Brenntag
Sign in to saveBrenntag SE is the holding company of Brenntag Group. The company was founded in 1874 in Berlin and specializes in the distribution of chemicals and ingredients. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany and has operations in more than 600 locations in 72 countries.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Brenntag SE
- Company.logo
- Brenntag Logo 2022.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 250px
- Company.type
- Public (Societas Europaea)
- Company.industry
- Distribution
- Company.founder
- Philipp Mühsam
- Company.location_city
- Essen
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.locations
- 600
- Company.key_people
- Jens Birgersson (CEO)Richard Ridinger (Chairman of the Supervisory board)
- Company.services
- Chemical and ingredients distribution
- Company.revenue
- €16.8 billion (2023)
- Company.num_employees
- 17,709 (2023)
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1874
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Part of
- DAX
- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Essen
- Industry
- wholesale
- Employees
- +17500
- Revenue
- +19400000000
- Stock exchange
- Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- Societas Europaea
- Official website
- www.brenntag.com
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17 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- National Socialism and post-war period
- Expansion abroad and takeover
- IPO and acquisitions
- Entry into Asian market and business expansion
- Corporate Structure
- Body of the company
- Shareholder structure
- Business operations
- Business model
- Products
- Business segments
- Controversy
- Literature
- References
- External links
Brenntag SE is the holding company of Brenntag Group. The company was founded in 1874 in Berlin and specializes in the distribution of chemicals and ingredients. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany and has operations in more than 600 locations in 72 countries.
== History == === Founding === Brenntag was founded on October 9, 1874, in Berlin by the Jewish merchant Philipp Mühsam (November 14, 1848 – May 17, 1914) under his own name. At first, the company Philipp Mühsam was an agricultural wholesale business, whose most successful product was eggs. In 1879, Philipp Mühsam entered the trade of pharmaceutical raw materials, the so-called ‘drugs.’ By 1881, according to the sources, the company was distributing chemicals, dyes, drugs and also agricultural products, though the latter only in small quantities. In November 1923, the founder’s son, Dr. Kurt Mühsam (December 31, 1887 – March 20, 1928), together with his business partner Julius Herz, converted the company into a joint stock corporation.