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October, 06 | 2014 | Volume 15
Summer Internship Special Edition #2 CONTENTS Recruiter Companies: Abbott Healthcare | 2 Accenture | 4 Adidas | 6
Greetings from Club FinNiche! Summer Placement week has arrived and each individual is busy signing up for companies and preparing for interviews. Club FinNiche brings its second edition to help juniors in their internship process. This edition includes a comprehensive coverage of companies that will visit the campus for placements. We hope this edition will be useful for you during internship process. Club FinNiche welcomes any comments, suggestions or criticism regarding the magazine. Please do write to us and share your ideas. Make the most of this edition and Best Wishes for Summers
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Abbott Healthcare
T y p e : Public
Abbott Healthcare is an American multinational
Today, Abbott is a worldwide broad based
T r a d e d a t : NYSE:ABT ;
pharmaceutical and healthcare products firm
healthcare
founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace
technologies span the continuum of care from
Calvin Abbott and is devoted to discovering new
diagnostics
medicines, new technologies and new ways to
pharmaceutical therapies. The comprehensive
manage health.
line of products encircles life itself - addressing
S&P 500 component F o u n d e d : 1888 F o u n d e r : Wallace Calvin Abbott I n d u s t r y : Pharmaceutical Products:
company
to
whose
devices,
from
products
and
nutrition
to
important health needs from infancy to the golden Wallace Calvin Abbott was an 1885 graduate of
years. Abbott is known for its innovative products
University of Michigan. At the age of 30, when he
and a commitment to applying leading edge
was a Physician and used to own a drug store, he
science and technologies to advance patient
founded the Abbott Alkaloidal Company. His
care. The product and services are designed to
innovation was the use of the active part of a
maintain the reputation of the company for high
Health Products
medicinal plant, generally an alkaloid, which he
quality and optimal performance. Abbott has
R e v e n u e : $39.874 billion
formed into tiny pills and called it "dosimetric
sales, manufacturing, research and development,
E m p l o y e e : 91,000
granules". This was successful since it allowed
and distribution facilities around the world.
C E O : Miles. D. White
more
Pharmaceutical Products,
Medical
Devices,
Diagnostic
Assays,
Nutritional
Products,
Animal
consistent
and
effective
dosages
for
patients.
ORGANIZATION
As the company's overseas sales and reputation
Abbott's
was growing, Abbott had to consider new ways to
pharmaceuticals, medical devices and nutritional
organize its sections. International expansion
products,
began in 1931 when Abbott formed its first
through acquisitions. The firm's divisions are:
international office in Montreal, Canada. Abbott
1.
Animal
core
which
businesses
have
Health:
been
Anesthesia
focus
on
supplemented
for
animals,
then went on to adopt an International Division
Clinicare liquid animal diets and other
Structure. Under this organization of management,
veterinary products.
Abbott added another division to the three product based divisions to be responsible for all foreign
2. Diabetes Care: Glucose monitoring devices and medicine.
operations. This international division is itself
3. Diagnostics: Hematology, immunodiagnostic,
divided regionally, with each country reporting to
Oncology and clinical chemistry (including the i-
the international management.
Stat).
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Abbott Healthcare
4. Molecular: analysis of DNA, RNA, and Mission We are here for the people we serve
in
their
pursuit
of
healthy lives. This has been the way of Abbott for more than and
a
century-passionately
thoughtfully translating
science
into
lasting
proteins at the molecular level.
commercial team, R&D backed products, aided by strong alliances and partnerships. It employs
5. Nutrition: Baby nutrition (Similac, Isomil, and
over 2,600 people and reaches customers
Gain), adult health products (Ensure and
through a wide network of 35 distribution points,
ZonePerfect) and special dietary needs
catering to over 4,500 stockists and 150,000
(Glucerna).
retail outlets
6. Vascular: Stents, vessel closure devices, endovascular and coronary technologies
Internship Experience: Vijayshree Mahesh, who interned at Abbott
contributions to health.
