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Article: Pacific Enterprises
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- International Directory of Company Histories
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Pacific Enterprises
633 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, California 90071
U.S.A.
(213) 895-5000
Fax: (213) 629-1225
Public Company
Incorporated:
1907 as Pacific Lighting Corporation
Employees:
42,000
Sales:
$6.92 billion
Stock Exchanges:
New York Pacific
Pacific Enterprises was formed in 1988, two years after Pacific Lighting Corporation bought Thrifty Corporation, which owned drug, discount, and sporting-goods stores. Pacific Lighting
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s main business had been Southern California Gas Company, the largest gas utility in the United States, supplying about 15 million people in a 23,000-square-mile territory that includes the Los Angeles area. Pacific Enterprises also engages in oil and gas ...