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Sofina
Sofina, ''Société Financière de Transports et d'Entreprises Industrielles'', is a Belgian holding company, headquartered in Brussels with offices in Singapore. As part of the Bel20 index, it is one of the twenty largest capitalisation in Belgium. The company invests in several industrial sectors such as telecommunication (7%), portfolio companies, banks and insurance (6%), private equity (6%), services within the company (18%), consumer goods (31%), energy (6%), food distribution (8%) and various other sectors (10%). Geographically, Sofina has investments located in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, India and North America. History The company was founded in 1898. It was led from 1905 until 1955 by the Belgian-American engineer of German origin Dannie Heineman (1872-1962). Historically, the company owned the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company, which was one of the largest tram operators in the world at the time. From 1955 on, the current famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Boël
Yves Boël (12 September 1927, Brussels – 19 June 2012) was a Belgian businessman. tijd.be He was a son of and Yvonne Solvay, granddaughter of and he married countess Yolande d'Oultremont on 12 September 1977. Yves Boël was president of the board of |
Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company
The Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company (Spanish: ''Compañía de Tranvías Anglo Argentina''), known simply as ''La Anglo'' in Argentina, was a large transportation company which operated the majority of the trams in the Buenos Aires network, which was also one of the largest in the world at the time having lines totalling in length. The company also created Buenos Aires' first underground tram line, which would go on to become Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground. The company also owned other tramways around the country. History The company was founded in 1876 by British and Anglo-Argentine investors in order to acquire the existing Buenos Aires tramway network, within the context of the country's ''belle epoque'', where it was receiving significant investments from foreign companies. By the turn of the century, the company owned a significant number of tramways throughout Argentina, most notably the Buenos Aires and Rosario Tramways. In Rosario, the company opened its f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BEL 20
The BEL 20 is the benchmark stock market index of Euronext Brussels. It tracks the performance of 20 most capitalized and liquid stocks traded in Belgium. In general, the index consists of a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 companies traded at the Brussels Stock Exchange. Since 20 June 2011, the BEL20 has contained 20 listings, with the exception a one month period in May-June 2018 when Ablynx stock was removed following the takeover by Sanofi, only to be replaced mid June by arGEN-X. Rules The composition of the BEL 20 index is reviewed annually based on closing prices on the last Friday in February. These changes are effective after the third Friday of March. In addition to meeting a set of criteria demanding a company be "representative of the Belgian equity market", at least 15% of its shares must be considered free float in order to qualify for the index. In addition, a candidate for inclusion must possess a free float market capitalisation (in Euros) of at least 3000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Verey
Sir David John Verey CBE (born 1950) is an English banker and philanthropist. Early life Verey was born on 8 December 1950. He went to school at Eton College and later received a Master of Arts degree in English from Trinity College, Cambridge. Career He started his career in finance at Lazard in 1972. In 1983 he was appointed to its board of directors. He became deputy chief executive in 1985 and chief executive in 1990. He was its chairman from 1990 to 2001. From 2001 to 2002, he was deputy chairman of Cazenove, a British stock broker and investment firm. He is to this day senior adviser at Lazard. From 1996 to 2000 he was on the board of directors of Pearson PLC. From 2004 to 2008 he was chairman of Blackstone Group UK. From 2004 to 2009 he was a senior advisor to FreshMinds, a recruitment and research consultancy firm. From 2009 to 2012 he was a non-executive director of LMS Capital, a private equity firm, and from 2010 to 2011, of Thames River Capital. He has been on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bira 91
Bira 91 is an Indian craft beer brand manufactured by B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd., launched in 2015. The company's first brewery unit was located in Flanders region of Belgium where a craft distillery was used to contract manufacture the beer with ingredients from France, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ..., Himalayas and Bavarian Farms and the beer was imported to India. After initial success, the company thereafter began manufacturing the beer in India with the same ingredients. Made from wheat, barley and hops, the beer is available in Draught beer, draft, 330ml, 650ml bottles and 500ml cans. History B9 Beverages Pvt Ltd was founded by Ankur Jain, an entrepreneur who moved from India to the United States in 1998. Jain completed his degree in Computer Science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cognita