On October 19, 2011, the company announced
shares her experience:
that it planned to separate into two companies,
Abbotts’ raking in India and how much it has
one in medical products and the other in
earned last quarter is all common knowledge
research-based pharmaceuticals. Both are now
and is information that everybody can access.
publicly traded. The medical products company
What needs to be told is that it is a company
retained the Abbott name. The research-based
which gave all its interns an excellent induction
pharmaceuticals company is named Abbvie.
program where all of us were given an opportunity to interact with all its MD’s, HR
Abbott India Limited
heads and sales heads. The environment there
Abbott India Limited is one of India's fastest
was
growing pharmaceutical companies and part of
challenging. There was no bureaucracy and
Abbott's Global Pharmaceutical business in
every person at Abbott was approachable.
India. Headquartered in Mumbai, Abbott India
My project was to do the post-launch evaluation
Limited, a publicly listed company and a
of two of their products in the Women’s Health &
subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, enjoys strong
Gastro-Intestine
brand equity in multiple therapeutic categories
completely new to the pharmaceutical industry, it
such as Women's Health, Gastroenterology,
took me time to understand how marketing
Neurology, Thyroid, Diabetes & Urology, Pain
worked in this industry. My mentor, the associate
Management, Vitamins, Anti-Infectives & other
marketing director at WH&GI was instrumental in
therapy areas.
me learning everything about the industry and
so
friendly
and
division.
at
the
Being
same
a
time
person
the company. Though he had a very clear plan Abbott India Limited's success is driven by a
for me for the two months at Abbott, he gave me
combination of a highly competent and motivated
a lot of space and was open to any changes.
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Accenture Services
T y p e : Public T r a d e d a s : NYSE: ACN F o u n d e d : 1989 I n d u s t r y : Professional Services, Technology services
Accenture plc. is one of the world’s leading
Industry Expertise:
organizations which provides services in the
Accenture is the company which is known for
C h a i r m a n & C E O : Pierre
fields of management consulting, technology
delivering its services efficiently. It delivers its
Nanterme
and outsourcing. It has its headquarters based
services and solutions through 19 focused
in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. With more than
industry groups in five operating groups. Thus
305,000 employees, it is the world’s largest
Accenture professionals get a thorough
consulting firm in terms of revenue. It has its
derstanding of the technologies used and
offices and operations in more than 200 cities in
business issues enabling it to deliver perfect
56 countries. Accenture has the most number of
solutions to the clients.
R e v e n u e : $ 30.0 billion E m p l o y e e : 305,000
un-
employees in India. Clients of Accenture span across the full range
Growth Platforms:
of industries around the world and includes 91
The company works on four growth platforms.
of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-
This are the innovation engines and it helps
quarters of the Fortune Global 500. It has an
them build world-class skills and capabilities.
index membership of S&P 100 and Russell
It also develops knowledge capital. These
1000.
four
platforms
are
Accenture
Strategy,
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Accenture Services
Mission
Accenture's
mission
is
to
become one of the world's
Accenture Operations, Accenture Technology and
stronger and a more durable company for future
Accenture Digital.
generations. It does this by meeting their commitments to stakeholders.
leading companies, aims at bringing innovations to improve the way the world works and lives.
1) Accenture Strategy was launched in December
2) Best people: It attracts, develops and retains
2013. It aimed to provide efficient services for
the best people fro their business. It supports a
clients related to verticals:
collaborative
business strategy,
technology strategy and operations strategy.
and
mutually
supportive
environment and enforces in people a can do it approach.
2)
Accenture
Digital
was
also
launched
December 2013 to provide clients with
in
digital
marketing, analytics and mobility services.
3) Client Value Creation: It enables clients to become
high-performance
creates
long-term
businesses
relationships
by
and being
responsive and relevant and by consistently 3) Accenture Technology unifies the full range of
delivering value.
Accenture's
technology
4) One Global Network: It leverages the power of
consulting, and IT outsourcing capabilities. Most
global insight, relationships, collaboration and
people in the Services and Solutions work forces
learning to deliver
are aligned under the Technology growth platform.
wherever they do business.
systems
integration,
exceptional service to clients
5) Respect for the Individual: It values diversity 4) Accenture Operations focuses on managing
and unique contributions,
specific business processes or functions for clients
open and inclusive environment and treating
such as procurement, HR, finance and accounting,
each
as well as services geared to the needs of specific
Accenture’s
industries.
