Swire Group
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Swire Group () is a diversified global conglomerate whose privately owned parent company is John Swire & Sons Limited. The group holds controlling interests in businesses operating in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East and West Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Swire Group
- Company.logo
- Swire.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 220px
- Company.image
- Pacific Place Tower 1 2014.jpg
- Company.image_size
- 220px
- Company.image_caption
- Hong Kong headquarters at One Pacific Place
- Company.location
- One Pacific Place, Hong Kong (Operational HQ) London (Registered HQ) (Hong Kong-based operations with registered office in London for John Swire & Sons Limited (UK) and certain subsidiaries)
- Company.key_people
- Barnaby Swire, Chairman, John Swire & Sons Limited; Merlin Bingham Swire, Chairman, Swire Pacific
- Company.revenue
- £12.08 billion (2021) US$16.3 billion
- Company.num_employees
- 121,000+
- Company.industry
- Conglomerate
- Company.products
- Property, aviation, beverages, food chain, shipping, offshore support services, agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, mining
- Company.subsid
- Swire Pacific Steamships Trading Company Swire Beverages Swire Shipping Swire Resources Swire Foods
- Chinese.order
- ts
- Chinese.t
- 太古集團
- Chinese.s
- 太古集团
- Chinese.showflag
- jy
- Chinese.j
- taai3 gu2 zaap6 tyun4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- London
- Subsidiary
- Cathay Pacific
- Industry
- conglomerate
- Stock exchange
- Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- public limited company
- Official website
- www.swire.com
- Image
- Pacific Place Tower 1 2014.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Businesses
- Swire Pacific Limited
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Swire Properties
- Swire Resources
- Swire Shipping
- Swire Bulk
- Steamships Trading Company
- John Swire and Sons (Green Investments) Ltd
- Swire Coca-Cola
- Chairmen
- Chairmen of Swire Pacific
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Swire Group () is a diversified global conglomerate whose privately owned parent company is John Swire & Sons Limited. The group holds controlling interests in businesses operating in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East and West Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Its core businesses are primarily focused on Asia, with major operations in Hong Kong and Mainland China. These activities are largely held through the publicly listed Swire Pacific Limited, which is the largest shareholder of Swire Properties and Cathay Pacific. Swire Pacific is included in the Forbes Global 2000.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swire Group” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.