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Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | 1816 |
Headquarters | One Pacific Place, Hong Kong (Operational HQ) London (Registered HQ) [1] (Hong Kong but with registered office in London for John Swire & Sons Limited (UK) and some other related entities and subsidiaries) |
Key people | Barnaby Swire, Chairman, John Swire & Sons Limited, Merlin Swire, (Chairman, Swire Pacific) |
Products | Property, aviation, beverages, food chain, shipping, offshore support services, agriculture, manufacturing, wholesale and retail, mining etc. |
Revenue | ![]() US$16.3 billion |
Number of employees | 100,000+ [2] |
Subsidiaries | Swire Pacific Steamships Trading Company |
Website | Swire.com |
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Traditional Chinese | 太古集團 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 太古集团 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | taai3 gu2 zaap6 tyun4 | ||||||||||
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Swire Group (Chinese: 太古集團) is a highly diversified global conglomerate with its parent company being John Swire & Sons Limited that holds controlling stakes in a range of businesses trading in the UK, USA, Australia, Papua New Guinea, East and West Africa, and across Southeast Asia. The Group's businesses are arranged into groups: property, aviation, beverages and food chain, marine services, and trading and industrial.
Its core businesses are mainly focused on Asia, with its key operations in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Within Asia, Swire's activities come under the group's publicly quoted arm, Swire Pacific Limited, which is the largest shareholder in two Hong Kong listed companies: Swire Properties and Cathay Pacific. Taikoo (太古) is the Chinese name of Swire. It serves as the brand name for businesses such as Taikoo Sugar and Taikoo Shing.