United Parcel Service, Inc.
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Company History
Founded 1907 in Atlanta, Georgia
Jim Casey and Claude Ryan started the American Messenger Company in Seattle in 1907 with a USD 100 loan. The company shifted from messages to parcels, became United Parcel Service in 1919, expanded nationally, built an air network, went public in 1999, and became a global logistics company.
Jim Casey and Claude Ryan opened a Seattle messenger company with a $100 loan.
The company took the UPS name as it expanded parcel delivery.
UPS established its own airline to control air package operations.
UPS became a public company on the NYSE.
UPS reported $88.7 billion in annual revenue and 20.8 million average daily packages.