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| Company type | Società per azioni (BIT: CIR) |
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| Industry | Holding company |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
Key people | Rodolfo De Benedetti (Executive Chairman), Monica Mondardini (CEO) |
| Products | Industrial holdings |
| Revenue | €2,621 million (end 2016) |
Number of employees | 18,648 (2020) |
| Website | www.cirgroup.it |
CIR Group (Compagnie Industriali Riunite) is an Italian holding company listed on the stock exchange which is 46% controlled by COFIDE of the De Benedetti family. The company was founded in 1976, when Carlo De Benedetti acquired the company Concerie Italiane Riunite, a Turin based tanning company, from its historic owner the Bocca family and transformed it into an industrial holding company. The company was then renamed Compagnie Industriali Riunite. Chief Executive of CIR for almost twenty years, Rodolfo De Benedetti is now Executive Chairman of the company.[1] Monica Mondardini is Chief Executive.[2]
Today CIR heads an industrial group active in three main sectors: media, automotive components, healthcare. In 2016 the CIR group reported revenues of 2.6 billion euro and a net income of 34 million euro.[3] The group has more than 14 thousand employees.