6) Integrity: It inspires trust by being ethically
person
in
a
fostering a trusting,
manner
that
reflects
values.
unyielding ethical and honest. Core Values: Accenture has always been governed by its core values. They have been an important factor in developing the brand image of the firm. These important values are described as follows: 1) Stewardship: Accenture aims at building a
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Adidas
T y p e : Aktiengesellschaft (AG) - A company limited by shares Traded
as:
FWB:
ADS,
OTCQX: ADDYY F o u n d e d : 1924
as
Gebrüder
Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation
Adidas Global Strategies
(registered in 1949)
that designs and manufactures sports shoes,
F o u n d e r : Adolf Dassler
clothing
I n d u s t r y : Apparel, Accessories
Herzogenaurach Bavaria, Germany. It is the
integrate
Products:
Footwear,
holding company for the Adidas Group, which
strategies.
equipment,
consists of the Reebok sportswear company,
Dassler
sportswear,
Schuhfabrik
sports
toiletries R e v e n u e : € 14.49 billion E m p l o y e e : 50,728 C E O : Herbert Hainer C h a i r m a n : Igor Landau
Taylor
and
accessories
Made—Adidas
based
golf
in
business and innovation that they hope to
company
(including Ashworth), Rockport, and 9.1% of FC Bayern Munich. Besides sports footwear, Adidas
Adidas has an increased focus on sustainable
across
all
of
their
business
Adidas believes that sustainability is the key to growth and innovation.
Adidas strategy is to build a more lean, green, empowered and quotable supply chain.
also produces other products such as bags, shirts, watches, eyewear, other sports and
Company Logo
clothing related goods. Adidas is the largest
Adidas company Trefoil logo was born in August
sportswear manufacturer in Europe and the
1971.For the first time this logo was used on
second biggest in the world, after Nike.
product in 1972, and become the company corporate symbol later on.
Adidas was founded in 1949 by Adolf Dassler following
the
split
of
Gebrüder
Dassler
Schuhfabrik between him and his older brother Rudolf. Rudolf had earlier established Puma, which was the early rival of Adidas. Adidas and Puma
are
both
currently
based
in
Herzogenaurach, Germany . Slogan designs
“Impossible is Nothing” was the previous
typically feature three parallel bars, and the same
mainstream marketing slogan for Adidas. This
motif is incorporated into Adidas' current official
campaign was developed by 180/TBWA based in
logo. The company revenue for 2012 was listed
Amsterdam.
The
company's
clothing
and
shoe
at €14.88 billion.
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Adidas
“Adidas is all in” is the current global marketing
with Athletic apparels, Adidas is second with 6% of
Mission
strategy for Adidas. The slogan aims to tie all
the market share whereas Nike is leading with 7%.
The Adidas Group strives to
brands and labels together, presenting a unified
be the global leader in the
image to consumers interested in sports, fashion,
sporting goods industry with
street, music and pop culture.
SWOT
Adidas has grown 10 times every 10 years. This is
brands built on a passion for sports and a sporting lifestyle.
Advertisement
due
We
consumer
Hiring famous athletes as brand ambassador
uniqueness from day one. Despite a changing
focused and therefore we
Commercials and Infomercials on print and
marketplace for athletic footwear, Adidas wants to
electronic media
expand their product lines and marketing reach to
Using social networking sites
become a more powerful global brand. The lesson to
are
continuously
improve
the
quality, look, feel, and image of
our
products
organizational
and
our
structures
to
match and exceed consumer expectations and to provide them with the highest value. We
are
committed
to
continuously strengthening our brands improve
and
products
our
to
competitive
to
their
main
marketing
strategies
Adidas to new and old companies is very simple— Adidas Supply Chain
”Adidas is all in”.
The company’s supply chain is long and complex, relying on about 570 factories around the world. In Asia alone, its suppliers operate in 18 different countries. It has a global supply chain network with the complete supply chain being outsourced. Adidas IT infrastructure was based on the IBM AS/400 at the time. Taylor Made in the US was
position.”
operating on the HP 3000. Mean while the global website was operating based on IBM Netfinity.
Vision Adidas vision is to enhance
Competitors
environmental
Nike
performance in the company
Gucci
and
thereby
Puma
improving the lives of people
Lacoste
making there product, it strives
Reebok
to be global leader in sporting
Converse
social
and
supply
chain,
and
goods industry.
