Verizon

Summary

Verizon is a business^[1]. Verizon ranks in the top 0.65% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,058 views/month, #193 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Verizon was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance^[3].
• Verizon was a member of OpenID Foundation^[4].
• Verizon is in the country of United States^[5].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as telecommunication company^[8].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as internet service provider^[9].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as media company^[10].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as public company^[11].
• Verizon is owned by The Vanguard Group^[12].
• Verizon is owned by BlackRock^[13].
• Verizon followed AT&T Corporation^[14].
• Verizon followed GTE^[15].
• Verizon's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[16].
• Verizon's headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia^[17].
• Verizon's chief executive officer is recorded as Hans Vestberg^[18].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as AOL^[19].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yahoo^[20].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Verizon^[21].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yahoo Inc.^[22].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Verizon Pennsylvania^[23].
• Verizon is part of Dow Jones Industrial Average^[24].
• Verizon is part of S&P 500^[25].
• Verizon is part of S&P 100^[26].
• Verizon's Commons category is recorded as Verizon^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include October 7, 1983^[28] and June 16, 2000^[29].

Identity

Verizon's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Verizon Communications Inc.'}^[30]. Part of include Dow Jones Industrial Average^[24], a stock market index^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1896^[33]; S&P 500^[25], a stock market index^[34], in United States^[35]; and S&P 100^[26], a stock market index^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1976^[38]. Predecessors include AT&T Corporation^[14] and GTE^[15].

Leadership

Verizon's chief executive officer is recorded as Hans Vestberg^[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include New York City^[16], a global city^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1624^[41] and Philadelphia^[17], a city of Pennsylvania^[42], in United States^[43], founded in 1682^[44]. Subsidiaries include AOL^[19], an online service provider^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1983^[47], headquartered in New York City^[48]; Yahoo^[20], a web portal^[49], in United States^[50], founded in 1994^[51], headquartered in Sunnyvale^[52]; Verizon^[21], a brick and mortar^[53], in United States^[54], founded in 2000^[55], headquartered in Basking Ridge^[56]; Yahoo Inc.^[22], a division^[57], in United States^[58], founded in 2006^[59], headquartered in New York City^[60]; and Verizon Pennsylvania^[23], a business^[61], in United States^[62], founded in 1879^[63], headquartered in Philadelphia^[64].

Industry

Verizon's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[65].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group^[12], a business^[66], in United States^[67], founded in 1975^[68], headquartered in Malvern^[69] and BlackRock^[13], a company^[70], in United States^[71], founded in 1988^[72], headquartered in New York City^[73]. Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange^[74] and Nasdaq^[75].

Why It Matters

Verizon ranks in the top 0.65% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,058 views/month, #193 of 29,529).^[2] Verizon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[76] Verizon is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[77]