The Widmore Corporation is modeled after the real life Cargill Corporation which, like Widmore is controlled by a Scots dynasty in the MacMillan and Cargill families. Real life Cargill is headquartered in a French Chateau within the same 55391 (Wayzata) area as the real Henry Gale. It also just so happens the real Founding family of 3M lived just up shore from Cargill, and was married in to the family that ran the real Honeywell Corporation.