GOME Electrical Appliances

GOME Retail Holdings Ltd.
Company typeJoint Stock. Private
IndustryElectrical appliance retailing
Founded1987
FounderHuang Guangyu
Headquarters
Hong Kong
,
People's Republic of China
Area served
People's Republic of China
Hong Kong
Key people
Da Zhong Zhang (Chairman)
Jun Zhou Wang (CEO)
Productselectrical goods
consumer electronics
Services56
RevenueDecrease HKD 67.449 billion (2019)
US$8.662 billion[1]
Increase HKD −2.937 billion (2019)[1]
Total assetsIncrease HKD 80.396 billion (2019)[2]
Total equityDecrease HKD 12.976 billion (2019)[2]
Number of employees
34,001 (2019)[1]
Websitehttp://www.gome.com.hk

GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited (国美电器 in Chinese)(SEHK: 493) changed its name to GOME Retail Holdings Ltd.. It is one of the largest privately owned electrical appliance retailers in mainland China and Hong Kong. It was founded by Wong Kwong Yu (Huang Guangyu), a Chinese businessman, in Beijing in 1987. Its brand name "GOME" was first adopted in 1993. Since 1999, it has developed outside Beijing and established retail outlets in other Chinese cities. It was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2004.[3][4] As of 2008 Wong was the chairperson, the controlling shareholder, and the director. The company is incorporated in Bermuda.[5]

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  2. ^ a b "GMELF | GOME Retail Holdings LTD. Annual Balance Sheet - WSJ". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  3. ^ "GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited". Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2008.
  4. ^ GOME Electrical Appliances Holding Limited – Company Profile Snapshot
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