Duke Stelmane explained to Michael about the five conglomerates controlling the current global market.
At the very top spot of the Golden 500 was the Vanderbilt business, headed by none other than the Great Lion Yze Vanderbilt.
Coming in under him was the Oscorpe Consortium. They were just like the Vanderbilt business, which was mostly controlled by a single family and a patriarch at the top.
Those two conglomerates had their hands in every business imaginable. As long as they could make money on it, those two conglomerates were part of it.
The third spot was the Hepheasteus Group, known for their monopoly on the world's greatest weapons and armors. They owned the biggest mine in the world located in another continent, allowing them to become the world's best supplier for anything metallurgical.
"The HammerStone company is part of the Hepheasteus Group, right?" Michael asked.
