?ON Co., Ltd. commonly written AEON Co., Ltd., is the holding company of ?ON Group. It has its headquarters in Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture.

It operates all the AEON Retail Stores (formerly known as JUSCO supermarkets) directly in Japan. Meanwhile, AEON CO. BHD operates all the AEON Retail Stores directly in Malaysia.

?ON is the largest retailer in Asia. ?ON is a retail network comprising around 300 consolidated subsidiaries and 26 equity-method affiliated companies ranging from convenience stores "Ministop" and supermarkets to shopping malls and specialty stores, including Talbots. ?ON is Japan's single-largest shopping mall developer and operator.

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.

IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and provides hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. IBM is also a major research organization, holding the record for most U.S. patents generated by a business (as of 2018) for 25 consecutive years.Inventions by IBM include the automated teller machine (ATM), the floppy disk, the hard disk drive, the magnetic stripe card, the relational database, the SQL programming language, the UPC barcode, and dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The IBM mainframe, exemplified by the System/360, was the dominant computing platform during the 1960s and 1970s.

IBM has continually shifted its business mix by commoditizing markets focusing on higher-value, more profitable markets. This includes spinning off printer manufacturer Lexmark in 1991 and selling off its personal computer (ThinkPad/ThinkCentre) and x86-based server businesses to Lenovo (2005 and 2014, respectively), and acquiring companies such as PwC Consulting (2002), SPSS (2009), and The Weather Company (2016). Also in 2014, IBM announced that it would go "fabless", continuing to design semiconductors, but offloading manufacturing to GlobalFoundries.

Nicknamed Big Blue, IBM is one of 30 companies included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and one of the world's largest employers, with (as of 2017) over 380,000 employees. Known as "IBMers", IBM employees have been awarded five Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, ten National Medals of Technology and five National Medals of Science.

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue,and one of the world's most valuable companies.The word "Microsoft" is a portmanteau of "microcomputer" and "software".
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows. The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO), and subsequent rise in its share price, created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions, their largest being the acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016,followed by their acquisition of Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011.
As of 2015, Microsoft is market-dominant in the IBM PC-compatible operating system market and the office software suite market, although it has lost the majority of the overall operating system market to Android. The company also produces a wide range of other consumer and enterprise software for desktops and servers, including Internet search (with Bing), the digital services market (through MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud computing (Azure) and software development (Visual Studio).
Steve Ballmer replaced Gates as CEO in 2000, and later envisioned a "devices and services" strategy.This began with the acquisition of Danger Inc. in 2008,entering the personal computer production market for the first time in June 2012 with the launch of the Microsoft Surface line of tablet computers; and later forming Microsoft Mobile through the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, the company has scaled back on hardware and has instead focused on cloud computing, a move that helped the company's shares reach its highest value since December 1999.

Bank of America Corporation (abbreviated as BofA) is an American multinational financial services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is ranked 2nd on the list of largest banks in the United States by assets. As of 2016, Bank of America was the 26th largest company in the United States by total revenue. In 2016, it was ranked #11 on the Forbes Magazine Global 2000 list of largest companies in the world.

Its acquisition of investment bank Merrill Lynch in 2008 solidified it as a "Bulge Bracket bank", becoming a major player in the investment banking market. As of December 31, 2017, it had US$1.081 trillion in assets under management (AUM). As of December 31, 2016, the company held 10.73% of all bank deposits in the United States. It is one of the Big Four banks in the United States, along with Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo—its main competitors. Bank of America operates—but does not necessarily maintain retail branches—in all 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia and more than 40 other countries. It has a retail banking footprint that serves approximately 46 million consumer and small business relationships at 4,600 banking centers and 15,900 automated teller machines (ATMs).

Bank of America provides its products and services through 4,600 retail financial centers, approximately 15,900 automated teller machines, call centers, and online and mobile banking platforms. The bank's Consumer Real Estate Services segment offers consumer real estate products comprising both fixed and adjustable-rate first-lien mortgage loans for home purchase and refinancing needs, home equity lines of credit, and home equity loans.

