List of Comapnies named after people - B

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B&H Photo Video – Blimie and Herman Schreiber

B&Q – Richard Block and David Quayle

Babolat – Pierre Babolat

Bacardi – Facundo Bacardi

Baedeker's – Karl Baedeker

Bajaj Auto – Jamnalal Bajaj, India

Baker Curb Racing – Gary Baker and Mike Curb

Baker International (to Baker Hughes) – Reuben C. Baker

Baldwin Locomotive Works – Matthias W. Baldwin

Ball Corporation – the Ball Brothers

Ballet Rambert – Dame Marie Rambert

Bandini Automobili – Ilario Bandini

Bang & Olufsen – Peter Bang and Svend Olufsen

Bankable Productions – Tyra Banks

Bannatyne's – Duncan Bannatyne

Banta Corporation – George Banta, Sr.

Barilla Group – Pietro Barilla

Barings Bank – Francis Baring and John Baring (1730–1816)

Barclays – James Barclay

Barnardo's – Thomas John Barnardo

Barnes & Noble – William Barnes and G. Clifford Noble

Barneys New York – Barney Pressman

Bashas' – Eddie Basha, Sr.

Baskin-Robbins – Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins

Bass & Co – William Bass

Bausch & Lomb – John Jacob Bausch and Henry Lomb

Bayer – Friedrich Bayer

BBS – Heinrich Baumgartner and Klaus Brand (Baumgartner Brand Schiltach)

BEA Systems – Bill Coleman, Ed Scott, and Alfred Chuang

Beck's – Heinrich Beck (1873)

Beckman Coulter – Arnold O. Beckman

Behra – Jean Behra

Bell & Ross – Bruno BELamich and Carlos A. ROSillo

Bell Aircraft – Lawrence Bell

Bell Telephone Company, Bell System – Alexander Graham Bell

Bellasi – Guglielmo Bellasi

Ben & Jerry's – Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield

Benbros – Jack and Nathan Beneson (BENeson BROtherS)

Benelli – Teresa Benelli

Benetton Group – Luciano Benetton

Benz & Cie. (later Daimler-Benz) – Karl Benz

Beretta – Bartolomeo Beretta

Beriev – Georgy Beriev

Berluti – Alessandro Berluti

Berton – Pieter BERvoets and Ron TON

Bertone – Giovanni Bertone

Bianchi Bicycles – Edoardo Bianchi

Bickerton – Harry Bickerton

Bimota – Valerio BIanchi, Giuseppe MOrri, and Massimo TAmburini

Bing Lee – Bing Lee (company founder)

Bird's Custard – Alfred Bird

Birds Eye – Clarence Birdseye

Black & Decker (to Stanley Black & Decker) – S. Duncan Black and Alonzo G. Decker

Blohm + Voss – Hermann Blohm and Ernst Voss

Bloomberg L.P. – Michael Bloomberg

Bloomingdale's – Joseph and Lyman G. Bloomingdale

Boardman Bikes – Chris Boardman

Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving – Bob Bondurant

Bocar – BOb CARnes

Boeing – William Boeing

Bölkow – Ludwig Bölkow

Bombardier Inc. – Joseph-Armand Bombardier

Bomgar - Joel Bomgaars

Bonhams – Walter Bonham

Bonnier Group – Gerhard Bonnier

Boots – Jesse Boot

Borders Group – Tom and Louis Borders

Boro – BOb and ROdy Hoogenboom

Bosch - Robert Bosch

Bose Corporation – Amar Bose, Indian

Brabham – Jack Brabham

Brabus – Klaus BRAckmann and Bodo BUSchmann

Bradley.com - George Bradley

Brawn GP – Ross Brawn

Brentano's – August Brentano

Brooke Bond – Arthur Brooke

Brewco Motorsports – Clarence and Tammy Brewer

Brad Jones Racing – Brad Jones

Brian Hart Ltd. – Brian Hart

Bridgestone – Shojiro Ishibashi; The name comes from a calque translation and transposition of
ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge".

Briggs & Stratton – Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton

Britek Motorsport – Jason BRIght

Brooke Bond – Arthur Brooke

Brooks Locomotive Works – founded by Horatio G. Brooks

Brooks Sports – An anglicized version of Bruchs, the maiden name of founder Morris Goldberg's
wife

Brun Motorsport – Walter Brun

Bryant and May – William Bryant and Francis May

Bugatti – Ettore Bugatti

Buick – David Dunbar Buick

Bulgari – The Italianized version of the family name of company founder Sotirios Voulgaris.

Bulova – Joseph Bulova

BVD – Messrs. Bradley, Voorhees and Day