Bennett Corporation

The Bennett Corporation was a business conglomerate owned and operated by entrepreneur Patrice Bennett, and headquartered on Tau Ophiucus. A number of companies operated under the Bennett Corporation, with their own chief executive officers, though Bennett exercised a controlling interest in all of them, and ensured a percentage of their profits went to her favorite charities. 

In 2376, the Bennett Corporation seized numerous properties owned by rival businessman Rod Portlyn, including most of his holdings in the "Corporate Corridor" region. 

As of mid 2377, many of Portlyn's former companies had not yet been fully integrated into the Bennett corporate structure. Following the alleged death of Bennett that year, Captain David Gold, as executor of her will, was given authority to determine the fate of these subsidiary companies. At the same time, Portlyn, using the alias Benzev Kaz, attempted to purchase some of these companies back by bribing the Bennett Corporation's chief counsel, Ernesh-Flishmo. 


 * The name of Bennett's corporation was not actually used until the latter story.