Welcome to Episode 30 of the Preferred Shares Podcast.

In this episode, we discussed the history and founding of Nestlé.

* Origins of the company in 1867

* The strategic 1905 merger with Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company

* Nestlé’s exceptional resilience and growing scale

* Nestlé’s global dominance in the coffee market

* The success of its Maggi brand

* The organic and inorganic growth behind its Health Science and Medical Nutrition segment

Additional Reading & Listening

Curious to see what else we’ve been working on? Check out some of the interesting things we’ve done recently:

* Douglas Ott (Andvari Associates and @yesandnotyes)

* 📖 An AI Skeptic’s Primer

* 📖 Tyler Technologies Investment Report

* Lawrence Hamtil (Fortune Financial and @lhamtil)

* 📖 The Traits of an Ideal Industry

* Devin LaSarre (Invariant and @DevinLaSarre)

* 📖 Edgar M. Cullman’s Brilliance

* 📖 Edgar M. Cullman’s Brilliance, Part Two

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