Page 20 - 2021 Westchester County Economic Development Guide

Westchester Forward
Westchester’s Fortune 500
Global Icons Next Door
More than 34,000 companies of different structures, sectors and sizes call Westchester home. Here are some of the household names that lead their industries, using the County as their base.
Above: Heineken’s recently renovated corporate headquarters in downtown
White Plains.
HEINEKEN
White Plains
Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, international brewing giant Heineken manufactures and distributes alcoholic and non- alcoholic beverages worldwide. It offers products under the Heineken, Amstel, Desperados, Sol, Tiger, Birra Moretti, Affligem, Lagunitas, Mort Subite, Strongbow Apple Ciders, Orchard Thieves, Stassen, Bulmers, Old Mout and Blind Pig brands. In 2017, Heineken USA renovated its downtown White Plains headquarters, creating a state- of-the-art space that highlights the company’s culture and heritage.
“HEINEKEN USA is very proud to call White Plains home and to be a member of a strong Westchester business community that supports each other, in good and in challenging times. We are honored to have such meaningful partnerships in this local community with organizations such as the Business Council of Westchester. We look forward to being a big part of the Westchester community for many more years to come.” —Josephine (Fien) Bertrams
IBM
Armonk
International Business Machines Corp. is an information technology company, which provides integrated solutions that leverage information technology and knowledge of business processes. It operates through four key segments: Cloud & Cognitive Software, Global Business Services, Global Technology Services, Systems, and Global Financing. IBM – which was founded in 1911 - has been based in Armonk since the mid-1950s.
DANONE NORTH AMERICA
White Plains
Danone is a multinational company that manufactures Fresh Dairy Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition, and Medical Nutrition. Renewing its commitment to Westchester County, the company’s North American headquarters moved from Greenburgh to its new, $30 million U.S. headquarters in White Plains in 2018. The new space converted 85,000 square feet of retail space into corporate offices, as well as a state-of-the-art food laboratory.
MASTERCARD
Purchase
For more than 50 years, Mastercard has pioneered technology to make payments simpler, smarter and safer. Founded in 1966 by a consortium of banks in California, Mastercard creates payment processing solutions between merchant banks and card-issuing banks or credit unions of consumers who use their branded debit, credit and prepaid cards to make purchases. The company’s headquarters in Purchase is a sprawling, 450,000 square-foot building designed by I.M. Pei that MasterCard bought from IBM in 1995.
“Mastercard is proud to call Westchester home to our global headquarters. While the pandemic has brought unique challenges, Mastercard remains
18
SVP, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer WESTCHESTER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GUIDE