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Société Générale S.A. (French: [sɔsjete ʒeneʁal]), colloquially known in English speaking countries as SocGen (French: [sɔk ʒɛn]), [3] is a French multinational universal bank and financial services company founded in 1864. It is registered in downtown Paris and headquartered nearby in La Défense.
In 1913, Société Générale, by then one of the world's largest banks, decided to expand to the newly established French protectorate in Morocco and opened branches in Casablanca and Tangier. In 1923, it relocated its Moroccan head office in Casablanca from the rue des Consuls to a purpose-built building on the prestigious boulevard Mohammed ...
It was acquired by Oddo & Cie in 2016 and was later sold in the year to Amundi and Société Générale. [3] [4] In line with its strategy to transform itself into a focused financial services group, RHJI had also made a number of divestments from its legacy industrial portfolio and purchases of financial services companies during the 2010s.
In June 2016, Société Générale acquired Kleinwort Benson from Oddo & Cie. [1] It merged Kleinwort Benson with its existing private banking subsidiary SG Hambros in November 2016 to form Kleinwort Hambros. [2] Mouhammed Choukeir was appointed CEO in April 2020. [3]
Société Générale Twin Towers are two office skyscrapers located in La Défense, a high-rise business district, and in Nanterre, France, west of Paris. Their exterior designs are identical. They are the second tallest twin towers in the EU and Europe’s third tallest twin towers after City of Capitals in Moscow and Les Mercuriales twin ...
The Société générale de crédit industriel et commercial was founded on 7 May 1859, mainly on the initiative of banker Armand Donon who was supported by the politically influential Duke of Morny, as a competitor to the Pereire brothers's Crédit Mobilier on the model of successful British depository banks such as the London and Westminster Bank.
Société générale means "general company" or "general society" in French, and was included in the name of many legal entities, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, starting with the Société Générale de Belgique in 1822.
Societe Generale de Banque au Liban S.A.L. (SGBL), (Arabic: بنك سوسيتيه جنرال في لبنان, founded in 1953), is a Lebanese bank, and a subsidiary of SGBL Group, [1] and offers banking services in the Middle East (Lebanon, Jordan), the Gulf (United Arab Emirates) and Europe (Cyprus, France and Monaco).