EXOR N.V. is one of Europe’s leading investment companies and is controlled by the Agnelli Family.

With a NAV (Net Asset Value) of nearly Dollars 23 billion, it sums up an entrepreneurial story based on more than a century of investments.

EXOR’s goal is to beat the MSCI World Index in the long term through the increase in its Net Asset Value (NAV).  EXOR invests in different sectors, mainly in Europe and in the United States, focusing on few global companies.

EXOR is a responsible owner, combining its entrepreneurial approach with a sound financial discipline. It focuses on the development of its companies, improving their competitive position and profitability. It maintains a constant dialogue with the management of the companies in which it invests, while fully respecting their operating autonomy.

The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers; it is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2015 revenue,and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Boeing stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The Boeing Company's corporate headquarters are located in Chicago and the company is led by President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Boeing is organized into five primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA); Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS); Engineering, Operations & Technology; Boeing Capital; and Boeing Shared Services Group. In 2016, Boeing recorded $94.6 billion in sales, ranked 24th on the Fortune magazine "Fortune 500" list (2017), ranked 61st on the "Fortune Global 500" list (2017), and ranked 25th on the "World's Most Admired Companies" list (2018).

Prudential plc is a British multinational life insurance and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in London in May 1848 to provide loans to professional and working people.

Prudential has 26 million life customers. It owns Prudential Corporation Asia, which has leading insurance and asset management operations across 14 markets in Asia, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, which is one of the largest life insurance providers in the United States, and M&G Prudential, a leading savings and investments business serving customers in the UK and Europe

Prudential has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Prudential has secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange and Singapore Exchange.

BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke in German, or Bavarian Motor Works in English) is a German multinational company which currently produces luxury automobiles and motorcycles, and also produced aircraft engines until 1945.

The company was founded in 1916 and has its headquarters in Munich, Bavaria. BMW produces motor vehicles in Germany, Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 2015, BMW was the world's twelfth largest producer of motor vehicles, with 2,279,503 vehicles produced.The Quandt family are long-term shareholders of the company, with the remaining stocks owned by public float.

Automobiles are marketed under the brands BMW (with sub-brands BMW M for performance models and BMW i for plug-in electric cars), Mini and Rolls-Royce. Motorcycles are marketed under the brand BMW Motorrad.

We are one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and innovative mobility services.
      The company’s founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, we continue to shape the future of mobility today: Our focus is on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior automobiles that appeal to and fascinate our customers. For many years now, Daimler has been investing continually in the development of alternative drive systems with the goal of making emission-free driving possible in the long term. So in addition to vehicles with hybrid drive, we now have the broadest range of locally emission-free electric vehicles powered by batteries and fuel cells. This is just one example of how we willingly accept the challenge of meeting our responsibility towards society and the environment.
     Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world’s most valuable premium automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the brands smart, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2012, the Group sold 2.2 million vehicles and employed a workforce of 275,000 people; revenue totaled €114.3 billion and EBIT amounted to €8.6 billion.

We continuously develop and expand strategic products in our Consumer Electronics division.

Since we first won top global market share in 2006, exceptional technology and innovative design have strengthened our unrivaled leadership in flat-panel TVs and monitors.

In the Home Appliance, we achieved remarkable growth by debuting inventive new products and differentiated design in the premium market.

In 2016, our Visual Display released quantum dot TV and was globally recognized for its best-in-class picture quality, and our Serif TV ushered in a new design paradigm in the TV industry and elevated our position as an industry leader. The year 2017 is forecast to experience rapid growth in UHD TVs and curved TVs thanks to an increasing consumer awareness of high resolution and high picture quality. With an aim to provide the best-possible viewing experience to our consumers, we will launch the world’s first and only QLED TV that delivers 100% color volume, a newly emerging standard of picture quality measurement that can strengthen our leadership position in the premium TV market. Moreover, ‘The Frame’ which transforms any living room into an aesthetically-pleasing gallery, along with other diverse accessories equipped for each product line-up will enable us to cater diverse consumer preferences. Furthermore, 2017 Smart TV will allow customers to enjoy a wide spectrum of content on a single screen and feel the out-standing user experience by controlling their set-top box, game consoles, and almost all other peripheral devices on a single remote control.

