Multiple choice general knowledge history

What is the world's oldest surviving company ?

  1. TATA

  2. Kong? Gumi

  3. Goulaine

  4. Angel & Royal
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Explanation

Kongō Gumi (the Japanese construction company) was founded in 578 AD and operated for over 1,400 years, making it the world's oldest continuously operating company until it was absorbed in 2006. The question has a typo ("Kong? Gumi" instead of Kongō Gumi). TATA Group was founded in 1868, making it much younger. Château de Goulaine and Angel & Royal are also historic but not as old as Kongō Gumi.

AI explanation

Kongō Gumi, a Japanese construction company founded in 578 AD, is widely cited as the world's oldest continuously operating company, having specialized for over a millennium in building and repairing Buddhist temples. It remained an independent family business for centuries before being absorbed as a subsidiary in 2006, but its founding date still marks it as the oldest surviving corporate entity among the options.

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