Thursday, July 22, 2010

Abbreviated Company Names

IKEA
Named from founder Ingvar Kamprad’s initials conjoined with a the first initial of the farm where he grew up, Elmtaryd, and the parish he calls home, Agunnaryd.

DHL
named it after the founder’s respective last initials: Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom, Robert Lynn

ING
Internationale Nederlanden Groep, or “International Netherlands Group,”

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