Which inventor's company hired Tesla in Paris before his move to America?

Thomas Edison’s company hired Nikola Tesla in Paris before Tesla moved to the United States. The company was the Continental Edison Company, founded in 1882 to manufacture and market electrical equipment based on Edison’s patents.

Tesla began working for the company in Paris after Tivadar Puskás helped secure him the position. He worked in the Société Electrique Edison division, installing large-scale incandescent-lighting systems and improving dynamos and motors. The job gave him practical experience with electric-power engineering rather than merely theoretical knowledge.

A common mix-up is George Westinghouse, who later licensed Tesla’s alternating-current motor patents and employed him in Pittsburgh. Westinghouse entered Tesla’s story after Tesla’s 1884 move to America; Edison’s organization came first. Tesla’s Paris employment also preceded his difficult period at Edison Machine Works in New York.