Through the process of vertical integration, the company came to own more than just the main steel plant.
In earlier days a man who began with pick and shovel might have come to own a mine.
The couple came to own what was among the most distinguished collections of modern art in private hands.
A brother and sister came to own a piece of family land.
"You came to the wrong place not to own a gun," Nick said.
And that's how we came to own an oil well.
That's how a lot of us could come to own a house and have a decent life.
How the museum came to own this collection is a remarkable story.
Another time we got to talking about how Wan came to own us.
He and his family eventually came to own or control most of the country's economy.