Key Stats RM16.2B Annual Revenue (2024) 46,000+ Employees 1996 Year Founded 6 Core Business Sectors 50.1% Stake in Proton DRB-HICOM Berhad ranks among Malaysia’s largest and most diversified conglomerates, operating across automotive, aerospace and defence, banking, postal, services, and properties sectors. The company holds majority ownership in Proton, Malaysia’s national car manufacturer, and assembles vehicles for major international brands including Honda, Isuzu, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Tata Motors. DRB-HICOM employs approximately 46,000 people and maintains operations primarily in Malaysia with strategic international partnerships across Asia. DRB-HICOM History 1910 HICOM’s predecessor incorporated as The New Serendah Rubber Company Limited under The Companies…
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Dow Chemical Co. profile and corporate video The Dow Chemical Co. manufactures and supplies products used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services. The company serves the industries, including appliance; automotive; agricultural; building and construction; chemical processing; electronics; furniture; housewares; oil and gas; packaging; paints, coatings and adhesives; personal care; pharmaceutical; processed foods; pulp and paper; textile and carpet; utilities; and water treatment. It operates through six segments: Electronic and Functional Materials, Coatings and Infrastructure Solutions, Agricultural Sciences, Performance Materials, Performance Plastics and Feedstocks and Energy. The Electronic and Functional Materials segment consists of two businesses:…
Doha Bank profile and corporate video Doha Bank provides financial services to individual, commercial, corporate, and institutional clients. Its operations are divided into the following business segments: Commercial Banking, Islamic Banking, and Insurance Activities. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.” “Banking transformed, with Doha Bank Doha Bank is the largest private commercial bank in the State of Qatar. It was incorporated in 1978 and commenced its domestic and international banking services in Doha, Qatar on March 15, 1979. As one of Qatar’s leading financial services company, Doha Bank is committed to making banking work…
Aggreko plc history, profile and corporate video Aggreko plc (Aggreko) provides power and temperature control solutions to customers who need them either very quickly, or for a short or indeterminate length of time. The Company operates in two segments: Local business and International Power Projects. In its Local business, the Company hires its equipment to customers who then operate it for themselves. The Company maintains and services the hired equipments. In its International Power Projects business, the Company operates as a power producer. Aggreko installs and operates power plants, and its customers pay for generating capacity available and also the electricity delivered…
AEON Co., Ltd profile and history video AEON Co., Ltd. is a holding company, which is engaged in the operation of chain stores and shopping centers, and management of its overseas and equity companies. It operates through the following segments: General Merchandise Stores (GMS), Supermarket (SM), Strategic Small Size Store, Financial Service, Development, Service, Specialty Store, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China, and Other. The GMS segment offers clothing, food, and household goods. The SM segment operates supermarket chain stores. The Strategic Small Size Store segment includes convenience stores, small supermarkets, and specialty stores selling boxed lunches and ready-made meals. The…
AEGON NV history, profile and history video AEGON NV provides life insurance, pensions, and long-term savings and investment products. Its products are sold through the group’s diversified distribution networks, which includes direct marketing, agents, banks, brokers, independent financial advisors, and other partners. The company’s lines of business include: Life, Individual Savings and Retirement Products, Pensions, Distribution, Non-Life and Asset Management. The company operates its business through five reportable segments: AEGON Americas, AEGON The Netherlands, AEGON UK, New Markets, and Holding and other activities. The Americas segment covers business units in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The Netherlands segment covers businesses…
€23.14B 2024 Revenue CHF 3.77B Market Cap (Dec 2025) 34,000 Employees Worldwide 60+ Countries of Operation 1996 Year Founded Adecco Group AG is a Swiss human resources company headquartered in Zurich. The firm ranks as the world’s second-largest staffing company by revenue. It provides temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition, and workforce consulting services globally. The company operates through three main business units: Adecco, Akkodis, and LHH. These units serve industrial, office, technology, engineering, and professional sectors across more than 60 countries. Adecco places roughly 500,000 workers in temporary roles daily and helps over 100,000 people find permanent employment each…
Adani Enterprises Ltd. history, profile and corporate video . Adani Enterprises Ltd. engages in the businesses of coal trading, coal mining, oil & gas exploration, ports, multimodal logistics, power generation & transmission, gas distribution and edible oil & agro commodities. It operates through six segments: Trading, Power, Port, Agro, Real Estate and Others. The company was founded by Gautam Shantilal Adani in 1988 and is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India.” “Adani Enterprises History The Adani Group commenced as a commodity trading firm in 1988, grew quickly and diversified into the import and export of multi-basket commodities.In the 1990s, it developed its own port…
Accor SA history, profile and corporate video Accor SA is a France-based hotel operator. The Hotels division manages more than 531,000 bedrooms in more than 4,200 hotels across 90 countries. Accor’s portfolio consists of such hotel brands as Sofitel, Pullman, Novotel, Mercure, Suite Novotel, Adagio, ibis Styles, all seasons, Etap Hotel, Formule 1, hotelF1, Studio 6 and Motel 6, and its related activities, Thalassa sea & spa and Lenotre that provide an offer ranging from luxury to budget class. The Company operates through 86 subsidiaries, including wholly-owned SH Danton Michelet, Ste De Constructiondes Holets Suites, SIET, The Newgen Hotels, Chammans, Profid, SPFH,…
Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. history, profile and corporate video . Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc. operates as a holding company that engages in management operations of the Aboitiz Group. It operates through the following segments: Power, Food Manufacturing, Financial Services, and Parent Company and Others. The Power segment includes power generation and electricity distribution. The Food Manufacturing segment breeds swine and produces flour and feeds. The Financial Services segment deals with banking operations. The Parent Company and Others segment pertains to the real estate business and the services offered in air transport, ship, and crew management operations. The company was founded on September…