Based or created in MN (C-D)

• Capella University (Minneapolis) - one of the biggest online universities in the US
• Cargill (Wayzata) - the largest private corporation in the US
• Caribou Coffee (Minneapolis) - 2nd largest US coffee chain, now owned by First Islamic Investment Bank
• Carlson Companies (Minnetonka) - private corp. owns Radisson, TGI Friday's, Country Kitchen, Country Inn & Suites
• Cheerios (Minneapolis) - introduced as CheeriOats in 1941 by General Mills; marketed as first ready-to-eat cereal
• Cirrus (Duluth) - world's 2nd largest manufacturer of single-engine, piston-powered aircraft
• Control Data Corp. (Minneapolis) - pioneering supercomputer company
• Cray Supercomputer (Chippewa Falls) - Seymore Cray, the chief designer, set up a lab in his hometown in 1962
• Cursor (Minnepolis) - educates the public on the relationship between media and society
• Dairy Queen (Edina) - began in 1938 in Illinois, but their American corporate HQ is now in Minnesota
• Dayton's (Minneapolis) - department store
• Deluxe (Shoreview) - the checkmaker
• Duluth packs (Duluth) - sturdy packs first made in 1882 by French Canadian Camille Poirer
• Dunn Bros Coffee (Minneapolis) - the coffeehouse franchise now has locations in 6 states