2. 英国东印度公司

    荷兰人也有自己的东印度公司（East India Company），而且是很多人眼里第一家真正意义上的跨国公司。它利用军事力量，大肆在亚洲开展香料贸易。但是，1600年成立的英国东印度公司（British East India Company）才是真正的帝国巨人：它统治了印度大部分地区，发动了对中国的鸦片战争（the Opium Wars），还曾经独占世界贸易额的半壁江山。—Tim Smith

    2 British East India Company

    The Dutch had their East India Company, considered by many the first true multinational, which rampaged across Asia using military force to pursue the spice trade. But the British East India Company, founded in 1600, was the real imperial colossus: It ruled much of India, sparked the Opium Wars with China, and grew to account for half the world’s trade. —Tim Smith