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W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. is an American multinational manufacturing company specializing in products derived from fluoropolymers. It is a privately held corporation headquartered in Newark, Delaware. It is best known as the developer of waterproof, breathable Gore-Tex fabrics.
Gore-Tex is W. L. Gore & Associates's trade name for waterproof, breathable fabric membrane. It was invented in 1969. It was invented in 1969. Gore-Tex blocks liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use.
A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock or security on a particular stock exchange. Ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) which provide a shorthand for investors to refer to, purchase, and research securities.
All six of the alcohol companies mentioned above clocked negative stock performance in the past year, while the S&P 500 jumped 26%. Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard led the losses with 34% and 31% ...
Robert W. Gore (April 15, 1937 – September 17, 2020) was an American engineer and scientist, inventor and businessman. Gore led his family's company, W. L. Gore & Associates, in developing applications of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) ranging from computer cables to medical equipment to the outer layer of space suits.
The Timothy C. Collins Stock Index From April 2012 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Timothy C. Collins joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 12.8 percent return on your investment, compared to a 2.5 percent return from the S&P 500.
The company was known for its innovative "lattice" management structure, which Bill Gore is widely credited for developing. [6] Bill Gore served as president of W. L. Gore & Associates until he stepped down in 1976, in favor of his son, Bob. [4] Bill maintained his position as chairman of the board until his death.
The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the Common Stock was last sold as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $156 billion. On February 8, 2010 there were 2,751,927,062 shares of Common Stock ...