ { "from": "1989-04-27", "to": "2017-09-11", "status": "public", "ticker": "SPLS", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2017-09-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Sycamore Partners" } ], "fate_notes": "Taken private by Sycamore Partners 2017-09-12 at $10.25 cash per share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staples_Inc." ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Starbucks", "periods": [ { "from": "1992-06-26", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "SBUX", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starbucks" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Stumptown", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-10-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Peet's Coffee / JAB Holding" } ], "fate_notes": "Peet's (JAB) bought Stumptown in Oct 2015. Its listed descendant JDE Peet's (JDEP.AS) did not IPO until 2020-05-29, after the air date.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumptown_Coffee_Roasters", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JDE_Peet%27s" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Super Angel", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-22", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Angel Co., Ltd. (South Korea)" } ], "fate_notes": "'Super Angel Premium Deluxe' is a twin-gear juicer made by Angel Co., Ltd. of South Korea (founded 1997). I found no public listing.", "sources": [ "https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Angel-Living-Juice-Extractor-SuperAngel-PREMIUM-DELUXE-Heavy-Duty-Stainless-Steel-Wheatgrass-amp-Vegetable-Juicer/909561848", "https://www.keimling.de/en/juicer/brands/angel-juicer" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Medium because Angel Co.'s private status comes from finding no listing, not from a filing." }, { "entity_name": "Super Bowl", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "National Football League" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "NFL championship game. The NFL is not publicly traded. (Mazda, also named in the line, is a separate entity.)" }, { "entity_name": "Taco Bell", "periods": [ { "from": "1997-10-07", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "YUM", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Yum! Brands" } ], "fate_notes": "Taco Bell is a Yum! Brands brand. Note for following the money: Yum spun off Yum China (YUMC) 2016-10-31, with 1 YUMC share per YUM share, so a 2015 YUM holder also gained YUMC.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum!_Brands", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum_China" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed from public to subsidiary. Ticker is still YUM." }, { "entity_name": "TaskRabbit", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-07", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Private, then bought by IKEA (Ingka, also private) in Sept 2017. Never investable.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaskRabbit" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "TechCrunch", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-09-28", "to": "2015-06-22", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AOL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "AOL Inc." }, { "from": "2015-06-23", "to": "2021-08-31", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "VZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Verizon" }, { "from": "2021-09-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Yahoo Inc. (Apollo), then Regent (2025)" } ], "fate_notes": "AOL (NYSE: AOL) acquired TechCrunch 2010. Verizon bought AOL 2015-06-23 for $50.00 cash per share. Verizon sold Verizon Media (Yahoo, TechCrunch) to Apollo 2021-09-01. Yahoo sold TechCrunch to Regent in March 2025.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechCrunch", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_Media" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed: the 2014 and early 2015 air dates are AOL; the 2016-2019 air dates are VZ." }, { "entity_name": "TechCrunch Disrupt", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-09-28", "to": "2015-06-22", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AOL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "AOL Inc." }, { "from": "2015-06-23", "to": "2021-08-31", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "VZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Verizon" }, { "from": "2021-09-01", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Yahoo Inc. (Apollo), then Regent (2025)" } ], "fate_notes": "TechCrunch's own conference, so it follows TechCrunch's ownership. AOL (bought by Verizon 2015-06-23 at $50 cash per share), then Verizon until the 2021 Apollo sale.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechCrunch" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: on every air date (2014-2017) it was part of AOL or Verizon." }, { "entity_name": "TED", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Sapling Foundation (nonprofit)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Nonprofit." }, { "entity_name": "Tesla", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-06-29", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "TSLA", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc." ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Tesla Model S", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-06-22", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TSLA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Tesla" } ], "fate_notes": "Tesla product.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_S" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity." }, { "entity_name": "Tesla Roadster", "periods": [ { "from": "2008-01-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TSLA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Tesla" } ], "fate_notes": "Tesla product (2nd-gen Roadster unveiled Nov 2017).