Adidas is a market player and stands second globally in terms of Athletic footwear with 22% of the market share. The market leader is Nike with 32% of the global market share. Same is the case
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BMR Advisors - By Mohammed Zakir Ahmed
Mission
BMR is a professional firm offering services in Tax,
focus on the requirements of the client As per
client’s
Risk advisory, Merger and Acquisition for domestic
standard practice, they understand the broader
competitiveness, help people
and global businesses. The firm believes in
perspective of the industry framework within which
realise their aspirations and
enhanced value for clients and they focus on
their clients can operate and the key regulations
solutions that are innovative, yet practical and easy
that may affect these industries. In a few industries
to implement. They achieve this by blending
they research in depth, so that the industry
experience in domain with analytical rigour, without
regulations, market structure, industry practices
compromising focus on the quality and with efficient
and dynamics can be understood better. Hence
To
enhance
our
contribute to the community through
innovation
and
entrepreneurship.
Vision To
be
the
professional
most
admired
services
Firm
serving clients globally.
difference to clients and to its people and deliver the work with integrity and following its core values.
Partner:
Mukesh
they are able to apply this understanding and along with their deep technical skills provide efficient results. The focus presently is on market segments that have most impact on Indian economic renaissance.
History
Vision Managing
professionals. BMR works for the goal of making
BMR was founded on October 1, 2004. It started
New Business Models: Innovations in supply
Butani
with only 20 professionals and small number of
Chief Mentor: Bobby Parikh
clients. The firm has grown in short span of time.
Partner (Indirect Tax): Rajeev
The firm now has confidence of numerous Fortune
Dimri,
500
business
leveraged buyouts or franchising – domestically or
Risk & Advisory Partner: Sanjay
corporates and are partners of choice or their
multiple jurisdiction; BMR is ready to advise on tax,
Mehta
advisory services. The respect the firm has
risk and transaction implications of all above and
M&A Partner: Rohit Berry
commanded over the years is evident from the fact
more.
Tax Partner: Gokul Chaudhari
that it is rated at the top consistently as tax and
companies,
significant
Indian
chain, re-allocations and migration of functions, assets
and
risks,
structuring
commercial
transactions, outsourcing, mergers, acquisitions,
M&A brand in India. A team of 400 professionals,
Implementing Innovative Ideas: BMR believes in
with experience in the industry across service areas,
going
are well equipped to deliver world class service to
conventional thought. They believe that every idea
their clients.
is as good as its effective implementation, so that
beyond
the
obvious
and
challenge
the clients are confident in the solution provided to them.
Firm with a Difference Understanding Business: BMR analyse business objectives, operations and markets, so
that they
They
say that
they
gain
and
retain
confidence only when they provide practical advice in every interaction they have.
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BMR Advisors
Our People: Professionals at BMR are passionate
Merger & Acquisitions: M&A has seen an
Recognition
about the domain expertise. They collaborate to
Increase in the country in the past decade, driven
BMR Advisors ranked Tier
share knowledge, capitalising on their collective
by
1 for Transactional and
expertise to provide high qualityr advice that helps
restructuring, consolidation of businesses and
M&A Tax excellence by
relieve
increased competition amongst domestic and
International Tax Review
complex decisions.
the
pressure
associated
with
making
for
business
companies.
BMR
and
financial
has
built
a
dedicated team of professionals with efficient skills
Survey 2014.
Their
are
and experience to provide valuable insights and
BMR Advisors has been
acknowledged leaders in their chosen areas of
innovative solution for clients in order to maximize
ranked number one (by
expertise, ensuring that they adhere both to best
value for business and investment. The services
deal count) most active
practice and to prevailing law at all times. They
offered by BMR include Corporate Finance,
transaction
for
work independently, hence their results are not
Transaction
Private Equity, M&A in
affected by audit-led conflict checks enabling them
Documentation & Advisory.
