What companies were as glorified as FAANG in history?
And What are they doing now?
IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Control Data Corporation (CDC), Cray Research, Motorola Semiconductor, Commodore, Atari, Silicon Graphics, Burroughs, Sun Microsystems.
Sabre. Which was originally part of American Airlines. Sabre's mainframe still powers American's booking and operations infrastructure.
Probably Sears Roebuck, Macy's, Ford for a few.