The English East India Company was founded in 1600, as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies . The English East India Company (hereafter, the Company) was founded in 1600, as The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies . An Indian now owns Britain 's East India Company The East India Company which ruled India for more than 200 years is now ruled by an Indian Sanjiv Mehta who took over the company for $150 lac. He said " at an emotional level as an Indian, when you think with your heart as I do, I had this huge feeling of redemption - this indescribable feeling of owning a company that once owned us "
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