|
Thrive Global
Thrive Global is an American company that provides behavior change technology. It was founded by Arianna Huffington in August 2016. The company is based in New York City. In 2017, Thrive Global raised $30 million in a new funding round that valued the company at $120 million. The same year, the company was named one of the Top 10 NYC Startups to Watch in 2017 by ''Inc.'' In 2018, Thrive Global was named to LinkedIn's list of "The 50 most sought-after startups in the U.S." In 2021, Thrive Global was named to Forbes' list of "America's Best Startup Employers." History In March 2014, Arianna Huffington published the book ''Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder'', a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, which addressed the personal and collective crisis of stress and burnout, as well as the widespread longing “to redefine success and what it means to lead ‘the good life.’” Huffington says a 2007 incident in whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held 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] |