50 years accompanying your growth!
Let’s celebrate GEB's anniversary with a look at our history: What happened when…
1971:
Start of our cooperation with the Japanese Insurer Mitsui Life.
- The new stock market index Nasdaq Composite is launched.
- Walt Disney World opens its doors in Orlando, Florida. Ticket entrance is at $3.50 for adults.
- Qatar becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1972:
Opening of the Generali European Marketing Office (GEMO).
Photo credits: Image courtesy NASA Johnson Space Center
- Apollo 17 sends us back The Blue Marble, a photograph of the Earth taken at 45,000 km distance. It is one of the most iconic & widely distributed images in human history.
- Pong is released and becomes the first commercially successful arcade video game machine.
1984:
With the increasing importance of Brussels, GEMO takes the new name of Generali Aetna Marketing Office (GAEMO) and moves to the Belgian capital city.
- TED conference is founded by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul Wurman, responding to a convergence in the fields of Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
- The African republic Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
- Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi.
- The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China sign the agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997.