Carillion

British multinational facilities management and construction services company
Organization business Q5039561
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Carillion

Summary

Carillion is a business[1]. Carillion ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carillion is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Carillion's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • Carillion's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • Carillion followed Tarmac Group[6].
  • Carillion followed Alfred McAlpine[7].
  • Carillion's headquarters location is recorded as Wolverhampton[8].
  • Carillion's chief executive officer is recorded as Keith Cochrane[9].
  • Carillion's chief executive officer is recorded as Richard Howson[10].
  • Carillion is part of FTSE 250 Index[11].
  • Carillion's Commons category is recorded as Carillion[12].
  • Carillion's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[13].
  • Carillion's industry is recorded as construction company[14].
  • Carillion's chairperson is recorded as Philip Nevill Green[15].
  • January 1, 1999 marks the founding of Carillion[16].
  • Carillion was dissolved in 2018[17].
  • Carillion's official website is recorded as http://www.carillionplc.com[18].
  • Carillion's legal form is recorded as public limited company[19].
  • Carillion's different from is recorded as carillon[20].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1999 marks the founding of Carillion[16].

Identity

Carillion is part of FTSE 250 Index[11]. Predecessors include Tarmac Group[6] and Alfred McAlpine[7].

Leadership

Chief executives include Keith Cochrane[9], an entrepreneur[21], b. 1949[22], of United Kingdom[23], awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire[24] and Richard Howson[10], a business executive[25], b. 1968[26], of United Kingdom[27]. Carillion's chairperson is recorded as Philip Nevill Green[15].

Operations

Carillion's headquarters location is recorded as Wolverhampton[8].

Industry

Carillion's industry is recorded as construction company[14].

Ownership

Carillion's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[13].

Dissolution

Carillion was dissolved in 2018[17].

Why It Matters

Carillion ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[2] Carillion has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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