Brands that you had NO idea owned other brands.

The real owners behind these world-famous brands might blow your mind - it did mine. Giant Corporations really have us believing that we still get to make 'consumer choices'. Let's talk transparency, ownership and why you might not be aware of who you're giving your money to.

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00:00 intro
01:47 clothes & cosmetics
04:09 food
06:14 social & entertainment
07:05 books
11:26 my thoughts

SOURCES

Difference Between Company & Brand
https://smallbusiness.chron.com/diffe...

Tom Scott video YouTubers have to declare ads. Why doesn't anyone else?
   • YouTubers have to declare ads. Why do...   

Kristen Leo on Unilever
   • When A Brand You Hate Offers You $ To...  
   • 3 Popular Companies That HATE You  

BRINGING MY RECEIPTS

CLOTHES & MAKE UP

Nike owns converse
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/10/bu...

ETSY owns depop
https://news.depop.com/who-we-are/abo....

Natura owns The Body Shop (formerly owned by L'Oréal) 
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-404...

Unilever owns Simple Skincare
https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/bea...

Unilever also owns Dove and Lynx
https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/bea...
https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/bea...

L’Oréal owns Yves Saint Laurent, Diesel, Maybelline, Garnier, Ralph Lauren, Armani, Urban Decay
https://www.loreal.com/en/our-global-...

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FOOD

Quaker: owned by PepsiCo
https://pepsico.com/brands/product-in...

vitaminwater: owned by Coca-Cola
https://www.coca-cola.co.uk/brands

Innocent Drinks: owned by Coca-Cola
https://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/our-...

Costa: owned by Coca-Cola  
https://www.coca-cola.co.uk/brands

Marmite Owned by: Unilever
(Unilever also own Bovril)
https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/foo...

Ben & Jerry's: owned by Unilever (Unilever also own Carte dor, Walls, Cornetto, magnum, solero, vienetta).
https://www.unilever.co.uk/brands/foo...

Jaden Smith cofounded Just Water with his parents
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/08/...

Pringles: owned by Kellogg's
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/06/kello...

Whole Foods: owned by Amazon
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/30/whole...

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ENTERTAINMENT & SOCIAL MEDIA

ESPN: owned by Disney
ABC: owned by Disney
https://www.insider.com/companies-dis...

Whatsapp owned by FB / Meta
https://www.whatsapp.com/about/

LinkedIn: owned by Microsoft
https://about.linkedin.com/

Skype: owned by Microsoft
https://www.skype.com/en/about/

Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto have shares and invest in Reddit
Source: https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/16/reddit...
Source 2: https://nypost.com/2021/09/02/reddit-...

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BOOKS

Goodreads: owned by Amazon
https://www.newstatesman.com/science-...

Audible: owned by Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...

Waterstones own Foyles and Blackwells
https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...


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