Research Pro Tip: OpenCorporates
OpenCorporates.com aggregates official corporate registration records from state and national registries worldwide — who formed what company, who sits on which board, in which jurisdiction, going back decades. Two search paths: by company name or by officer name. Then drill into the state or national registry itself for the original filings.
The tradecraft lesson hiding in this episode: same company name does not mean same owner. A “Mar a Lago” in Essonne, France is probably not the one in Palm Beach. Verify jurisdiction and officers before you connect anyone to anything — that discipline is the difference between analysis and conspiracy content.
I’m Eric Garland. Thirty years of strategic intelligence practice, advising governments and Fortune 500s on how nations actually compete.
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Sources:
OpenCorporates.com — global company registry aggregator
U.S. state corporate registries (Secretaries of State)
Companies House (UK) and national equivalents
