Lonrho, the Glossary
Lonrho is a London-based conglomerate that was established in 1998 as Lonrho Africa plc.[1]
Table of Contents
17 relations: Africa, Agribusiness, Conglomerate (company), Corporate spin-off, Edward Heath, Fastjet, Fly540, JSE Limited, London, London Stock Exchange, Lonmin, OTC Markets Group, Privately held company, Rainer-Marc Frey, Rhodesia (region), Thomas Schmidheiny, Tiny Rowland.
- Companies based in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Conglomerate companies established in 1998
- Conglomerate companies of the United Kingdom
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Agribusiness
Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a type of multi-industry company that consists of several different and unrelated business entities that operate in various industries under one corporate group.
See Lonrho and Conglomerate (company)
Corporate spin-off
A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst or hive-off, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active.
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Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), commonly known as Ted Heath, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975.
Fastjet
Fastjet Limited is an African airline that began flight operations in 2012.
Fly540
Five Forty Aviation Ltd, trading as Fly540, is a low-cost airline which commenced operations in 2006 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya, operating both passenger and cargo services.
JSE Limited
JSE Limited (previously the JSE Securities Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange) is the largest stock exchange in Africa.
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England.
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Lonmin
Lonmin plc, formerly Lonrho plc, was a British producer of platinum group metals operating in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa.
OTC Markets Group
OTC Markets Group, Inc. (formerly known as National Quotation Bureau, Pink Sheets, and Pink OTC Markets) is an American financial services corporation that operates a financial market providing price and liquidity information for almost 12,400 over-the-counter (OTC) securities.
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Privately held company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.
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Rainer-Marc Frey
Rainer-Marc Frey (born January 10, 1963) is a Swiss businessman and investor.
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Rhodesia (region)
Rhodesia, known initially as Zambesia, is a historical region in southern Africa whose formal boundaries evolved between the 1890s and 1980.
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Thomas Schmidheiny
Thomas Schmidheiny (born 17 December 1945) is a Swiss billionaire businessman, and the former chairman of cement manufacturer Holcim.
See Lonrho and Thomas Schmidheiny
Tiny Rowland
Roland Walter "Tiny" Rowland (27 November 1917 – 25 July 1998) was a British businessman, corporate raider and the chief executive of the Lonrho conglomerate from 1962 to 1993.
See also
Companies based in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- BBC Records
- BBC Worldwide
- Banijay UK Productions
- Dunnhumby
- FAE grp
- Fever-Tree
- Hotcourses Group
- Hungry Bear Media
- Hyperoptic
- Limmer Holdings
- Lonrho
- Millhouse Capital
- My Family Care
- OpenCell
- Quiqup
- Rockstar London
- Silence Therapeutics
- Thomas Lyte
- Tinies
- UKTV
- Ugly Models
- Web Technology Group
- WildBrain CPLG
Conglomerate companies established in 1998
- Lonrho
- Mehta Group
- Thumbay Group
Conglomerate companies of the United Kingdom
- Anglo American plc
- Apax Partners
- BTR plc
- Bestway
- British Electric Traction
- Dalgety plc
- EasyGroup
- Gardline Group
- Heidelberg Materials UK
- Hinduja Group
- Libra Group
- Lonrho
- McLaren Group
- Midland Group
- Pentos
- Polly Peck
- Quintessentially Group
- Seamark Group
- Swire
- Swire Group
- Tomkins plc
- Trafalgar House (company)
- Virgin Group
- Williams Holdings
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonrho
Also known as Lonrho Plc.