India for the year 2013
to deliver advice in a responsive and timely manner.
advisor
partners
and
senior
professionals
Services,
M&A
Tax
and
Risk & Advisory: This is a consulting practice
by Venture Intelligence.
need
multi-national
Annual transactional Tax
the
BMR rated Tier 1 firm in
Service Offerings
with global reach, delivering practical, business
the
Tax
Tax & Regulatory: The firm operates under the
driven risk and advisory services to blue chip
review, World Tax 2014
name BMR & Associates who are founding member
clients all over the world. At BMR, they help the
Guide to World’s Leading
of Tax and- global network of independent tax
organisation to control and mitigate exposure to
Tax Firms, for the 7th
advisors. They provide high quality service and add
regulatory and compliance risks – while also
consecutive year.
tangible value to clients by providing tax and
helping you to reap the benefits of risk-based
regulatory inputs in five areas namely Corporate
approach to business. Most of their service is
Tax, International Tax, Transfer Pricing, Indirect Tax
available
and tax Dispute Resolution. They understand the
Outsourcing delivery model, for a scalable and
dynamics of industries of their clients including
cost effective solution to a range governance, risk,
regulatory
compliance and business process requirements.
International
industry
frameworks, best
practices.
market The
structure
and
industries
they
by
market
proven
Risk
Process
specializes are Energy, Infrastructure, Financial
The other key service they offer are Anti- Money
Services, Technology & Communications, Real
Laundering, Business Process Management and
Estate, Media & Entertainment and Retail &
Due Diligence.
Consumer Products.
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Hector Beverages
T y p e : Gurgaon based start up T r a d e d a s : Not listed
Hector Beverages is a Indian based start up
helped
that manufactures energy drinks. The company
marketing consultancy, who strategies, apart from
was the outcome of a meeting between Neeraj
investing in the company in his personal capacity.
Nuttall, Neeraj Biyani
Kakkar and Suhas Misra in 2009. Both
While the co-founders together put in Rs 2 crore,
I n d u s t r y : Energy drinks
previously worked with Coca-Cola India, Misra
they got another Rs. 3.5 crore from angel
Products:
till 2006 and Kakkar till 2008. They put in their
investors and Rs. 30 crore from venture capital
own
funds Footprint and Catamaran.
F o u n d e d i n 2009 Led
by
Suhas
boat
Neeraj Misra,
Tzinga,
Kakkar, James
Paper
funds,
and
began
scouting
with
go-to-market
of
MarketGate,
a
boutique research and development firms in Europe for a "magic" formula that would provide
Tsinga was officially introduced in 2011. Hector
an affordable energy drink that "did not taste
Beverages is now expanding, as demand for
weird", as Misra puts it. "The trick was in getting
Tzinga rises. It is already the top-selling energy
the taste, price and packaging right," he adds.
drink in Goa and the north-eastern states, and the
They finally settled on one such formula, adding
founders plan to increase its presence in the
their own touch to it with natural ingredients
country's top 30 cities. It has a manufacturing
such as lemon and ginseng and choice fruit
facility at Manesar, near Gurgaon, and will soon
flavours - all three variants of Tzinga taste of
start another one close to Bangalore. Then they
different fruit.
introduced another variant in their category of energy drinks : Paper boat. Hector Beverages,
They also expanded their team. Kakkar brought
which expects to almost triple its revenue to
in James Nuttall, a batchmate at Wharton.
Rs.100 crore in the next two years, has nearly
Nuttall, who had worked on flexible packaging
doubled its sales in the past six months, after it
technologies at Dow Chemicals, joined as a co-
introduced Paper boat in August 2013.
founder, while Neeraj Biyani, an another former Coca-Cola employee, became the fourth co-
Surprisingly, Paper boat’s “desi� flavors such as
founder. Biyani took one sip of Tzinga while it
jamun kala khatta, aam panna, and jaljeera are
was still being tested and liked it so much that
finding their way into cocktails and mock-tails at
he too jumped in to the venture. Another major
bars and restaurants as well. Bangalore-based
source of support was Shripad Nadkarni, again
restaurant
Olive
Beach,
for
instance,
has
formerly with Coke, and since then co-founder
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Info Edge
T y p e : Public
Info Edge (India) Ltd. is an Indian e-commerce/on-line
2.Matrimony
NSE: NAUKRI
classifieds company headquartered in Noida, India.
