The story
The company was founded in the United States in 1911.
In 1948, the company opened an office in Japan, its first international office.
The company opened an office in United Arab Emirates, its first office in the Middle East, in 1986. It opened offices in China in 1993 and Baku in 1996.
In 2007, the company was acquired by Investcorp of Bahrain for £192 million.
On April 28, 2011, the company was acquired by Intertek for £450 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on Moody International, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3