William S. Marks

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), one of the world's largest automakers, was founded in 1908, and today manufactures cars and trucks in 34 countries. With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 244,500 people in every major region of the world, and sells and services vehicles in some 140 countries. The company brands are Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's largest national market is the United States, followed by China, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Germany. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. GM is the majority shareholder in GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of South Korea, and has product, power train and purchasing collaborations with Suzuki Motor Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. of Japan. GM also has advanced technology collaborations with Chrysler LLC, Daimler AG, BMW AG and Toyota Motor Corp. and vehicle manufacturing ventures with several automakers around the world, including Toyota, Suzuki, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. of China, AVTOVAZ of Russia and Renault SA of France. Genuine GM Parts and accessories are sold under the GM, GM Performance Parts, GM Good wrench and ACDelco brands through GM Service and Parts Operations, which supplies GM dealerships and distributors worldwide. GM engines and transmissions are marketed through GM Power train.

National Semiconductor Corp. develops and manufactures analog intensive and mixed-signal integrated circuits. The firm’s product portfolio includes power management circuits, audio and operational amplifiers, analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog converters, communication interface circuits, lighting and display circuits, adaptive voltage scaling circuits, and radio frequency integrated circuits, as well as power references, regulators, and switches. The company was founded by Arie Brish on June 29, 1959 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Part of Avnet, Inc., Savoir Technology Group, Inc. distributes computer software, peripherals and related hardware products. The private company is based in Fremont, CA. The company was founded by William S. Marks. Savoir Technology Group was acquired by Avnet, Inc. on July 10, 2000 for $97.03 million.

SRI International provides contract research and development services. It is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

Part of Advent International LP, Flexist GmbH is a German company that operates online shops. The private company is based in Osnabrück, Germany. Flexist was acquired by buch.de internetstores AG on September 25, 2007.

Kasisto, Inc. provides conversational artificial intelligence platform for enterprise mobile applications. Its platform powers smart bots and virtual assistants on messaging, mobile, web, and wearables. The company was founded by Zor Gorelov, Dror Oren, Ruth Brown, and Sasha Caskey in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.