Cognita is a global private schools group which owns and operates schools throughout the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam, Brazil, India and Chile. Between them, Cognita schools deliver eight different curricula: National, International Baccalaureate, American (including American Education Reaches Out - Common Core Plus), Advanced Placement, Australian, Spanish, Chilean and Brazilian. Cognita was founded by the late Chris Woodhead, previously Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England. It employs over 7,500 teachers and educates over 50,000 children. Jacobs Holding is the majority owner and it is the sole economic beneficiary of the firm’s investments. The Group Chief Executive Officer of Cognita is Frank Maassen. History Cognita was formed in October 2004 by its founder management team and Englefield Capital, a private equity firm, now called Bregal Capital, and its former chairman, Sir Chris Woodhead, the former Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typeform (service)
Typeform is a Spanish online software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in online form building and online surveys. Its main software creates dynamic forms based on user needs. Typeform's software has been used by Apple Inc., Airbnb, Uber and Nike, Inc. Typeform produces millions of forms every month. History Typeform was founded in 2012 by Robert Muñoz and David Okuniev. Typeform's software was released in Alpha phase by invitation only. The software launched in Beta in April 2013, having raised €550,000 in seed funding. The company generated an additional €1.2 million in 2014. Typeform's software officially launched in February 2014. By August 2014, the software had 100,000 users. In October 2015, the company raised $15 million in Series A funding led by London-based Index Ventures. Previous investors Point Nine Capital, Connect Ventures, RTA Ventures, CEO of Squarespace Anthony Casalena, Facebook Vice President of growth Javier Olivan, and Jay Parikh of Faceboo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Goblet D'Alviella
Count Richard Goblet d'Alviella (born 6 July 1948) is a Belgian businessman, who studied economics at the Université libre de Bruxelles, (Brussels), and obtained an MBA at the Harvard Business School. He is a son of Jean Goblet d'Alviella and his wife, June Dierdre Corfield. He is the grandson of Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield. On 22 July 1971, he married countess Veronique d'Oultremont. He is a member of the board of directors of the Groupe Danone and Sofina, director and member of the audit committee of the Delhaize Group, and SES. Sources Delhaize – Board of DirectorsRichard Goblet d'Alviella(Suez) 1948 births Living people Harvard Business School alumni Belgian businesspeople Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ... Université libre de Brux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dannie Heineman
Dannie N. Heineman (23 November 1872 – 31 January 1962) was a Belgian-American engineer and businessman. He was the managing director and controlling shareholder of the Belgian industrial multinational Sofina. He was a prolific sponsor of science especially through Heineman Foundation in medical sciences and awards in mathematical physics and astrophysics. In 1939, while living in Belgium, Dannie Heineman managed to get the Luxembourg government to open its closed borders and admit approximately 100 Jewish families from Germany. The persuasive argument was that hotels in Luxembourg were empty and he would pay for the rooms and give the Jews an allowance, and they would not be working and taking jobs away from Luxembourg workers. This arrangement worked until 10 May 1940 when Hitler invaded. At that point his assistant Mr. Schmidt made a final six months payment to the families. Among the families was the physicist Ernst Ising who survived the war. See also * Dannie Heineman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge Associates
Cambridge Associates is a privately held investment firm based in the United States. It provides investment portfolio management and advisory services to institutional investors, including foundations and endowments, pensions, private clients, and corporate and government entities. __NOTOC__ History Cambridge Associates was founded by Harvard College roommates Hunter Lewis and James Bailey in 1973. The firm initially provided investment research to endowments and foundations, and over time, it expanded its services to investment consulting and portfolio management for many institutional investors, such as endowments, foundations and pensions. Cambridge Associates’ CEO, David Druley, was appointed in 2016 after serving as head of global investments. He succeeded Sandra A. Urie, who served as Chairman and CEO for 16 years. On February 3rd 2022 it was announced that Cambridge Associates will be taking 115,000 square feet in the Winthrop Center tower for its new headquarters late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colruyt
Colruyt Group is a Belgian family-owned retail corporation that is managing the Colruyt supermarkets and other subsidiaries such as OKay, Bio-Planet, DATS 24, DreamLand, DreamBaby, and more. Founded in 1928 by Franz Colruyt, the group today is most significantly known for its eponymous discount supermarket chain, which is one of the major players in especially Belgium. Colruyt Group is headquartered in the city of Halle and has operations in Belgium, France and Luxembourg. Operations The group's main business is its Colruyt discount supermarket stores, with over 220 locations in Belgium. The brand competes directly with discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl. Other food retail brands operated by the company include the grocery store chain OKay and the organic supermarket Bio-Planet. Colruyt is also one of two franchisees of the SPAR brand in Belgium. In France Colruyt operates its eponymous chain and also supplies the Coccinelle chain of supermarkets. List of subsidiar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