Technological innovation at Samsung Electronics accounts for our growth and stellar performance. That’s proven by annual sales of more than 400 million mobile devices worldwide, fueled by our amazing smartphone technology. Our telecommunications equipment and solutions power the global expansion of 4G. And our digital imaging technology enriches people’s lives, not only by capturing special moments but also by allowing memories to be shared instantly, anytime, anywhere.

We rose to the top in the global smartphone market in 2016 by providing an enriched user experience and smarter product capabilities, thereby solidifying our market leadership. In addition to our premium smartphone models, our mid-/lowpriced product line-ups allowed us to benefit from positive consumer feedback in even broader markets around the globe. We strengthened our product ecosystem with wearables, IoT (Internet of Things), and accessories while strengthening our market competitiveness by broadening our service offerings and B2B business portfolio into mobile payment, security solutions, etc. In 2017, we plan to bring meaningful and life-enriching innovation to deliver an enhanced consumer experience while thoroughly analyzing market conditions to implement our global product line-up strategy and pursue profitability. We will use our top-notch R&D capabilities to introduce innovative products that push the boundary of today’s smartphone market and ensure unrivaled quality management to increase consumer benefits. Furthermore, our investment and R&D will continue in the areas of IoT, artificial intelligence, convergence-driven services, and in the B2B, which will drive the momentum for the future growth.

Samsung Electronics is expanding its market leadership in the memory business by demonstrating superior technology and dramatic cost savings. That is generating exciting prospects. We are expanding our highly profitable differentiated products, mainly for mobile devices and accelerating process conversion while also focusing on developing next-generation products. Supported by increased demand for AP and CIS sensors, our System LSI business showed strong growth and cost leadership, allowing us to launch next-generation products more quickly.

Since 1993, we have firmly maintained our No.1 leadership in the global memory semiconductor market while contributing to the overall growth of the global IT market and building an unrivaled competitive edge. In 2016, we pushed the limit of memory semiconductor technology even further by introducing a host of industry-first products: the 10-nanometer class 16Gb LPDDR4 DRAM chips enable an 8GB mobile DRAM package for high-end smartphones and tablets, and the 15.36TB SAS SSD based on 48-layer 256Gb V-NAND technology delivers the industry’s highest storage capacity for leading enterprise customers. Also, we have further accelerated the growth of the advanced memory segment by bringing leading-edge DRAM and NAND flash based solutions to the market. Among those, the 8GB HBM2 DRAM and the 8GB LPDDR4/4X mobile DRAM offer exceptionally high speed and bandwidth which are required for next-generation graphics and mobile applications. In the NAND flash sector, consumer SSDs such as the 2TB 960 PRO (M.2 NVMe SSD) and the 2TB T3 (portable SSD) helped the market move toward higher density consumer storage solutions. The 512GB BGA NVMe SSD integrates all essential SSD components in a single, one-gram package, allowing maximized flexibility when designing computing devices. In 2017, we have been proactively responding to broader market needs from mobile, PC, enterprise, and cloud services to Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and automotive applications. To this end, we plan to introduce a more extensive lineup of advanced memory products that deliver unparalleled levels of performance and capacity, including the latest 64-layer V-NAND-based SSDs for consumer and enterprise applications, ultra-compact eUFS and high-speed Z-SSD. We will also continue our advancements in the 10-nanometer process technology for DRAM solutions and next-generation V-NAND technologies to maintain our leadership and contribute to the growth of the global memory market.