AS Watson

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AS Watson Group

Head office at Watson House in Fo Tan
Industry	Health & beauty retail
Founded	1828; 196 years ago (1828)
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Number of locations	16,500+ stores Worldwide
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Victor Li (Chairman) Dominic Lai (Chairman, AS Watson Group) Malina Ngai (Group CEO, AS Watson Group)
Products	Health, beauty & lifestyle brands
Owners	CK Hutchison Holdings (75%) Temasek Holdings (25%)
Number of employees	130,000+
Divisions	AS Watson (Health & Beauty UK) Ltd
Website	aswatson.com

AS Watson Group (or AS Watson or ASW) is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer by number of stores, with over 16,500 stores in 28 markets, primarily in Asia and Europe.^[1]

A member of CK Hutchison Holdings, ASW operates the world's largest portfolio of retail formats, retail brands and has the largest geographical presence. The company is majority owned by multinational conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings Limited, with just over 75 percent, after the remaining stake was sold to Singapore government-owned Temasek Holdings in March 2014.^[2]