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(second_generation)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed from public to subsidiary. Ticker is still TSLA." }, { "entity_name": "The Atlantic", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-05-14", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Atlantic Media (David Bradley)" } ], "fate_notes": "Emerson Collective took majority control in July 2017; also private.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "The Rosewood", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-22", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Rosewood Hotel Group / Chow Tai Fook Enterprises" } ], "fate_notes": "Rosewood Sand Hill hotel (Menlo Park). Rosewood Hotel Group (formerly New World Hospitality) is a subsidiary of Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, a private Hong Kong company, not listed New World Development.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood_Hotels_%26_Resorts" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Still private; corrected the parent named in the previous note." }, { "entity_name": "The Verge", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Vox Media" } ], "fate_notes": "Vox Media is private (NBCUniversal holds a minority stake only).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verge", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Media" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "The Wall Street Journal", "periods": [ { "from": "2013-06-28", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "NWSA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "News Corp" } ], "fate_notes": "Dow Jones/WSJ belongs to News Corp (NWSA; NWS is the Class B voting line).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corp" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "The Weather Channel", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-11", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Weather Group (Blackstone / Bain Capital / NBCUniversal consortium)" } ], "fate_notes": "The TV network belonged to the 2008 Blackstone/Bain/NBCUniversal consortium; Comcast-owned NBCU held a minority stake, which doesn't count. Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios bought it in March 2018 (private). The digital assets (weather.com, app) were sold to IBM in Jan 2016, but the line refers to watching the TV channel.", "sources": [ "https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weather-channel-tv-network-sold-byron-allens-entertainment-studios-1096547", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Channel" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. If the digital weather.com/app is meant instead, it would be IBM (subsidiary) from 2016-01-29." }, { "entity_name": "Theranos", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-26", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Private until dissolved in Sept 2018. Never investable.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Tinder", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-09-01", "to": "2016-01-20", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "IACI", "currency": "USD", "parent": "IAC/InterActiveCorp" }, { "from": "2016-01-21", "to": "2020-06-30", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "IAC", "currency": "USD", "parent": "IAC/InterActiveCorp (Match Group, MTCH, as intermediate listed parent from 2015-11-19)" }, { "from": "2020-07-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MTCH", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Match Group" } ], "fate_notes": "Tinder came out of IAC's Hatch Labs and was majority-owned by IAC (ticker IACI; changed to IAC 2016-01-21). Match Group IPO'd 2015-11-19 (MTCH) but stayed ~80% IAC-owned until the separation completed 2020-06-30. At that point Old IAC was renamed Match Group (MTCH), and holders also got shares of the new IAC spinoff. Ultimate listed parent: IACI for 2014-05-18 and 2015-05-24, IAC for 2019-11-17. Old MTCH was a direct but non-ultimate parent in 2019.", "sources": [ "https://www.iac.com/press-releases/iac-ticker-symbol-now-iaci", "https://miaxglobal.com/alert/2016/01/20/miax-corporate-action-alert-iacinteractivecorp-iaci-symbol-change-iac", "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1800227/000180022720000022/iaci-20200930.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinder_(app)" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed: MTCH did not exist on 2014-05-18 or 2015-05-24, so those dates use IAC (IACI). Medium because Yahoo's history for old IAC may show up under MTCH (the renamed legal entity) rather than IAC; check which symbol Yahoo serves for pre-2020 prices." }, { "entity_name": "Toyota Prius", "periods": [ { "from": "1949-05-16", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "7203.T", "currency": "JPY", "parent": "Toyota Motor Corporation", "adr_ticker": "TM", "adr_currency": "USD" } ], "fate_notes": "Toyota product. Primary listing Tokyo 7203.T (JPY); liquid NYSE ADR TM (USD) on both air dates.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Same parent; added the primary listing 7203.T. ADR TM is fine for USD." }, { "entity_name": "Twitter", "periods": [ { "from": "2013-11-07", "to": "2022-10-27", "status": "public", "ticker": "TWTR", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2022-10-28", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "X Holdings / X Corp (Elon Musk)" } ], "fate_notes": "Taken private by Elon Musk 2022-10-27 at $54.20 cash per share; delisted 2022-10-28.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "U.S. Coast Guard", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-05", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Government." }, { "entity_name": "U.S. Congress", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-06", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US federal legislature (government). Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "U.S. Marine Corps", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-17", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "US military branch (government). Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "U.S. Navy", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-04-23", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Government." }, { "entity_name": "U.S. Patent Office", "periods": [ { "from": "2018-04-29", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Government." }, { "entity_name": "Uber", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-20", "to": "2019-05-09", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2019-05-10", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "UBER", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "NYSE IPO 2019-05-10.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed: the seven air dates from 2014-04-20 to 2018-05-06 were pre-IPO and private. Only 2019-10-27 is UBER." }, { "entity_name": "UFC", "periods": [ { "from": "2001-01-01", "to": "2021-04-28", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Zuffa LLC (Fertitta/White) until Aug 2016, then WME-IMG/Endeavor (private)" }, { "from": "2021-04-29", "to": "2023-09-11", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "EDR", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Endeavor Group Holdings" }, { "from": "2023-09-12", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TKO", "currency": "USD", "parent": "TKO Group Holdings" } ], "fate_notes": "In 2015 UFC was owned by Zuffa (private). WME-IMG bought it in 2016 (private). Endeavor listed 2021-04-29 (EDR, later taken private by Silver Lake 2025). UFC has sat in TKO Group since 2023-09-12.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuffa" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from subsidiary: on both 2015 air dates UFC was private (Zuffa)." }, { "entity_name": "UFC Fight Pass", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-17", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Zuffa LLC" } ], "fate_notes": "Zuffa-owned streaming service, private in 2015.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_Fight_Pass" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "United Nations", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Intergovernmental organization. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "UPROXX", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Uproxx Media Group (formerly Woven Digital, VC-backed)" } ], "fate_notes": "VC-backed private company in June 2016. Warner Music Group acquired it 2018-08-02 (WMG was private until its 2020-06-03 IPO). Sold to an independent group in April 2024. Warner Bros./Time Warner never owned it.", "sources": [ "https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/02/warner-music-group-acquires-uproxx/amp/", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uproxx" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Still private on the air date, but the previous Time Warner/WBD lineage was wrong." }, { "entity_name": "Valleywag", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-05-18", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Gawker Media" } ], "fate_notes": "Gawker Media blog (private). Shut down in 2015; Gawker went bankrupt in 2016.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valleywag" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Vanity Fair", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-06-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Condé Nast (Advance Publications)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_(magazine)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Vassar", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassar_College" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Vine", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-10-01", "to": "2022-10-27", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TWTR", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Twitter" }, { "from": "2022-10-28", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "X Corp" } ], "fate_notes": "Twitter bought Vine Oct 2012 and shut the app down Jan 2017 (it became Vine Camera, plus an archive). In June 2017 the brand was still Twitter's. TWTR was taken private 2022-10-27 at $54.20 cash.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine_(service)" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from defunct. The service was discontinued but the brand belonged to public Twitter, the same way Zune counts as MSFT. Medium because it's a dead product." }, { "entity_name": "W Hotels", "periods": [ { "from": "1998-12-01", "to": "2016-09-22", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "HOT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide" }, { "from": "2016-09-23", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MAR", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Marriott International" } ], "fate_notes": "On 2016-06-12 W was a Starwood brand (NYSE: HOT). Marriott closed its Starwood acquisition 2016-09-23 for $21.00 cash plus 0.80 MAR Class A shares per HOT share.", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048286/000119312516718014/d241360d8k.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_Hotels" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from MAR to HOT: Marriott didn't own W until Sept 2016, after the air date." }, { "entity_name": "Waldenbooks", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-17", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Defunct: parent Borders Group liquidated in 2011. Not investable in 2019.