EAC Invest A/S

"East Asiatic Company" redirects here. For the historic building in Bangkok, see East Asiatic Building. Not to be confused with Danish Asiatic Company.
EAC Invest A/S
FormerlyEast Asiatic Company
Santa Fe Group
Company typeAktieselskab
IndustryInvestment
Founded1897; 127 years ago (1897) in Copenhagen, Denmark
FounderHans Niels Andersen
Headquarters
Copenhagen
,
Denmark
SubsidiariesRussian East Asiatic
Siam Steam Navigation
Est Asiatique Francais
Swedish East Asiatic
D/S A/S Orient

The EAC Invest A/S, formerly known as the Santa Fe Group and East Asiatic Company (Danish: Det Østasiatiske Kompagni or ØK) is a multinational holding and investment company, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally founded by Hans Niels Andersen in 1887.

It owned 5 subsidiary companies: Russian East Asiatic based in Saint Petersburg, Siam Steam Navigation based in Bangkok, Est Asiatique Francais based in Paris, Swedish East Asiatic based in Gothenburg, and D/S A/S Orient based in Copenhagen.[1]

  1. ^ "East Asiatic Company". www.theshipslist.com. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2023-06-22.