AAnaheim Read More ICN Pharmaceuticals – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 LEGACY LEADERSHIP: In 1959, Milan Panic famously started ICN Pharmaceuticals (short for International Chemical and Nuclear) out of…
AAnaheim Read More Pacific Sunwear of California – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 KEY OC DATES: Founded in 1980 in Newport Beach. Moved headquarters to Anaheim in 2001. LEGACY LEADERSHIP: Jack…
AAnaheim Read More First American Trust – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: Traces roots to 1889 when two firms opened to handle title matters. Five years later, local businessman…
AAnaheim Read More Quiksilver – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: Australian surfwear brand launched in 1969. Bob McKnight and pro surfer Jeff Hakman secured the North American…
AAnaheim Read More Taco Bell – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: 1962 in Downey KEY OC DATE: Taco Bell relocated to Irvine from Torrance in 1976. LEGACY LEADERSHIP:…
AAnaheim Read More In-N-Out Burger – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: 1948 in Baldwin Park by Harry and Esther Snyder KEY OC DATE: 1994—Opened its corporate headquarters in…
AAnaheim Read More Loandepot – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: 2010 by Anthony Hsieh. The company quickly became one of Orange County’s fastest-growing financial services firms after…
AAnaheim Read More Why Anaheim is becoming a go-to bleisure pitch for agentsJune 29, 2026 Major investment in entertainment, workspace and accommodation is strengthening the case for Anaheim as a dual-purpose destination The…
AAnaheim Read More Orange County Salutes America’s 250thJune 29, 2026 THE OC BUSINESSES THAT SHAPED AMERICA By: Peter J. Brennan It would be difficult to find a single…
AAnaheim Read More Allied Universal – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: 1965 in Santa Ana LEGACY LEADERSHIP: When Steve Jones joined in 1996, he transformed small security company…
AAnaheim Read More Ingram Micro – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 LEGACY LEADERSHIP: Founded as Micro D, Inc. in 1979 by Geza Czige and Lorraine Mecca. Ingram Industries, a Nashville-based conglomerate, acquired…
AAnaheim Read More Skyworks Solutions Inc. – Orange County Business JournalJune 29, 2026 FOUNDED: Semiconductor company founded in 2002 through merger of Alpha Industries Inc. and Conexant Systems Inc.’s wireless chip…