The race has maintained its original ideals since it began in 1985 by focusing on teamwork, camaraderie, physical fitness and competition. The number of participating teams have grown from the original 19 in 1985 to nearly 300 which includes over 8000 runners.
Investments into R&D are key to maintaining and/or improving competitiveness for the long term, and Honeywell spent about $2.1 billion on it in 2016. If You Can't Beat 'Em, Buy 'Em Honeywell has a market capitalization of about $99 billion.
How much did legendary leftist George Soros spend in 2016? A meager $17.5 million. So who is Tom Steyer? Steyer is the founder of Farallon Capital, a hedge fund that Fortune reported in 2008 had $33 billion in assets. He has since left the daily management of Farallon to run a non-profit committed to saving the climate, called NextGen Climate.