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1974 · 1979
The modern record states two more Fort Wayne foundings, and this entry states them exactly as far as the record goes. The Asher Agency was founded in Fort Wayne in 1974 as a government-relations agency — in the company's own fiftieth-anniversary account of June 2024, "founded by Fort Wayne native Tim Borne in 1974"; a Whitley County profile carries a "founded by brothers Tim and Tom Borne" form, and the difference stands in the Business record unresolved. Petroleum Traders Corporation began business, and was incorporated, on 3 July 1979 in Fort Wayne — the Better Business Bureau profile and the New York Department of State's foreign-formation date agree on the day. State filings list Michael Himes as the corporation's president and Vicki Himes as vice president; the Business record carries the founding attribution to Himes as a headline lead only, no founding document naming him was retrieved for this audit, and this entry claims no more than that.
Sources:
- Businesses — "Asher Agency" (the company's 2024 anniversary account and the brothers variant) and "Petroleum Traders Corporation" (the 1979 start, the incorporation record and the officers in state filings, with the attribution carried as a lead).
- Asher Agency, fiftieth-anniversary release (June 2024) — Tim Borne as founder, 1974, and the government-relations origin.