Richemont
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a Swiss luxury goods group based in Bellevue, Canton of Geneva, which was founded in 1988 by the South African billionaire Anton Rupert. The main business areas are jewelery, watches, writing instruments and clothing. Listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange, the company employs about 27,500 people and generated a turnover of 10.15 billion euros in fiscal 2012/13. This Richemont is one of the largest luxury goods groups in the world.
Business
The following companies are part of the Richemont group:
- A. Lange & Söhne ( founded in 1845 in Glashutte ) - Watches
- Cartier (1847, Paris) - Jewelry, watches, etc.
- Chloé (1952, Paris) - Apparel
- Dunhill (1893, London) - clothing, leather goods and tobacco products, including tobacco pipes
- IWC (1868, Schaffhausen ) - watches
- James Purdey & Sons (1814, London) - Clothing and hunting weapons
- Lancel (1876, Paris) - Leather Goods
- Mont Blanc (1906, Hamburg) - writing instruments, watches and clocks
- Net-A -Porter (2000, London) - Luxury clothing and accessories
- Officine Panerai (1860, Florence) - Watches
- Peter Millar (2001, Cary / North Carolina) - Apparel
- Piaget (1874, Geneva ) - Jewelry and Watches
- Roger Dubuis (1995, Geneva ) - Jewelry and Watches
- Shanghai Tang (1994, Hong Kong) - Apparel
- Vacheron Constantin (1755, Geneva ) - Watches
- Van Cleef & Arpels (1906, Paris) - Jewelry, watches, etc.
All companies are 100 % owned by Richemont, with the exception of Roger Dubuis (60 %). The men's clothing chain Hackett, who was owned by Richemont since 1992, was sold to the Spanish investor group Torreal 2005.