Jardines (company)

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Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
Company typePublic
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1 July 1832; 192 years ago (1 July 1832)[1]
Founders
Headquarters48/F Jardine House, Hong Kong
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
  • Retail
  • Real estate
  • Shipping and aviation
  • Construction
  • Automotive
  • Hotels
RevenueIncrease US$109.3 billion (2021) [2]
Increase US$4.1 billion (2021) [2]
Increase US$1.5 billion (2021) [2]
Total assetsDecrease US$91.4 billion (2021) [2]
Total equityDecrease US$58.3 billion (2021) [2]
OwnerKeswick family
Number of employees
400,000+ (2021) [2]
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.jardines.com
Jardine Matheson
Traditional Chinese怡和洋行
Simplified Chinese怡和洋行
Transcriptions

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited (also known as Jardines) is a Hong Kong–based, Bermuda-domiciled British multinational conglomerate. It has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on the Singapore Exchange and Bermuda Stock Exchange.[3] The majority of its business interests are in Asia, and its subsidiaries include Jardine Pacific, Jardine Motors, Hongkong Land, Jardine Strategic Holdings, DFI Retail Group, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Astra International.[4][5][6] It set up the Jardine Scholarship in 1982[7] and Mindset, a mental health-focused charity, in 2002.[8]

Jardines was one of the original Hong Kong trading houses or Hongs that date back to Imperial China.[9] 58 percent of the company's profits were earned in China in 2019.[10] The company is controlled by the Keswick family, who are descendants of co-founder William Jardine's older sister, Jean Johnstone.

Jardine Matheson is a Fortune Global 500 company.[11] In 2013, both Jardine Matheson and Jardine Strategic were among the top 200 publicly traded companies in the world, as valued by market capitalisation.[12]

  1. ^ Keswick, Maggie (2007). The Thistle and the Jade. Hong Kong: Frances Lincoln Limited. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7112-2830-6. the Scots firm of Jardine, Matheson & Co., which, taking root beside the jade on 1 July 1832, has flourished there ever since.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Jardine Matheson. Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  3. ^ McNamara, Neil. "Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited: Interim Management Statement" (PDF). Jardines. Jardine Matheson Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Janus: Jardine Matheson Archive". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (J36) Company Profile". corporateinformation.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. – Company profile & brands". transnationale.org. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. ^ "The chosen one". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Breaking mental health barriers". South China Morning Post. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Jardine Group Profile". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Jardine Matheson Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Jardines. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Jardine Matheson | 2020 Global 500". Fortune. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  12. ^ "FT 500 2015". Financial Times. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.