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De Beers

London, South Africa · Founded 1888

De Beers was founded in 1888 by Cecil John Rhodes, and is based in London, South Africa.

Key facts

Industry
trade
Legal form
privately held company
Employees
20,000
Parent
Anglo American plc

About

International corporation that specialises in diamond exploration, diamond mining, diamond retail, rough diamond sales and industrial diamond manufacturing

Founder

In context

We hold 23 other trade companies. 7 of them have closed, after a median of 80 years, and 16 have no closure recorded.

Counted across this directory, from founding and closing years in public records. Medians cover only companies whose closure is recorded; a company with no closure date may have quietly ceased without the record catching it.

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