Mission statements behind the world's boldest brands

Universal Health Services is a hospital company operating acute care behavioral health facilities and clinics.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1979

• Public

• Established

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• S&P 500

The North Face designs and manufactures outdoor apparel and equipment for exploration activities.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1966

• Public

• Established

• 1,001–5,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

The New York Times is a newspaper publisher providing news editorial and digital media content.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1851

• Public

• Established

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

The Nature Conservancy protects lands waters and wildlife habitats as a global environmental nonprofit.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1951

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 5,001–10,000

  employees

• 5

• Charities

UNICEF provides humanitarian aid and development assistance to children as a United Nations agency.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1946

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• Charities

Tumblr enables user-generated multimedia content sharing through its microblogging and social media platform.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  2007

• Private

• Scale-up

• 501–1,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Target offers apparel groceries and household items as a general merchandise retail chain.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1962

• Public

• Established

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• S&P 500

TED is an international nonprofit organization hosting conferences and sharing ideas worth spreading.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1984

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 51–200

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

World Wildlife Fund protects endangered species and natural habitats as an international conservation nonprofit.

• Headquartered in:

  Switzerland

• Year founded:

  1961

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 501–1,000

  employees

• 5

• Charities

Stanford University offers undergraduate and graduate education as a private research university and educational institution in Palo Alto California.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1885

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 5,001–10,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Shell explores, produces, and markets hydrocarbons and renewable energy products as a multinational oil and gas company.

• Headquartered in:

  Netherlands

• Year founded:

  1907

• Public

• Enterprise

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Starbucks is a multinational coffee company and coffeehouse chain with global retail presence.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1971

• Public

• Enterprise

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• S&P 500

Slack provides real-time messaging file sharing and team communication tools through its workplace collaboration platform.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  2013

• Public

• Scale-up

• 501–1,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Southwest Airlines is a low-cost airline providing domestic air transportation across United States using Boeing aircraft.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1967

• Public

• Enterprise

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Smithsonian is a complex of museums research centers and library preserving heritage and advancing knowledge in various disciplines.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1846

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 5,001–10,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Save the Children is an international nonprofit organization improving lives of children through education health and protection programs.

• Headquartered in:

  United Kingdom

• Year founded:

  1919

• Nonprofit / Charity

• Established

• 1,001–5,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

State Farm provides auto home life and related insurance services as a mutual insurance company.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  1922

• Private

• Established

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Snap enables users to share photos videos and messages that disappear after viewing through its social media platform.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  2011

• Public

• Scale-up

• 501–1,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

SpaceX designs and manufactures rockets and spacecraft for commercial space transportation.

• Headquartered in:

  United States

• Year founded:

  2002

• Private

• Scale-up

• 5,001–10,000

  employees

• 5

• Trending

Roche specializes in cancer treatments diagnostics and healthcare solutions as a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical corporation.

• Headquartered in:

  Switzerland

• Year founded:

  1896

• Public

• Enterprise

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• Noteworthy

Spotify is a music and audio streaming platform with podcast and podcast content distribution.

• Headquartered in:

  Sweden

• Year founded:

  2006

• Public

• Established

• 5,001–10,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Shopify is an e-commerce platform providing software and services enabling merchants to operate retail businesses online.

• Headquartered in:

  Canada

• Year founded:

  2006

• Public

• Established

• 5,001–10,000

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

Sanofi is a French pharmaceutical company developing and manufacturing vaccines medicines and healthcare products globally.

• Headquartered in:

  France

• Year founded:

  1973

• Public

• Enterprise

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• No items found.

IKEA specializes in affordable ready-to-assemble home furnishings and accessories as a multinational furniture retailer.

• Headquartered in:

  Sweden

• Year founded:

  1943

• Private

• Enterprise

• 10,001+

  employees

• 5

• No items found.