I believe the East India Company is a good example. I think there are a handful of examples in which companies began operating in areas of little to no governance. As they grew in wealth and power through market dominance they began using that wealth and power to protect their monopoly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company
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They were granted an exclusive government charter. The East India Company was one of the first government-backed monopolies.