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De Beers vs Louis Dreyfus Group

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.

Louis Dreyfus Group is the older of the two, founded in 1851 — 37 years before De Beers.

Founded
1888
1851
Status
Active
Active
Headquarters
London, South Africa
Rotterdam, France
Industry
trade
trade
Employees
20,000
Not recorded
Legal form
privately held company
besloten vennootschap
Parent
Anglo American plc
Not recorded

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on De Beers and Louis Dreyfus Group.