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Jardine Strategic Holdings Limited (BSX: JSHBD.BH, LSE: JDS, SGX: J37) is an investment holding company.It is a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson. [1]The company holds substantial interests in Dairy Farm, a pan-Asian retail group, Hongkong Land, a property group, Mandarin Oriental, a hotel chain, and Jardine Cycle & Carriage, a Singapore-listed diversified group.
William Jardine and James Matheson, the firm's founders 1846 view of Jardine's original building from Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.. The firm of Jardine, Matheson & Company emerged in 1832 from an evolving process of partnership changes in the trading business Cox & Reid, a partnership established in 1782 between John Cox and John Reid, the latter having been agent of the Austrian trading company ...
Jardine Motors Group market their vehicles under a series of brands worldwide including Zung Fu, Lancaster and Scotthall, and the worldwide group net profit, for the year ended 30 April 2012, was US$61 Million, [2] based on revenue of US$5.128 billion. [3] The company is a part of Jardine Matheson and is headquartered at Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. [2]
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Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited (SGX: C07) is the investment holding company of Jardines in Southeast Asia.It is currently 75% held by the conglomerate. The company was listed on the Singapore Exchange in 1969 as Cycle & Carriage Limited before it renamed to Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited in 2004 following the integration into Jardines in 2002.
The founder of the dynasty, William Keswick was born in 1834, in Dumfriesshire in the Scottish Lowlands.His grandmother, Jean Jardine Johnstone was an older sister of Dr. William Jardine, the founder of Jardine Matheson & Company His father Thomas Keswick had married Margaret Johnstone, Jardine's niece and daughter of Jean, and entered the Jardine business.
Jardine Skinner entered into joint ownership arrangements with Matheson & Co. of a number of tea estates in the early 1860s. [6] Jardine Skinner had to weather financial crises in 1848 and 1866, supported by credit from Matheson & Co., and in 1890 returned the favor when Matheson found itself in difficulty. [7]