Piggly-wiggly[?] - Claims to be the first supermarket. Motto: "Piggly-Wiggly All Over the World". One rival entrepreneur opened a store: "Hoggly-Woggly Only One in the World".
... assumed power for any period of time without a legitimate basis of authority.
The first to have the title of "Tyrant" was Pisistratus in 560 BC.
In modern times ...