Christoph Burckhardt & Cie. vs De Beers
Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.
Christoph Burckhardt & Cie. is the older of the two, founded in 1790 — 98 years before De Beers.
- Founded
- 1790
- 1888
- Status
- Closed 1812
- Active
- Headquarters
- Basel, Switzerland
- London, South Africa
- Industry
- trade
- trade
- Employees
- Not recorded
- 20,000
- Legal form
- Not recorded
- privately held company
- Parent
- Not recorded
- Anglo American plc
Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Christoph Burckhardt & Cie. and De Beers.