Verizon

Summary

Verizon is a business^[1]. Verizon ranks in the top 0.65% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,049 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 is in the country of US^[6].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as business^[7].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[8].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as telecommunication company^[9].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as internet service provider^[10].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as media company^[11].
• Verizon's instance of is recorded as public company^[12].
• Verizon is owned by The Vanguard Group^[13].
• Verizon is owned by BlackRock^[14].
• Verizon followed AT&T Corporation^[15].
• Verizon followed GTE^[16].
• Verizon's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[17].
• Verizon's headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia^[18].
• Verizon's chief executive officer is recorded as Hans Vestberg^[19].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as AOL^[20].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yahoo^[21].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Verizon^[22].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yahoo Inc.^[23].
• Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Verizon Pennsylvania^[24].
• Verizon is part of Dow Jones Industrial Average^[25].
• Verizon is part of S&P 500^[26].
• Verizon is part of S&P 100^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include October 7, 1983^[28], June 16, 2000^[29], and 1983-10-07^[30].

Identity

Verizon's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Verizon Communications Inc.'}^[31]. Part of include Dow Jones Industrial Average^[25], a stock market index^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1896^[34]; S&P 500^[26], a stock market index^[35], in United States^[36]; and S&P 100^[27], a stock market index^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1976^[39]. Predecessors include AT&T Corporation^[15] and GTE^[16].

Leadership

Verizon's chief executive officer is recorded as Hans Vestberg^[19].

Operations

Headquarters locations include New York City^[17], a global city^[40], in United States^[41], founded in 1624^[42] and Philadelphia^[18], a city of Pennsylvania^[43], in United States^[44], founded in 1682^[45]. Subsidiaries include AOL^[20], an online service provider^[46], in United States^[47], founded in 1983^[48], headquartered in New York City^[49]; Yahoo^[21], a web portal^[50], in United States^[51], founded in 1994^[52], headquartered in Sunnyvale^[53]; Verizon^[22], a brick and mortar^[54], in United States^[55], founded in 2000^[56], headquartered in Basking Ridge^[57]; Yahoo Inc.^[23], a division^[58], in United States^[59], founded in 2006^[60], headquartered in New York City^[61]; and Verizon Pennsylvania^[24], a business^[62], in United States^[63], founded in 1879^[64], headquartered in Philadelphia^[65].

Industry

Verizon's industry is recorded as telecommunications^[66].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group^[13], a business^[67], in United States^[68], founded in 1975^[69], headquartered in Malvern^[70] and BlackRock^[14], a company^[71], in United States^[72], founded in 1988^[73], headquartered in New York City^[74]. Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange^[75] and Nasdaq^[76].

Why It Matters

Verizon ranks in the top 0.65% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,049 views/month, #193 of 29,529).^[2] Verizon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[77] Verizon is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[78]