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Richemont

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Swiss luxury goods company

Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, commonly known as Richemont, is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert. Through its various subsidiaries, Richemont produces and sells jewellery, watches, leather goods, pens, firearms, clothing, and accessories. Richemont is publicly traded as CFR on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the JSE.2 It employed about 19,100 people.1 Its revenue was €14.2 billion.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Mar 31, 1987Founded1
  • HeadquartersGeneva1
  • Founded inGeneva1
  • Websiterichemont.com
  • Legal formAktiengesellschaft, joint-stock company1
  • Listed onJohannesburg Stock Exchange1
  • LEI549300YIPGJ6UX2QPS513
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressCHEMIN DE LA CHÊNAIE 50, 1293 Bellevue, Switzerland3
  • Registered withMinistry of Justice, CHE-106.325.5243

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Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, commonly known as Richemont, is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert. Through its various subsidiaries, Richemont produces and sells jewellery, watches, leather goods, pens, firearms, clothing, and accessories. Richemont is publicly traded as CFR on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the JSE.2

Corporate structure

Richemont sits at the top of its group. 26 entities, 8 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Richemont Bellevue, Switzerland
    • A. Lange & Söhne Subsidiary · Black Forest
    • Alfred Dunhill Subsidiary · London
    • Baume et Mercier Subsidiary · Geneva
    • Buccellati Holding Italia Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
    • Chloé Subsidiary · Champagnole, France
    • Delvaux Createur Subsidiary · Etterbeek, Belgium
    • International Watch Company Subsidiary · Schaffhausen
    • Jaeger-LeCoultre Subsidiary · Le Sentier
    • Montblanc International GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg
    • Piaget Subsidiary · Geneva
    • Roger Dubuis Subsidiary · Geneva
    • Vacheron Constantin Subsidiary · Plan-les-Ouates
    • Van Cleef & Arpels Subsidiary · Paris
    • RICHEMONT INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 100% · New Delhi, India
    • Cartier Subsidiary · France
    • Delvaux Subsidiary · Belgium
    • GIANVITO ROSSI S.R.L. Subsidiary · San Mauro Pascoli, Italy
    • Montblanc-Simplo GmbH Subsidiary · Hamburg, Germany
    • RICHEMONT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS LIMITED Subsidiary · St Helier, Jersey
    • Richemont International Holding S.A. Subsidiary · Luxembourg, Luxembourg
      • RICHEMONT ITALIA HOLDING S.P.A. Subsidiary · Milano, Italy
        • RLG ITALIA HOLDING S.P.A. Subsidiary · Milan, Italy
    • RICHEMONT INTERNATIONAL SA Subsidiary · Villars-Sur-Glane, Switzerland
    • RICHEMONT LUXURY GROUP LIMITED Subsidiary · St Helier, Jersey
    • RICHEMONT SECURITIES SA Subsidiary · Bellevue, Switzerland

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Richemont reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Johann Rupert on Mar 31, 1987, in Geneva.1

Johann Rupert founded Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A. when he spun off the international assets of Rembrandt Group Ltd. (now Remgro Limited), a South Africa-based company founded in the 1940s by his father, Anton Rupert. The division, originally founded on 5 March 1979 as Intercontinental Mining and Resources S.A., was later renamed IMR Group S.A. on 31 March 1987 and finally Richemont S.A. on 17 August 1988. The spin-off was completed on 20 September 1988. The luxury goods investments of Rembrandt Group combined with Rothmans International formed the initial group of Richemont subsidiaries.

In October 2008, the Group divested all of its remaining interests in the tobacco industry.

As of 2014, Richemont is the second-largest luxury goods company in the world after LVMH.

In 2015, Richemont's Net-a-Porter Group was merged with the YOOX Group in an all-share transaction. In August 2022, Richemont announced the prospective sale of a 47.5% stake in Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP) to Farfetch in exchange for Farfetch shares, and the sale of a 3.2% stake to Mohamed Alabbar. In January 2024, Farfetch was acquired by Korean e-commerce company Coupang, and delisted, which ended Richemont's planned sale of the YNAP majority stake.

In 2018, Jérôme Lambert was named CEO of Richemont Group.

The compensation of the Richemont group's executives increased by an average of 14% in 2018.

In March 2023, Richemont launched Enquirus.com to combat jewelry and watch theft.

In July 2023, Richemont acquired a 70% stake in Italian shoemaker Gianvito Rossi.

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As of October 2023, Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A. was the sixth-largest corporation by market capitalization in the Swiss Market Index.

In May 2024, Nicolas Bos, the head of Van Cleef & Arpels was appointed CEO effective 1 June 2024, replacing Jérôme Lambert. Lambert would stay at Richemont as chief operating officer reporting to Bos.

In May 2024, Richemont acquired Italian jewellery brand Vhernier for an undisclosed sum.

From Wikipedia’s article on Richemont, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Richemont, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • watch

Listed on Wikidata.1

Richemont's portfolio is made up of Maisons (brands).

The following companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., except where specified that they are partial ownership.

From Wikipedia’s article on Richemont, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Mar 31, 1987Founded Founded in Geneva1

Sources

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