Glencore
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Glencore plc is an Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company with headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. Glencore's oil and gas headquarters are in London, England, as well as its primary listing being on the London Stock Exchange, and it is one of the largest components of the FTSE 100 by market capitalization.
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Glencore AG is an active company established in 1974. The organization is headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, and maintains a presence in New York, United States. It operates as a legal entity under Swiss jurisdiction.
The company employs 156,468 people and reported total revenue of 255,984,000,000. Its total assets are valued at 152,205,000,000. Financial records indicate varying net profit figures, including -8,114,000,000, 2,444,000,000, 1,300,000,000, and -404,000,000. Glencore has 170,830 social media followers.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF, ROR, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Glencore plc
- Company.logo
- 250px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.traded_as
- FTSE 100 Component
- Company.foundation
- (as Marc Rich + Co AG)
- Company.founder
- Marc Rich
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Commodities, metals and mining
- Company.products
- Metals and minerals, energy products
- Company.num_employees
- 150,000 (2026)
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1974
- Location
- Baar, Switzerland
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.150792.8 · ISNI 0000 0000 9440 1956
Official website
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Encyclopedic overview
30 sectionsContents
- History
- 1974–1994: formation and sale
- 2005: dealings with "rogue states"
- 2005–2011: Glencore, Dan Gertler, and the Congo
- 2011: financial and accounting manipulations
- 2011: associations with other mining companies
- 2011–2012: initial public offering
- 2012–2013: merger with Xstrata
- 2013–2020: further investment
- 2013–present
- Controversies
- Colombia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Morocco
- Zambia
- Paradise Papers
- Reactions to U.S. sanctions
- Investigation by U.S. Department of Justice
- ''International Rights Advocates v. Apple, Microsoft, Dell, Tesla''
- U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission investigation
- Long-term supply contract with Tesla
- UK SFO charges and continued investigations
- Human rights abuse accusations
- Lobbying
- Australian water supply damage
- Board of directors
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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