Patrick Boyle On Finance

New Companies Vs. Old

Apr 16, 2021 · 10 min · 7.5 MB
0:00-10:23

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Send us a textA study by McKinsey found that the average life-span of S&P 500 companies has fallen from 61 years in 1958 to less than 18 years today. McKinsey predict that, by 2027, 75% of the companies currently included in the S&P 500 will have disappeared.So, What happens to these companies? Well, many will be bought- out, merged, and some will even go bankrupt like Lehman Brothers and Worldcom did. Some companies keep on going. General Electric, Exxon Mobile and Procter & Gamb...