Bose Corporation is a privately owned company http://www.alacrastore.com/storecontent/datamonitor-company-profiles/mtx08335 which was founded in 1964 by Amar Bose, the company now has an annual revenue of $1.8Billion http://www.smartindian.com/bose.htm. Bose are Audio technology developers and product manufacturers, based in Framingham, Massachussets, USA. Specialist marketplaces that Bose trade within are Headphones and Headsets, Home Theater Systems, iPod Sound Accessories and Speaker Systems.

In an NPD Group survey of the US market covering the period November, 2008 - April, 2009 Bose ranked http://www.twice.com/article/307509-Market_Share_Reports_By_Category.php?rssid=20328:

1. Ranked 3rd in the $1.4Billion Home Audio market and
2. Ranked 3rd in the $3.3Billion Portable Audio market.

2008 and 2009 have been challenging years for Bose. The economic recession caused over 1,000 job losseshttp://odeo.com/episodes/23910669-Tabloid-Bose-Cuts-1-000-Jobs to be announced in January 2009.

Bose have 125 retail stores in the USA and others around the world. http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/locator/bose_stores/index.jsp

Bose have a subsidiary called Electroforce http://www.bose-electroforce.com/home.cfm who provide materials testing and durability simulation instruments.

Bose Corporation was founded in 1964 by Amar Bose, initially Bose Corporation worked on military audio and sound contracts. Amar Bose is a prolific inventorhttp://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bose.html and has registered dozens of patentshttp://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/bose.html for audio and sound technology.

The company builds all types of high-end audio equipment, from commercially available music players and home theaters to auditorium sound systems and equipment for military aircraft and submarines and even NASA.http://law-wire.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html - A quote from the blog of Law Wire

In 1987, Dr Bose was awarded theInventor of the Year title by the Intellectual Property Owners Association for his inventions in "Acoustic waveguide speaker technology"http://law-wire.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html.

In 2008, Amar Bose was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Famehttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUS56518+14-Feb-2008+PRN20080214 in Akron, Ohio for his work in Audio Technology.

Now in December, 2009 Amar Bose (at the age of 80) who was founder of Bose Corporation some 45 years ago is still working day to day and still operates as CEOhttp://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=160655&privcapId=160654&previousCapId=160654&previousTitle=Bose%20Corporation.

• 1964 Amar Bose founds Bose Corporationhttp://worldwide.bose.com/axa/en_au/web/a_history_of_bose/page.html

• 1968 901 Direct/Reflecting speaker system released

• 1972 Pro Loudspeakers for professional musicians introduced

• 1972 The Syncom testing computer is introduced

• 1975 The 301Direct/Reflecting speaker

• 1982 Bose introduces specifically created audio for specific vehicles

• 1984 Waveguide Speaker - A multi-component stereo system from a compact, all-in-one system introduced

• 1987 Dr Bose awarded inventor of the year title

• 1993 Wave radio speaker technology introduced

• 1994 Bose introduces the Auditioner audio demonstrator

• 1998 Bose is awarded the Aviation Consumer Magazine "Product of the Year" for the newly launched Aviation Headset X

• 2000 Quietcomfort Acoustic Noise Canceling Headphones

• 2001 3·2·1 home entertainment system introduced

• 2004 Bose introduce the iPod Sound Deck, iPod Portable Speakers

• 2005 Triport CD Music System introduced

• 2008 Dr. Amar Bose was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio

• 2009 Bose announce 1,000 job losses due to the economic downturn

• Cambridge Soundworks

• Harman International

• Klipsch

• Boston Acoustics

• Polk Audio

• Pioneer Corporation

• JVC

• Panasonic

• Sony

• Wave Systemshttp://www.bose.com/

• Headphones and Headsets

• Headphones and Headsets

• Digital Music Solutions

• Sound Dock for iPod

• Speakers