Category: California

Alo Yoga

About Alo Yoga, legally Alo LLC, is a premium activewear and wellness brand headquartered in Beverly Hills, California at 9830 Wilshire Blvd. The company was founded in 2007 by Danny Harris and Marco DeGeorge and built its brand around yoga-inspired “studio-to-street” apparel and wellness products. The business is privately held and has been described as reaching an estimated $10 billion valuation in 2023, while continuing to expand its retail footprint and digital commerce presence. Its Beverly Hills location serves as the company’s main corporate base and has also been profiled as a high-visibility brand campus. Quick Facts Founded 2007 HQ 9830 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 Industry Activewear / Athleisure / Wellness Ownership Privately held Co-Founders Danny Harris and

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Credit Karma

About Credit Karma, Inc. is a personal finance platform and wholly owned subsidiary of Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU), headquartered at 1100 Broadway, Suite 1800 (Key System Building), Oakland, California 94607. Founded in 2007 by Kenneth Lin, Ryan Graciano, and Nichole Mustard in San Francisco, Credit Karma pioneered the free-credit-score model by monetizing through targeted financial product recommendations rather than consumer fees. Intuit acquired Credit Karma in December 2020 for ~$8.1 billion — one of the largest fintech acquisitions in US history. The platform serves 110 million+ members across the US, UK, and Canada with free credit scores (VantageScore 3.0 from TransUnion and Equifax, updated weekly), credit monitoring, Credit Karma Money (checking and savings), tax filing, and net worth tracking. Quick

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Ring

About Ring LLC is an American smart home security company and wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon, headquartered at 1523 26th Street, Santa Monica, California 90404, with its primary product development and operations campus at 12515 Cerise Avenue, Hawthorne, California 90250. Founded in 2013 by Jamie Siminoff as Doorbot — a video doorbell startup that famously pitched on Shark Tank — the company was acquired by Amazon in 2018 for approximately $1 billion, making Ring the anchor brand of Amazon’s smart home security ecosystem. Ring manufactures a full line of video doorbells, security cameras, alarm systems, and smart lighting, operating in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia with 2,500+ employees. Quick Facts Founded 2013 (Santa Monica, CA) Original Name Doorbot Founder

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Golden 1 Credit Union

About Golden 1 Credit Union is California’s leading credit union and one of the largest in the United States, headquartered at 8945 Cal Center Drive in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1933 as the California State Employees’ Credit Union, Golden 1 is a state-chartered, member-owned financial cooperative regulated by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and insured by the National Credit Union Administration. As of fiscal year 2025, Golden 1 reported $21.5 billion in assets, $16.0 billion in loans, $18.9 billion in member deposits, and net income of $110.1 million. The credit union serves more than one million members and has over 2,200 employees. Quick Facts Founded 1933 HQ 8945 Cal Center Drive, Sacramento, CA 95826-3239 Industry Financial Services

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Vans

About Vans, Inc. is an iconic American skateboarding footwear and action sports apparel brand headquartered at 1588 South Coast Drive in Costa Mesa, California, and a wholly owned subsidiary of VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC). Founded in 1966 in Anaheim, California by Paul Van Doren, Vans was acquired by VF Corporation in 2004 and moved into its current 182,000 sq ft, LEED Platinum global headquarters on a 14-acre campus in Costa Mesa in 2017. Vans’ Global Brand President Sun Choe — appointed July 2024 — is leading the brand through VF Corporation’s “Reinvent” restructuring plan, which involved closing 140 underperforming stores over two years and exiting value channels, causing a 22% revenue decline in Q4 FY2025 and approximately 14% in Q1

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Stater Bros. Markets

About Stater Bros. Markets is the largest privately owned supermarket chain in Southern California, headquartered at 301 S. Tippecanoe Avenue, San Bernardino, California 92408 — a 2.3 million square foot corporate office and distribution center campus on 200 acres, consolidated under one roof since 2008. Founded on August 17, 1936 in Yucaipa, California, by twin brothers Cleo and Leo Stater with a $600 down payment on a small grocery store, Stater Bros. has grown entirely through organic expansion to 171 stores across seven Southern California counties — Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Kern, and Imperial. In a major leadership transition effective September 29, 2025, Greg McNiff — a 44-year grocery veteran and Stater Bros. President and COO

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Rivian

About Rivian Automotive, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIVN) is an American electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered at 14600 Myford Road in Irvine, California, focused on vehicle engineering, design, supply chain, and executive leadership. Founded in 2009 by CEO RJ Scaringe, Rivian produces the R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and commercial Electric Delivery Vans (EDVs) — with a 100,000-unit EDV fleet agreement with Amazon (also a major investor) and Volkswagen Group as a key technology and investment partner. Rivian’s sole production plant is at 100 Rivian Motorway in Normal, Illinois; a $5 billion Georgia factory in Social Circle is planned for the mass-market R2 SUV. In July 2025, Rivian announced an East Coast headquarters at Atlanta’s Junction Krog District — 45,000 sq ft targeting 500

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Vons

About Vons (The Vons Companies, Inc.) is a Southern California and Southern Nevada supermarket chain headquartered at 1421 Manhattan Avenue, Fullerton, California 92831, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI). Founded in 1906 by Charles Von der Ahe, Vons operates stores under both the Vons and Pavilions banners across Southern California and the Las Vegas Valley, employing 44,000+ team members. Quick Facts Founded 1906 (Los Angeles, CA) Industry Supermarket retail & pharmacy HQ Address 1421 Manhattan Ave, Fullerton, CA 92831 Parent Company Albertsons Companies, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) Employees 44,000+ Corporate Phone (714) 300-6000 Customer Service 1-877-723-3929 Website vons.com What Brings You Here? Find the Right Contact Vons customer — order, billing, or in-store complaint Call 1-877-723-3929

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Petco

About Petco Health and Wellness Company (Nasdaq: WOOF) is headquartered at 10850 Via Frontera in the Rancho Bernardo neighborhood of San Diego — a custom-built, 300,000 sq ft National Support Center opened in 2015, replacing its prior Miramar campus. A secondary support center sits at 654 Richland Hills Drive in San Antonio, Texas, housing customer service, accounting, and e-commerce teams. Founded in 1965 and celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2025, Petco operates 1,382 locations including 100+ in-store veterinary hospitals, with CEO Joel Anderson leading “Phase 3” of the company’s strategic turnaround. FY2025 (ending January 31, 2026) delivered a profitability reversal: net income of $9.1 million (from a $101.8M loss in FY2024), adjusted EBITDA up 21.3% to $408.2 million, and operating

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Electronic Arts

About Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) is headquartered at 209 Redwood Shores Parkway, Redwood City, CA 94065 — a 22-acre campus called “EARS” (EA Redwood Shores) completed in 1998, home to EA Mobile, Maxis, Marketing, Finance, Publishing, and Competitive Gaming teams. Founded May 27, 1982 by Trip Hawkins in San Mateo, CA, EA is one of the world’s largest video game publishers — with franchises including EA Sports FC, Madden NFL, The Sims, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. For FY2025 (year ended March 31, 2025), EA reported net revenue of $7.463 billion (down 1.3% YoY), net income $1.12 billion (down 12%), and free cash flow $1.86 billion. The company executed three rounds of layoffs between March and May 2025 — including

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