Jun 19, 2011 ... A new report from the Partnership for a New American Economy found more than  40 percent of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants or their  children. Eighteen percent (or 90) of the 500 companies had immigrant founders.  The children of immigrants started another 114 companies. (A copy ...
Jun 13, 2011 ... Eighteen percent of the. 2010 Fortune 500 companies were found- ed by an  immigrant and more than 40 percent (40.8%) were founded by either an  immigrant or a child of an immigrant.3. Today, these “New American” companies.  — founded by immigrants or their children. — employ more than 10 million ...
Feb 2, 2017 ... In fact, 40% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by either immigrants or the  children of immigrants, according to the Atlantic. Free Enterprise, a website  backed by the US Chamber of Commerce, broke down a number of powerful US- based companies that were built by people born outside the US.
Aug 26, 2016 ... Immigrants have helped start as many as one of every four small businesses and  high-tech startups across America, and the majority of high-tech startups in  Silicon Valley. Studies suggest that more than 40 percent of Fortune 500  companies were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Oct 11, 2016 ... In 16 states—including Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas—more than 100,000  people were employed at companies with immigrant owners. In 2016, 40.2  percent of firms on the Fortune 500 list had at least one founder who either  immigrated to the United States or was the child of immigrants. Those firms ...
Forty percent of the Fortune 500 were started either by immigrants or children of immigrants.