Japan’s Kongō Gumi, founded in 578 AD by Korean carpenter Shigemitsu Kongō, is the world’s oldest surviving company. Specializing in Buddhist temple construction, it stayed in the family for 40 generations before being acquired in 2006. Today, it continues operating as a subsidiary under Takamatsu Construction Group.The post Who started World’s Oldest Company? It was launched over 14 centuries ago; now run by… appeared first on News24.
