FounderDuels

East India Company vs Oriental Development Company

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

East India Company is the older of the two, founded in 1600 — 308 years before Oriental Development Company.

Founded
1600
1908
Status
Closed 1874
Closed 1945
Headquarters
London
Tokyo
Industry
international trade
international trade
Founders
John Watts, George White
Not recorded
Legal form
joint-stock company
limited company

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on East India Company and Oriental Development Company.