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Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by stevenjgarner »

belval wrote: post #16

I always wanted something like this but for all companies. I feel like it would be a great tool to help people understand how giant conglomerates are actually a big part of what we consume. My favorite are outdoor clothing companies which almost all tie-in to the same Chinese investment fund. Or how glasses companies all belong to that one French conglomerate.

"~80% of the 50 largest public companies are connected to one another through 1 or more shared board member(s)" [1]

The "three most connected companies" through interconnecting directors are "3M (7 connections), Boeing (6 connections) and Amgen (6 connections)" ... "Other highly-connected companies include Walt Disney, Apple, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, IBM, and Procter & Gamble – each has five board members that also serve for other top 50 corporations." [2]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/923c92/80_...

[2] https://www.visualcapitalist.com/50-largest-u-s-companies-bo...

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by NickRandom »

belval wrote: post #16

I always wanted something like this but for all companies. I feel like it would be a great tool to help people understand how giant conglomerates are actually a big part of what we consume. My favorite are outdoor clothing companies which almost all tie-in to the same Chinese investment fund. Or how glasses companies all belong to that one French conglomerate.

Here ya go (I knew I had seen it somewhere so I'm glad I managed to find it again). Here are some links to assorted sources about brands etc. It makes for fascinating reading imo

"These 10 Companies Own Almost All of the Brands You Use" https://thehomestead.guru/10-companies-own-brands/

https://gizmodo.com/fascinating-graphic-shows-who-owns-all-t...

https://www.dividend.com/how-to-invest/9-companies-that-own-...

https://capitaloneshopping.com/blog/11-companies-that-own-ev...

https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendancoffey/2011/10/26/the-fo...

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by FuriouslyAdrift »

Green_man wrote: post #36
pr0zac wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which brands are you talking about and could you point to something showing the ownership (not doubting you, just wondering). Looking up Patagonia, Columbia, and VF Corp (North Face, Timberland, etc) none of them appear to be Chinese owned, but its quite likely their Wikipedia page is missing info.

I know anta sports (Chinese) owns Arc'teryx and Salomon (and other brands as well), which are both big deals in very niche parts of outdoors companies (mountaineering/climbing and trail running/skiing respectively) but I don't think there's any single Chinese company that owns all the outdoor brands, unless anta is owned by some other company. Luxottica, the eyeglass company gp referred to is also Italian, not French…

Luxottica merged with Essilor in 2018. It's now a French-Italian company.

They own: Ray-Ban, Oakley, Michael Kors, Varilux, Crizal, Transitions, LensCrafters, Clearly, EyeBuyDirect, FramesDirect.com, OPSM, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical, Sunglass Hut, Target Optical, Vision Direct, Vision Source, et al. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EssilorLuxottica

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by LtWorf »

consp wrote: post #22
Markoff wrote: post #12

Wow, I don't follow car news recently, so just now discovered Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat and Opel have same owner now (Stellantis), still can't comprehened how could be such merger approved by regulators. Also was aware that Nissan and Renault cooperate, but didn't know there is also Mitshubishi with them. Btw. Adobe Acrobat logo would like to have a word.

While being not even the biggest in total number of sales (wikipedia says fifth). I still find it strange that it's a Dutch company (and Fiat Chrystler before it), since the Netherlands has no local-origin car manufacturer since DAF-Cars was sold to Volvo in the '70.

The Netherlands entire business is to be a tax haven inside the EU market.

Their hobby is telling other countries that they suck because their economy is bad (partly because of NL being a tax haven).

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Post by sophacles »

amelius wrote: post #15
crikeyjoe wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

[flagged]

I don't need much. I just hate it if others use their wealth against me.

Shhh. the most important part of capitalism is disingenuously pretending money and power aren't the same thing.

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by mabbo »

netfl0 wrote: post #6

I did not know TATA owns Land Rover and Jaguar!

Interestingly, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) which many people on HN would recognize, is a publicly traded company- yet something like 70% of it's shares are owned by Tata Group, and it's a massive part of their income.

Re: Auto manufacturer family tree: Who owns what?

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Post by gpderetta »

sokoloff wrote: post #46
gpderetta wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think Netherlands is just a convenient place for European multinationals to incorporate. ST Micro, another Italo-French company is incorporated there for example.

I always thought ST Micro was based in Geneva.

from Wikipedia:

    While STMicroelectronics corporate headquarters and the headquarters for EMEA region are based in the Canton of Geneva, the holding company, STMicroelectronics N.V. is incorporated in the Netherlands.
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