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldenbooks" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status private/defunct." }, { "entity_name": "Warner Bros.", "periods": [ { "from": "2003-10-16", "to": "2018-06-13", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TWX", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Time Warner Inc." }, { "from": "2018-06-14", "to": "2022-04-07", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "T", "currency": "USD", "parent": "AT&T" }, { "from": "2022-04-08", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "WBD", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Warner Bros. Discovery" } ], "fate_notes": "On 2016-06-19 Warner Bros. belonged to Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX). AT&T closed its Time Warner acquisition 2018-06-14 for $53.75 cash plus 1.437 T shares per TWX share. AT&T spun WarnerMedia into WBD (Discovery merger) 2022-04-08, distributing ~0.241917 WBD per T share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Time_Warner_by_AT%26T", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Discovery" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from WBD to TWX: WBD didn't exist until 2022." }, { "entity_name": "Wendy's", "periods": [ { "from": "2008-09-29", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "WEN", "currency": "USD", "parent": "The Wendy's Company" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wendy%27s_Company" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "WeWork", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-12-08", "to": "2021-10-20", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null }, { "from": "2021-10-21", "to": "2023-11-06", "status": "public", "ticker": "WE", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2023-11-07", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Private on 2019-12-08 (the IPO was pulled Sept 2019). Listed via the BowX SPAC 2021-10-21 as WE. Chapter 11 Nov 2023 wiped out common equity, and it emerged private in 2024.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeWork" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed to private on the air date (the previous record said public)." }, { "entity_name": "Wheat Thins", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-10-01", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MDLZ", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Mondelez International" } ], "fate_notes": "Nabisco brand of Mondelez.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_Thins" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed from public to subsidiary. Ticker is still MDLZ." }, { "entity_name": "WiFi Pineapple", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-18", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Hak5 LLC" } ], "fate_notes": "Penetration-testing device sold by Hak5 (private).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hak5" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity." }, { "entity_name": "Wikipedia", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-10", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Wikimedia Foundation" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Windows Vista", "periods": [ { "from": "1986-03-13", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "Microsoft product.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed from public to subsidiary. Ticker is still MSFT." }, { "entity_name": "WIRED", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-03", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Condé Nast (Advance Publications)" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_(magazine)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Wirehog", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-05-24", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Zuckerberg's 2004 peer-to-peer file-sharing side project; shut down around 2006. Defunct and never public.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirehog" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity. Real." }, { "entity_name": "Words with Friends", "periods": [ { "from": "2010-12-01", "to": "2022-05-22", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "ZNGA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Zynga" }, { "from": "2022-05-23", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "TTWO", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Take-Two Interactive" } ], "fate_notes": "On 2018-05-13 it was a Zynga game (NASDAQ: ZNGA). Take-Two closed its Zynga acquisition 2022-05-23 for $3.50 cash plus 0.0406 TTWO shares per ZNGA share.", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946581/000162828022028716/ttwo-20220930.htm", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from TTWO to ZNGA: Take-Two only owned it from 2022." }, { "entity_name": "World Poker Tour", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-06-01", "to": "2019-08-08", "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Ourgame International (HKEX-listed minority-float parent; see note)" }, { "from": "2019-08-09", "to": "2021-07-01", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "AESE", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc." }, { "from": "2021-07-02", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Element Partners" } ], "fate_notes": "The Black Ridge Acquisition Corp SPAC merger closed 2019-08-09; the company was renamed Allied Esports Entertainment and traded on Nasdaq as AESE from 2019-08-12. So on 2019-11-10 WPT was an AESE subsidiary. AESE sold WPT to Element Partners in 2021 for $105M (cash went to the company, not shareholders). The same AESE security now trades as AGAE (renamed Allied Gaming & Entertainment, Dec 2022).", "sources": [ "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708341/000168316819001791/brac_prer14a3.htm", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221130005951/en/Allied-Esports-Entertainment-Announces-Conclusion-of-Strategic-Review-Process-and-Rebranding", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Poker_Tour" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed AESE on the air date. Today's symbol for that security is AGAE. The 2015-2019 Ourgame period isn't needed for the air date and I didn't verify it." }, { "entity_name": "World Series", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-12", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "Major League Baseball" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "MLB championship series. MLB is a privately held league owned by its clubs. Not investable." }, { "entity_name": "Xanax", "periods": [ { "from": "2003-04-16", "to": "2020-11-15", "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "PFE", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Pfizer (Upjohn division)" }, { "from": "2020-11-16", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "VTRS", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Viatris" } ], "fate_notes": "On 2019-12-01 the Xanax brand belonged to Pfizer's Upjohn unit (Pfizer got it with Pharmacia in 2003). Upjohn combined with Mylan to form Viatris 2020-11-16, via a spin-off distribution of ~0.124079 VTRS per PFE share.