Category: Illinois

State Farm

About State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is an American mutual insurance company — meaning it is owned by its policyholders, not shareholders — headquartered at One State Farm Plaza, Bloomington, Illinois 61710, a landmark 2-million-square-foot corporate campus situated along historic Route 66 in central Illinois, where the company has been headquartered since its founding. State Farm was founded on June 7, 1922 in Bloomington, Illinois by George J. Mecherle — a retired farmer and insurance salesman who created the company to offer auto insurance to fellow farmers at lower rates than urban drivers paid — and has grown from that single vision into the largest auto and home insurance company in the United States. The company is a mutual

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Jimmy John’s Enterprises Inc.

About Jimmy John’s Enterprises, Inc. — formally Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC — is an American sandwich restaurant chain headquartered at 2212 Fox Drive, Champaign, Illinois 61820, in the Illinois college town where founder Jimmy John Liautaud launched the business as a 19-year-old college student in 1983. Jimmy John opened his first location on January 13, 1983, in a converted garage space near the Eastern Illinois University campus in Charleston, Illinois, with a $35,000 loan from his father — a naval officer who offered the funding as an alternative to Jimmy John joining the military. The brand grew steadily through franchise expansion across the Midwest, building a devoted following for its “freaky fast” delivery promise — a marketing position that differentiated

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Hyatt Hotels

About Hyatt Hotels Corporation is an American multinational hospitality company headquartered at 150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, and publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker H. Founded in 1957 by Jay Pritzker with the purchase of a single motel near Los Angeles International Airport, Hyatt has grown into one of the world’s largest hotel management and franchising companies. As of December 31, 2025, Hyatt’s portfolio encompasses 1,528 hotels and all-inclusive resorts totaling 372,763 rooms across 83 countries on six continents, operating under 35+ brands including Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Andaz, Thompson Hotels, Alila, Hyatt Place, and the all-inclusive Inclusive Collection brands such as Secrets, Dreams, and Zoëtry. For fiscal year 2025, Hyatt reported revenues of $7.1

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BMO Harris Bank

About BMO Bank N.A. — formerly and still widely known as BMO Harris Bank — is a US-chartered national bank and wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of Montreal (BMO Financial Group), headquartered at 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO, NYSE: BMO) is Canada’s fourth-largest bank by assets and one of the largest financial institutions in North America, with its own global headquarters at 100 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Chicago address at 111 West Monroe Street reflects the bank’s legacy headquarters building — occupied since 1960 — but BMO’s primary Chicago executive campus has moved to BMO Tower, a 51-story skyscraper at 320 South Canal Street in the West Loop, which opened

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Ulta Beauty

About Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTA) is an American specialty beauty retailer headquartered at 1000 Remington Boulevard, Suite 120, Bolingbrook, Illinois 60440 — a suburb of Chicago approximately 28 miles southwest of the city. Founded on January 9, 1990 by Richard George and Terry Hanson as “Ulta3” — later renamed Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance and eventually Ulta Beauty — the company pioneered the “all things beauty, all in one place” retail concept, combining prestige and mass cosmetics, fragrance, skincare, haircare, and salon services under a single roof in an off-mall, value-oriented store format. Today Ulta Beauty is the largest US specialty beauty retailer by both store count and revenue. As of the end of fiscal year 2025 (ending February

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