Telefónica vs Zain 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.

Telefónica is the older of the two, founded in 1924 — 59 years before Zain Group.

Founded: 1924; 1983
Status: Closed 1988; Active
Headquarters: Telefónica Building, Spain; Kuwait City, Kuwait
Industry: telecommunications industry; telecommunications industry
Founders: Gumersindo Rico González; Nasser Al-Kharafi
Employees: 121,853; Not recorded
Legal form: sociedad anónima; joint-stock company
Listed on: New York Stock Exchange; Not recorded
Website: telefonica.com; zain.com

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Telefónica and Zain Group.