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Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a Swiss luxury goods company that was founded in 1988 by the late South African billionaire businessman, Anton Rupert. It has four main business areas: jewellery, watches, writing instruments and clothing. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and on the JSE Securities Exchange. It is the eighth biggest company in the Swiss Market Index. As of 2007, it is the third-largest luxury goods company in the world by turnover, behind LVMH and PPR, its two main competitors in the luxury goods market. In March 2007, Richemont and Polo Ralph Lauren announced the formation of a joint venture, the Polo Ralph Lauren Watch and Jewellery Company, S.A.R.L., of which each company will own 50 percent.
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Principal companies in the group are:
- Cartier - jewellery, watches, etc. French company, watches Swiss-made
- Van Cleef & Arpels - jewellery, watches, etc.
- Piaget - jewellery, watches
- Vacheron Constantin - Swiss watches
- A. Lange & Söhne - German watches
- Jaeger-LeCoultre - Swiss watches
- Officine Panerai - Italian watches
- International Watch Co - Swiss watches, American-founded
- Baume et Mercier - watches, Swiss-assembled, some outsourcing of components
- Montblanc - German writing instrument manufacturer
- Alfred Dunhill
- Lancel
- Chloé
- Roger Dubuis - Swiss watches
- James Purdey and Sons - a British gunmaker of London, and the name is synonymous with the very finest sporting shotguns and rifles[2].[3].
- Montegrappa - Italian writing instrument manufacturer
- Shanghai Tang - Modern Chinese fashion store chain (Richemont is a 'significant' shareholder [1])
All companies except Shanghai Tang are fully owned subsidiaries.
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