Pentland Group

Pentland Group Limited
Company typePrivate
Industry
Founded1932 (1932) in Liverpool, UK (as Liverpool Shoe Company)
FounderBerko and Minnie Rubin
Headquarters
Westminster, London
,
England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Stephen Rubin (chairman, Pentland Group)
  • Andrew Rubin (chair, Pentland Brands / Deputy Chair, Pentland Group)
  • Chirag Patel (CEO, Pentland Brands)
Products
Brands
List
Number of employees
50,000
Websitepentlandgroup.com

Pentland Group Limited is a British privately held multinational company that owns and invests in retail and wholesale businesses in the sports, outdoor and sports fashion sectors. The company is the majority shareholder of JD Sports, which operates 2,420 stores across 19 countries. Pentland also owns Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Boxfresh, Ellesse, Red or Dead and Mitre. It is the UK footwear licensee for Kickers and has a joint venture partnership for Lacoste footwear. The company also holds interests in other sectors.

With annual sales of $6.4 billion, Pentland Group is headquartered in London and employs more than 50,000 people.

In 2017, the Group was awarded the International Institute for Management Development Global Family Business International Award.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.