Vaughn & Company

Vaughn & Co's corporate logo since founding

S&P 100 Component

S&P 500 Component

Weapons Manufacturing

Weapons Research

Industrial Delivery Services

Harrison Kasdan

(President)

Walter Venkman

(Vice-President)

**Vaughn & Co.** is a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. Vaughn & Co. is the world's largest spender in research & development for experimental weaponry.

Vaughn & Co. is ranked No. 11 in the 2050 Fortune 500 rankings.

## History

### **2039–2041: Founding and Initial Success**

On August 10, 2039 Harvard engineer and gunsmith Thomas Vaughn took his experience developing industrial-grade military rail guns for DeltaCorp and self-funded his own company, Vaughn & Co. With his own personal savings, he hired 15 employees and 4 contractors from Deepmind Inc. to develop a compact rail gun to be used by an individual combatant.

Over the course of about 2 years, Thomas Vaughn and his team worked endlessly on one key product. Within this time, Vaughn & Co. managed to spend approximately ₹1.6 billion on this key project. By June of 2041, Vaughn was using an extended credit line to ensure his business could see the product through.

On July 7, the Compact Railgun Rifle was patented and sold on the market. Within weeks, the rifle skyrocketed in popularity. Approximately 150,000 Compact Railgun Rifles were sold to the New World Union U.S. Branch, Department of Defense, special law enforcement divisions and qualifying private military corporations.

On October 15, after seeing great success with the Compact Railgun Rifle, Thomas Vaughn made his first Initial Public Offering (IPO), which led to the company being evaluated at approximately ₹16 billion after 2 years of its initial founding.

### **2042–2049: Growth and Consolidation**

With his newfound capital, Thomas Vaughn sought to acquire property, equipment, and a diverse range of products and resources through means of vertical and horizontal integration.

In 2042, Vaughn & Co. merged with Raytheon Company, absorbing it and its assets at a cost of ₹7 billion, and began mass-producing other military equipment in an attempt to further break into the market. Additionally, Vaughn & Co. purchased ownership of Violet Metals LLC for ₹4.5 billion in order to vertically integrate with its production line's metal sources. With this vertical and horizontal integration, Vaughn & Co. broke through with a low-cost alternative to their primary competitor, DeltaCorp.

After Vaugh & Co.'s breaking into the market and becoming a dominant force, DeltaCorp responded by consolidating with the old dogs of the industry past in an attempt to maximize the efficiency of their product line. Over the course of the next 7 years, DeltaCorp slowly began vertically integrating more and more until they were once again neck-to-neck with Vaughn & Co.

As a strategic counter-response to DeltaCorp's aggressive strategy, in 2049 Vaughn & Co. purchased the failing courier company Flightline Inc. for ₹7.8 billion and differentiated their services by providing just-in-time product shipping and construction to their clients at a low cost. DeltaCorp would eventually adjust to this strategy as well, purchasing ownership of

### **2050–Current: Market Differentiation**

Vaughn & Co. remains a company famous for its innovation. On December 19, 2050 the company announced plans to develop a new type of weapon capable of being disassembled or reproduced by any other factory, referring to it as a 'Gauss Rifle.'

Several promotional images were released to the press, causing the stock price to jump 38% in value in a single day of trading. However, CEO and founder Thomas Vaughn later stated in an interview that, "The product has been in development for years, and there are still many years to come. We will let you know when it's ready."

## Corporate Affairs

### **Board of Directors**

The company is run by a board of directors made up of mostly company outsiders, as is customary for publicly traded companies. Members of the board of directors as of January 2054 are Thomas Vaugh, William Cambridge, Walter Harrington, Andrew North, David Macleoud, Harrison Kasdan and Niles Raker.

VGHN stock is currently valued around $126 a share.

### **Financial**

The company's finances have remained questionable since the expenditure of capital in the 2040's, much of which was allotted to goodwill. For the past three years, the company has operated at a minor loss, which research and development being a primary source of loss of revenue which investors speculate will result in a high future return.

## Metrics

Vaughn & Co. had a net loss of ₹12,622,000,000 in 2053 and is ranked No. 29 in the 2050 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest international corporations by total revenue.

Vaughn & Co. has 34 different research, developing and manufacturing facilities across the continental United States. The company owns three subsidiaries:

* Raytheon Company
* Violet Metals LLC
* Flightline Inc.