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alprazolam", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viatris", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upjohn" ], "confidence": "medium", "is_real": true, "note": "Changed from private: under the product/brand rule the brand owner is Pfizer. Caveat: the line uses the name generically for alprazolam." }, { "entity_name": "Yahoo", "periods": [ { "from": "1996-04-12", "to": "2017-06-15", "status": "public", "ticker": "YHOO", "currency": "USD", "parent": null }, { "from": "2017-06-16", "to": "2019-10-02", "status": "public", "ticker": "AABA", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Altaba Inc. (same security renamed)" } ], "fate_notes": "YHOO shareholders were not cashed out. Verizon bought only the operating business (closed 2017-06-13). The listed company was renamed Altaba (AABA, 2017-06-16), a closed-end fund holding Alibaba and Yahoo Japan stakes. Liquidating distributions: $51.50 cash per share paid 2019-09-23; AABA stopped trading 2019-10-02 and dissolved 2019-10-04; then $8.33 per share paid 2020-11-02, with later smaller distributions possible.", "sources": [ "https://altaba.com/press-releases/yahoo-completes-sale-operating-business-company-be-re-named/", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201026005548/en/Altaba-Announces-Liquidating-Distribution-of-8.33-Per-Share", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaba" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Fate corrected: YHOO became AABA and liquidated. It was not acquired by Verizon at a per-share price." }, { "entity_name": "Yammer", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-07-19", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "Microsoft acquired Yammer in 2012 ($1.2B).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yammer" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Yelp", "periods": [ { "from": "2012-03-02", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "YELP", "currency": "USD", "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "NYSE: YELP.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelp" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Yo", "periods": [ { "from": "2015-04-19", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Private app startup (Or Arbel).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_(app)" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Yoo-hoo", "periods": [ { "from": "2019-11-03", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "KDP", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Keurig Dr Pepper" } ], "fate_notes": "Yoo-hoo went to Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) when Cadbury Schweppes split in May 2008. DPS merged with Keurig Green Mountain on 2018-07-09, renamed itself Keurig Dr Pepper and began trading as KDP on 2018-07-10 (same listed security, NYSE then Nasdaq from 2020). KDP is today's symbol.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo-hoo", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keurig_Dr_Pepper" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "YouPorn", "periods": [ { "from": "2014-04-13", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "MindGeek" } ], "fate_notes": "", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouPorn" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "YouTube", "periods": [ { "from": "2006-11-13", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "GOOGL", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Alphabet (Google before Oct 2015)" } ], "fate_notes": "Google acquisition closed Nov 2006.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Zenefits", "periods": [ { "from": "2017-06-04", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": null } ], "fate_notes": "Private; TriNet bought it in 2022. Never investable on its own.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenefits" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Zillow", "periods": [ { "from": "2011-07-20", "to": null, "status": "public", "ticker": "Z", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Zillow Group" } ], "fate_notes": "Zillow Group Class C (Z) and Class A (ZG) on NASDAQ. Z has existed since the Aug 2015 Class C distribution; ZG covers earlier history.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillow" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "" }, { "entity_name": "Ziploc", "periods": [ { "from": "2016-05-29", "to": null, "status": "private", "ticker": null, "currency": null, "parent": "S. C. Johnson & Son" } ], "fate_notes": "S.C. Johnson brand (private, family-owned) since Dow sold it in 1998.", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziploc" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "New entity." }, { "entity_name": "Zune", "periods": [ { "from": "2006-11-14", "to": null, "status": "subsidiary", "ticker": "MSFT", "currency": "USD", "parent": "Microsoft" } ], "fate_notes": "Discontinued Microsoft product (2012).", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune" ], "confidence": "high", "is_real": true, "note": "Status changed from public to subsidiary. Ticker is still MSFT." } ]