Founding and the origins of a company
In 1946, entrepreneur Howard Sanders founded Sanders Mining after the purchased a coal mine with inheritance he received from the death of his wealthy uncle, Samuel Sanders. The success of this first mine led Sanders to purchase a second, an iron mine located near his first. When the mine was discovered to contain a large amount of diamond, Sanders struck it rich. Not willing to stop there, he began purchasing nearby competitors with the profits he made from the diamonds. As the company expanded, they took over more mines and other companies and by 1964, Sanders mining was the largest mining corporation in United Gordonopia, controlling 40% of the nations mining industry. When the remaining competition refused to sell, Sanders looked toward other industries to continue his company’s expansion. In 1966, he bought up a beverage company from his hometown that he enjoyed as a child, G-Soda, and took it to the national level. Within four years marked by aggressive expansion, the newly named Sanders Enterprises controlled not only 52% of the nation’s mines, but every major restaurant and grocery store in the country sold G-Soda products.
Death of a visionary and the origins of today’s company
By 1970, Sanders Enterprises was one already a large and well known company nationwide. That year, however, the company was changed by the tragic death of its founder, Howard Sanders. When his son, Richard, took over, he made the fateful decision to change the name of the company. When the decision was finalized, Gordonopian Enterprises was born, and Sanders Mining was changed to Gordonopian Mining to match. Two years after Howard’s death, Imperial Hotels, one of the nation’s premier hotel chains was purchased. Following his father's moves with G-Soda, the hotel chain was expanded rapidly, causing it to become the second largest hotel chain by 1978. With the success of Imperial, Richard began looking in to potential new divisions before finally settling on the locally successful fast food chain Megaburger. In 1982 the company had 70 successful restaurants. Ten years later there were over 1,500 Megaburger stores around the country. Before the 90’s began; Ritchie began looking into the fast growin Gordonopian video game industry. At the time, there was only one major console, the Adamian Savato. In 1987, Gordonopian Games, the first division created in-house, was launched and maintained a brief third party relationship with Adamian. Using the knowledge they gained from hands on experience with Adamian’s newest console, the Titri, they created a console of their own, the G-System; a console with a 16 bit processor that not only had superior capabilities then the Titri, but also had a lower price. It went on to sell over 37,000,000 units nationwide.
The 90’s becomes a decade of even greater expansion
By the time Richard died in 1991, Gordonopian Enterprises was the nation’s largest company. His son, Samuel, wanted to build on that success. Starting the year after his father’s death, Samuel made the 1990’s the decade of the company’s greatest expansion. He began by creating Gordonopian Global News, the country’s first all news channel. With huge resources and skilled reporters, the channel was the number one cable channel by 1998, when it left cable to broadcast locally. The next industry to be entered by the company was the new mobile phone industry. Gordon Mobile was created, and when it was launched in 1996, it already had more coverage then any other existing company. Sales soared, and it became the nation’s largest carrier by 1999. Gordonopian Enterprises entered the insurance business two years later when the insurance giant GInsurance began looking for buyers after several poor business years. The company was purchased in 1998, and for ten years stayed a strong part of the company (GInsurance was sold off in 2008). The final expansion of the decade happened in 1999 when Deska Mart, a retail giant in Northern Gordonopia, was purchased by the conglomerate for a several billion USD.
Into the new millennium and beyond
In 2004, Gordonopian Enterprises was larger then any other company in the nation. With more revenue then even Gordonopian Arms, nothing could stop this industry giant. The company’s final acquisition before going global was Gordonopian Bank, a large banking firm from Gordonopia City. Finally, in 2008, the company made the decision to go global. Five divisions, Gordonopian Games (backed by its new Cronos Elite), Mega Burger (selling franchises), Gordonopian Global News (looking for new countries to broadcast to), G-Soda (distributing its products to supermarkets and restaurants), and Imperial Hotels (opening locations in foreign countries) began opening up to global markets. The first few expansions were small, until the first major international division, Turkish-Gordonopian Enterprises, was created using all five divisions. Since the expansion, SuperBurger has been added to the list of divisions along with Tolten Automotive and Union Global Airlines, and Gordonopian Enterprises took a 49% stake in Sky Corporation. Where will Gordonopian Enterprises go next? No one knows.
Our divisions:
Gordonopian Games
Megaburger
Gordonopian Mining
Gordonopian Global News
G-Soda
Gordon Mobile
Imperial Hotels
Deska Mart
Gordonopian Bank
Union Global Airlines
Tolten Automotive
Celeron Aeronautics
NOTICE: Countries that wish to allow Gordonopian Enterprises into their country but would prefer corporate owned divisions may inquire about the possibility of Gordonopian Enterprises entering their country in that fashion.
Our Partners:
Sky Corporation (49% Stake)
Department of Acquisitions
Department of Marketing
Current Major Operations (excludes nations with only GGN, Tolten, or Union Global):
Gordonopian Enterprises, Gordonopian Games, Megaburger, Gordonopian Mining, Gordonopian Global News, G-Soda, Gordon Mobile, Imperial Hotels, Deska Mart, Gordonopian Bank, and SuperBurger along with all products, logos, and descriptions are trademarks of Gordonopian Enterprises as of 2009. Infringement on these or any other Gordonopian Enterprises property can and will be met with legal action. Rights to use said trademarks is obtained through the purchase of goods through this store.