The site Jeevansathi.com was acquired by
F o u n d e d : 1995
The company was incorporated on May 1, 1995 under
Info Edge in September 2004. The company
F o u n d e r : Sanjeev
the Companies Act, 1956 as Info Edge (India) Private
currently have strengths in the highly populous
Bikhchandani
Ltd. and converted into a Public Limited on April 27,
North India Hindi speaking belt, parts of
I n d u s t r y : Internet
2006. Info Edge is India’s premier on-line classifieds
Maharashtra and a few metropolitan towns. As
P r o d u c t s : Naukari.com,
company in recruitment, matrimony, real estate,
of March 31, 2014 the company had 6.1
Jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com,
education and related services. The main businesses
million profiles (ever loaded) on the site.
Naukarigulf.com, Shiksha.com
of Info Edge are:
Traded
at:
BSE:
532777
R e v e n u e : $ 83 million
3. Real Estate
E m p l o y e e : 3,150
1. Recruitment
C E O : Hitesh Oberoi
This
The website 99acres.com is a leader in traffic classifieds
share and one of India’s first platforms to cater
job
site
to the real estate market online and has a pan
and www.naukrigulf.com a job site focused at the
India listing of properties for sale, purchase
Middle East job market) and offline executive search
and rent spanning 25 plus cities. It brings
(www.quadranglesearch.com). The company provides
together
recruitment classifieds and related services to job
interested buyers/sellers and connects them
seekers and Corporate Customers, (employers and
over the online medium. Property listings were
recruitment consultants). Job seekers can upload their
over 2.5 million during 2013-14.
comprises
(www.naukri.com,
resumes
on
the
online
recruitment
India’s
website.
leading
As
of
March
builders,
brokers,
dealers
and
31,
2014 Naukri.com had a database of about 37 million
4. Education
registered job seekers and an average of about 11,000
Shiksha.com is a market place that connects
resumes were added daily while about 130,000
the education seeker with the education
resumes were modified daily during the Fiscal year
provider. A student can get access to detailed
2013-14. During the Fiscal year 2013-14, 51,000
information on colleges, courses, scholarships
corporate customers (including hiring consultants/
and admission notifications, ask questions and
firms) paid naukri.com for services like database
get users/experts to view recommendations
access, advertising/listing on the site amongst others.
for various colleges and courses.
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Info Edge
Company’s Values
Customer Delight
Entrepreneurship
Knowledge
Results
Trust
On the other hand the site helps Institutes/
Info Edge, as of March 31, 2014, had a network of
Colleges attract high quality admission enquiries
56 offices located in 42 cities throughout India.
thus
talent.
These offices primarily engage in sales, marketing
Shiksha.com provides detailed information on
and payment collection activities for the businesses.
eligibility, fee, approving authority for various
To cater to the Gulf market the company has 2
programs, faculty, placement and information on
offices in Dubai and 1 each in Bahrain, Riyadh and
infrastructure
Abu Dhabi. As on March 31, 2014, the employee
helping
for
them
post
attract
graduate
programs,
professionally oriented under graduate programs
strength was about 3,150.
& vocational courses & Coaching for entrance
Also, in terms of accounting standards, they had
examinations held both India and Abroad.
seven subsidiary companies - Naukri Internet
The company, with a view to tap into the growing
Services Private Limited and Jeevansathi Internet
and vibrant Indian internet market, undertakes
Services Private Limited, both of which own internet
investments in early stage companies/start-up
domain names and related trademarks used in the
ventures. As of March 31, 2014, the company had
business; Allcheckdeals.com India Pvt Limited
investments in:
which provides brokerage services in the Indian real
Zomato Media Pvt Ltd
estate sector; Applect Learning Systems Private
Applect Learning Systems Pvt Ltd
Limited
Etechaces Marketing and Consulting Pvt Ltd
site
Kinobeo Software Pvt Ltd
Limited
Canvera Digital Technologies Pvt Ltd
site www.zomato.com, Makesense Technologies
Happily Unmarried Marketing Pvt Ltd
Pvt Limited and Info Edge (India) Mauritius Limited.
which
owns
www.meritnation.com; which
owns
and
operates
Zomato and
the
Media
Pvt
runs
the
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Louis Dreyfus
Type:
Société par actions
simplifiée
(Simplified Joint
Stock Company) F o u n d e d : 1851 Founder:
Léopold
Dreyfus C E O : Serge Schoen E m p l o y e e s : 35,000
Louis-
Louis Dreyfus Group is a French global
III. Louis Dreyfus Commodities
conglomerate company that is involved in
Louis
agriculture, oil, energy and commodities (global
merchandiser of commodities, a major asset
processing, trading and merchandising), as well
owner and a processor of agricultural goods.
