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Purshottam Narayan Gadgil
Purshottam Narayan Gadgil Jewellers is an Indian jewellery company. Established in 1832 by Ganesh Gadgil, the company operated in two branches, with P. N. Gadgil & Sons in Sangli, and P. N. Gadgil & Company in Pune, until the branches' legal separation in 2012. One of the oldest jewellery companies in India, the company is known for producing jewellery distinct to Maharashtra. History The company was established as Gadgil Jewellers ( mr, गाडगीळ सराफ) in Sangli on 29 November 1832, by Ganesh Gadgil. Lacking a store, the business was initially run on the pavement of a busy thoroughfare in the city. After the birth of Gadgil's sons, he renamed the company Gadgil Jewellers & Sons. Gadgil moved the business to a wada he purchased in Sangli in 1860. Under Gadgil's father, the family had previously served as '' savakars'' to the Kolhatkar and Modak families of the Princely state of Sangli, and were thus accorded the office of royal jeweller to the Patwardhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |