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Founders, CEOs & Brands

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  1. 1Indian foundersReliance: Dhirubhai Ambani, who began with a yarn-trading business in Mumbai. Infosys: N. R. Narayana Murthy and six other engineers, Pune, 1981.
  2. 2Founder, not heir'Who founded it' wants the person who started the firm, not the family member who ran it later: Mukesh Ambani is Dhirubhai's son.
  3. 3TataJamsetji Tata founded the Tata Group in 1868 and opened the Taj Mahal Palace hotel at Apollo Bunder, Bombay, on 16 December 1903.
  4. 4Two ParlesFrooti is Parle Agro's drink and Parle-G is Parle Products' biscuit: two separate companies that share the Parle name.
  5. 5Not Indian-bornBata began in 1894 at Zlín, in today's Czech Republic; its Indian company dates from 1931. Tata (1868), Godrej (1897) and Parle (1929) began in India.
  6. 6Tech foundersMicrosoft: Bill Gates and Paul Allen, 1975 (the name joins microcomputer and software). Flipkart: Sachin and Binny Bansal, 2007, first as an online bookstore.
  7. 7Brothers, rival brandsAdi Dassler founded Adidas, named from 'Adi' and 'Das'; his brother Rudolf founded Puma in 1948 after the two split.
  8. 8Name storiesStarbucks is named after Starbuck, first mate of the whaling ship Pequod in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.
  9. 9TaglinesJust Do It is Nike's slogan, created in 1988 and still in use. Tagline questions pair a long-running line with its brand.

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  1. Q1Easy

    'Just Do It' is the slogan of which sportswear brand?

    Correct answerNike

    Why

    Tagline match: Just Do It is the line Nike created in 1988 and still uses.

    Nike, the brand of the swoosh, has used the line ever since; Adidas, Puma and Reebok run their own slogans.

    So the brand is Nike.

  2. Q2Easy

    Who is the founder of the Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries?

    Correct answerDhirubhai Ambani

    Why

    Founder or heir: the trap is the son who later ran the group.

    Dhirubhai Ambani started a small yarn-trading business in Mumbai and built it into Reliance; Mukesh Ambani is his son.

    So Reliance was founded by Dhirubhai Ambani.

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