About the company: Compagnie Financière Richemont SA [JSE:CFR]

Founded in 1988, Richemont is a luxury goods holding company based in Switzerland. Richemont owns leading luxury brands such as Cartier and Montblanc. It's one of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange's Top 40 companies…

Full name: Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
Short name: Richemont
Ticker: CFR
Sector: Personal & household goods – personal goods

Five top facts about Richemont

Fact #1:
Richemont employs over 30,000 people around the world. These employees work for 20 different ‘maisons’. Richemont, which calls its different business entities maisons, runs each of these brands separately.

Fact #2:
Johann Rupert started Richemont back in 1988. But the company has its roots in his father’s (Dr Anton Rupert) business, the Rembrandt Group. Rembrandt Group is now called Remgro [JSE:REM].

Fact #3:
Richemont has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange under ticker CFR. Richemont’s primary listing is in Switzerland [SIX:CFR].

Fact #4:
Richemont is one of the largest luxury brand companies in the world. It owns luxury brands such as Cartier, Lancel, Jaeger, Alfred Dunhill, Montblanc and Chloe, to name a few. It also has a 50/50 joint venture with Polo Ralph Lauren. This venture established the Polo Ralph Lauren Watch and Jewellery Company.

Fact #5:
Its primary shareholder is its founder, Johann Rupert. He holds 9.1% of the company through Compagnie Financière Rupert. He is also the chairman and chief executive officer of Richemont.

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Financial information

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