Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA is a Swiss luxury goods conglomerate founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is controlled by the Rupert family through Compagnie Financiere Rupert. Richemont is the world's leading luxury goods group in the hard luxury categories of jewelry, watches, and writing instruments. The conglomerate's portfolio is organized into several segments. The Jewellery Maisons include Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, and Buccellati, three of the most prestigious names in fine jewelry globally. The Specialist Watchmakers division encompasses Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange and Sohne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC Schaffhausen, Panerai, Piaget, Roger Dubuis, and Baume et Mercier. Richemont's other luxury holdings include Montblanc, Dunhill, Chloe, Alaia, Peter Millar, and Serapian. The group also owns Watchfinder and Co., a pre-owned watch platform, and YOOX Net-A-Porter Group (now Mytheresa after a 2024 merger), an online luxury retail operation. Richemont reported revenues of approximately 20.6 billion euros for its fiscal year ending March 2024, with the Jewellery Maisons contributing the majority of sales and operating profit. The conglomerate employs over 38,000 people globally. Richemont's headquarters is located in Bellevue, Geneva, Switzerland, and the company maintains significant operational presences in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States.
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