as international shipping. It also owns and
With 162 years of experience, the portfolio has
manages
and
grown to include Oilseeds, Grains, Rice, Feed,
infrastructures
Freight, Finance, Juice, Cotton, Coffee, Sugar,
and is involved in real estate (development,
Metals, Dairy and Fertilizers & Inputs. Its
management and ownership). Louis Dreyfus
diversified activities span the value chain where
was founded in 1851 in Alsace, by Léopold
it operates from farm to fork.
operates
ocean
vessels,
telecommunications
develops
Dreyfus
Commodities
is
a
global
Louis-Dreyfus and has been instrumental in the development of grain trading throughout the
Vision & Strategy
world. Louis Dreyfus has since expanded its
Over
expertise to a wide variety of commodities and
Commodities has significantly expanded and
participates in various diversified businesses.
diversified as a business by broadening their
the
last
decade
Louis
Dreyfus
portfolio and making investments in strategically Today, Louis Dreyfus consists of a holding
located organisation and logistic assets. As a
company with actively managed interests in
result, they now hold several leading posi-
operating
the
tions in major commodities and have delivered
individual businesses of the Louis Dreyfus
substantial year-on-year growth for a number of
group of companies:
years.
I. Edesia
Louis Dreyfus Commodities is at the heart of
Edesia, formerly Louis Dreyfus Investment
the agricultural industry, covering the entire
Group (Commodities) B.V., was formed in 2008
value chain from origination to distribution. They
to develop and manage alternative investment
help people around the world meet every day
products for a wide range of institutional clients.
needs for sustenance: getting the right food to
companies.
Following
are
the right location at the right time. For that, II. EFRG
they follow a strategy of selective value chain
The European Forest Resources Group has
integration around core physical marketing
been established to invest in sustainable
activities, choosing for each commodity and in
forestry and renewable energy production and
each region how far they want to develop their
distribution.
assets upstream and downstream.
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Louis Dreyfus
Louis
Dreyfus
Commodities
works
in
13
C. Other Products
dedicated platforms which are organized into three 11. Dairy: We merchandise regular whole, full
segments:
cream, instant whole, fat-filled and skim milk A.
powders.
Proteins
12. Fertilizers & Inputs: We distribute nitrogen, 1. Oil Seeds: Process and merchandise soybeans,
phosphate
and
potash
fertilizers
and
crop
soybean meal and oil, seeds, seed meal and oil,
protection products.
palm oil, biodiesel, and glycerine.
13. Metals: Originate, consolidate, export and
2. Grains: Originate and merchandise wheat, corn,
transport copper, zinc, lead concentrates, copper
sorghum, barley, rye, oats and ethanol.
cathodes and cobalt.
3. Rice: Merchandise paddy, brown and milled rice from multiple origins. 4. Feed: Operate mills and merchandise feed.
Financial Highlights 2013
5. Freight: Developed over 100 years, growing fleet of vessels serves destinations around the
Net sales of USD 63.6 billion, compared to USD 57.1 billion over the same period in 2012.
world. 6. Finance: Support their platforms by providing
Net Income, Group Share, at USD 640 million, versus USD 970 million from continuing
foreign exchange risk mitigation.
operations one year before .
B. Tropical
Volumes shipped to destination up by 10% compared to 2012.
7. Coffee: Merchandise and mill Arabica and
Cotton:
Source
cotton
from
all
major
19.2
billion,
stable
Capital expenditure of USD 689 million over
Working capital usage: USD 8.5 billion, down by 3% compared to December 2012.
9. Sugar: Originate raw and white sugar, mainly from Brazil, Thailand and Central America.
USD
the year.
producers, and serve all key global consumer markets.
Assets:
compared to the end of December 2012.
Robusta qualities in fully integrated supply chain. 8.
Total
Strong
liquidity
covering
42%
of
the
balance sheet as of 31 December 2013.
10. Juice: We process and merchandise orange, grapefruit, lime, lemon and apple juices, and citrus
Adjusted Net Gearing at 0.62.
by-products.
Return on equity of 15% - Group Share
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