Links between top US companies and directors revealed at theyrule.net
Howard Lake | 24 June 2004 | News
Theyrule.net attempts to demonstrate the links between major US companies and their directors, some of the most powerful organisations and individuals in the world.
It is not intended as a research tool for fundraisers, but it can show prospect researchers just how complicated some of the business links between American company directors can be.
The site is an interactive, Flash-based presentation, and allows you to seek links between various companies. Some directors sit on the boards of half a dozen top 500 US companies.
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Theyrule.net is not a live database of companies and their directors. The creator hopes to update it annually, but admits that it “is a starting point for research about these powerful individuals and corporations.”
In some ways, the arresting graphical presentation of the links must make some fundraising researchers yearn for someone to create such a resource for top UK business people and companies. Knowing who knows whom is vital, but knowing who has corporate links with whom would be a pretty good starting place.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.