Jardine Matheson Holdings
| Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | BMG507361001 |
| founding | July 1, 1832 |
| Seat |
Hamilton , Bermuda (Headquarters at 48 / F Jardine House , Hong Kong , China )  |
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| Number of employees | 443,700 (end of 2017) |
| sales | US $ 39.5 billion (2017) |
| Branch | Conglomerate |
| Website | www.jardines.com/ |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited ( Chinese 怡和 控股 有限公司 , Pinyin Yíhé Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī ), often also Jardines or Jardine's ( 怡和 洋行 , Yíhé Yángháng , Jyutping Ji 4 wo 4 Joeng 4 hong 4 * 2 , coll. Ji 4 wo 4 * 2 Joeng 4 hong 4 * 2 , formerly 渣 甸 洋行 , Zhādiàn Yángháng , Jyutping Zaa 1 din 1 Joeng 4 hong 4 * 2 ), is a multinational company with a focus on South-East Asia . The company is u. a. active in real estate, hotels, construction, retail, financial services, vehicle construction and trade. The company's headquarters are officially in Bermuda , but the main administration is located in Jardine House in Hong Kong ( People's Republic of China ). Jardine-Matheson is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the Straits Times Index on the Singapore Exchange , but is still controlled by the descendants of the company's founder, William Jardine .
history
Beginning
The company was in 1832 as Jardine, Matheson & Co. founded. It was founded in Canton on July 1, 1832, following a meeting between William Jardine and the Scottish trader James Matheson from Sutherland. In 1834, the couple sent the first private shipload of Chinese tea to England. Furthermore, the company traded in silk in those years , which it shipped to England and transported opium to China on the way back ( China trade ). When the Chinese government confiscated shiploads of opium from the company, the company turned to the British government for help. Among other things, this led to the Opium War in China in 1839 , which forced China to tolerate the import of opium.
Significant subsidiaries and holdings
| Surname | proportion of | Will be held: |
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| Jardine Pacific | 100% | directly from Jardine-Matheson |
| Jardine Motors Group | 100% | directly from Jardine-Matheson |
| Jardine Lloyd Thompson | 42% | directly from Jardine-Matheson |
| Jardine Strategic | 82% | directly from Jardine-Matheson |
| Dairy Farm | 78% | indirectly through Jardine Strategic |
| Hong Kong country | 50% | indirectly through Jardine Strategic |
| Mandarin Oriental | 74% | indirectly through Jardine Strategic |
| Rothschild Continuation Holdings | 21% | indirectly through Jardine Strategic |
| Jardine Cycle & Carriage | 71% | indirectly through Jardine Strategic |
| Astra International | 50.1% | indirectly via Jardine Cycle & Carriage |
All participation information relates to the end of December 2011.
In addition to the main holdings listed above, Jardine directly and indirectly has other smaller holdings in other companies (e.g. ACLEDA Bank , Asia Commercial Bank , Bank Permata, Paris-Orléans , Schindler Holding , Tata Power , The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son ).
various
The company's history is the background of the novel series by James Clavell (novels Tai-Pan , Gai-Jin and Noble House ), the two families also play a prominent role in the Hong Kong cycle of the comic series Heroes Without Scruples .
literature
- Robert Blake : Jardine-Matheson - Traders of the Far East. Weinfeld & Nicolson, London 1999, ISBN 0-297-82501-1 .
- Carol Matheson Connell: A Business in Risk - Jardine-Matheson and the Hong Kong Trading Industry. Praeger Publishers, Westport 2004, ISBN 0-275-98035-9 .
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Official Website - Jardine Lloyd Thomson (English)
- Official Website - Jardine Cycle & Carriage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2017. (pdf) In: jardines.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020 .