Jebsen Group
| Company type | Private Limited Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1895 |
| Headquarters | 31/F Lee Garden Two Causeway Bay , |
Area served | Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau |
Key people | Hans Michael Jebsen |
| Revenue |  14.8 billion HKD (2018)[1] |
Number of employees | 2,101 (2018) |
| Website | www.jebsen.com |
Jebsen Group (Chinese: 捷成集團), founded in 1895, is a marketing, investment, and distribution organisation. It is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Mainland China, Macau and Taiwan. It consists of six business lines: Beverage, Consumer, Industrial, Motors, Logistics, and Jebsen Capital.
Currently Hans Michael Jebsen is the Chairman of the Group, with Helmuth Henning as the former Group Managing Director succeeded by Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly as the CEO in April 2020 [2].
History
1895: Jebsen & Co. established by Jacob Jebsen and Heinrich Jessen in Hong Kong
Group Logo
The Jebsen Group’s logo established in the founding year of 1895 shows surrounded by a laurel wreath three mackerels on top of each other with the top and bottom one directing to the left side and the middle one to the right side. The logo is related to the heraldic shield of the founders’ hometown in Aabenraa which belongs to Germany in 1895 but handed over to Denmark in 1920.[3]
1896: Jebsen becomes a member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce [4]
1897: Initial venture into the industrial sector, acquiring BASF agency to import indigo dyes to China
1898: Establishment of Diederichsen, Jebsen & Co.,Jebsen's first joint venture in China; its businesses include a Qingdao brick factory
1906: Acquisition of Blue Girl beer
1953: The import of Hong Kong's first Volkswagen Beetle
1955: The import of the territory's first Porsche
1957: Attending the inaugural Canton Fair
1970: Collaboration with Siemens on a 10,000-line, computer-controlled public telephone system at Lai Chi Kok's Telephone Exchange
1973: Modern Terminals Limited officially opens Hong Kong's first container terminal in Kwai Chung
1978-79: The first Liaison Office opens in Beijing 1991: Jebsen Fine Wines is established in Hong Kong
2001: The import of Mainland China's first Porsche
2013: Multi-brand lifestyle retailer J SELECT launches
2017: New business line Jebsen Capital launches
References
- ^ https://www.jebsen.com/en/news/press-release/2019/jebsen-group-releases-corporate-social-responsibil/
- ^ https://www.jebsen.com/en/news/press-release/2020/jebsen-group-appoints-new-group-managing-director/
- ^ Laura Miller, Arne Cornelius Wasmuth FAN YI ZHENG YAN, Three Mackerels: The Story of the Jebsen and Jessen Family, Hongkongnow.com Ltd, 2008.
- ^ http://www.chamber.org.hk/en/membership/profile_detail.aspx?profile_id=46