Pon Holdings

Pon Holdings BV
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1980
Founder Ben Pon, Jr.
HeadquartersStadionplein 28, Amsterdam
Key people
Janus Smalbraak (Executive)
ProductsAutomobile
Bicycles
Technology consulting

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Fire safety[1]
Agriculture

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Revenue€2.4 billion (2022) (bicycle sales)[3]
€10 billion (2022) (total)[4]
Number of employees
13,000
Websitehttps://pon.com

Pon Holdings BV is a Dutch conglomerate in the transportation sector. It is one of the five largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, and owns bicycle brands Caloi, Cannondale, Cervélo, Derby Cycle (owner of Focus), GT, Gazelle, IronHorse, Kalkhoff, Mongoose, Santa Cruz, Urban Arrow (cargo bikes), Veloretti, and Schwinn, among others.[5]

The company was founded in 1980 by Ben Pon, Jr., a former racing car driver and son of Ben Pon Sr., who became the importer of Volkswagen in the Netherlands in 1947. As of 2021 it is still owned by the Pon family.

  1. ^ a b "Industrial Mobility". Pon Holdings. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Agricultural Products & Services". Pon Holdings. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Cervélo and Cannondale owner Pon.Bike's turnover hits £2 billion, doubling from 2022", cyclingweekly.com
  4. ^ "Pon Bike sales hit £2 billion, doubling from last year", road.cc
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference BR_2021-08-18 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).