Western Union Telegraph Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Western_Union_Telegraph_Company
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Postal_Telegraph_Company
gptkb:Anglo-American_Telegraph_Company
gptkb:Atlantic_and_Pacific_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:category Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Financial services companies of the United States
American companies established in 1851
Companies based in Denver
Telecommunications companies established in 1851
Telegraph companies
gptkbp:ceasedTelegraphService 2006
gptkbp:founded 1851
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Ezra_Cornell
gptkb:Hiram_Sibley
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Denver,_Colorado,_United_States
gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Western Union Telegraph Company
gptkbp:industry financial services
telecommunications
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Devin_McGranahan
gptkb:Hikmet_Ersek
gptkbp:notableAchievement completed first transcontinental telegraph in 1861
introduced first charge card for consumers
introduced first stock ticker
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Ezra_Cornell
gptkb:Thomas_Edison
gptkbp:notableEvent filed for bankruptcy in 1993
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Western_Union_Company
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:New_York_and_Mississippi_Valley_Printing_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:product money orders
money transfer
commercial services
wire transfer
gptkbp:reorganizedAs gptkb:Western_Union_Company
gptkbp:servesArea worldwide
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:WU
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Western_Union_Company
gptkbp:tradedOn gptkb:NYSE:_WU
gptkbp:website https://www.westernunion.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ezra_Cornell
gptkb:Hiram_Sibley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5