De Beers

Summary

De Beers is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,773 views/month, #163 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• De Beers is in the country of South Africa^[3].
• De Beers's image is recorded as DeBeersBevHills.jpg^[4].
• De Beers's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• De Beers's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• De Beers's founder is recorded as Cecil John Rhodes^[7].
• De Beers's owned by is recorded as Anglo American plc^[8].
• De Beers's owned by is recorded as government of Botswana^[9].
• De Beers's logo image is recorded as De Beers Group - Logo.svg^[10].
• De Beers's headquarters location is recorded as London^[11].
• De Beers's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121907144^[12].
• De Beers's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155657934^[13].
• De Beers's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83039889^[14].
• De Beers's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 121587355^[15].
• De Beers's IdRef ID is recorded as 028431847^[16].
• De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as De Beers (United Kingdom)^[17].
• De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as De Beers (Canada)^[18].
• De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as Bultfontein mine^[19].
• De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as Griqualand West Diamond Mining^[20].
• De Beers's Commons category is recorded as De Beers^[21].
• De Beers's industry is recorded as trade^[22].
• De Beers's industry is recorded as raw material extraction^[23].
• +1888-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of De Beers^[24].
• De Beers's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f21v^[25].
• De Beers's parent organization or unit is recorded as Anglo American plc^[26].
• De Beers's official website is recorded as https://www.debeersgroup.com^[27].

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Founding

De Beers's founder is recorded as Cecil John Rhodes^[7]. +1888-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[24].

Operations

De Beers's headquarters location is recorded as London^[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Anglo American plc^[26]. Subsidiaries include it (United Kingdom)^[17], a business^[28], in United Kingdom^[29], founded in 1888^[30], headquartered in London^[31]; it (Canada)^[18], a business^[32], in Canada^[33], headquartered in Toronto^[34]; Bultfontein mine^[19], a mine^[35], in South Africa^[36], founded in 1908^[37]; and Griqualand West Diamond Mining^[20].

Industry

Industries include trade^[22] and raw material extraction^[23].

Ownership

Owners include Anglo American plc^[8], a company^[38], in United Kingdom^[39], founded in 1917^[40], headquartered in London^[41] and government of Botswana^[9], a government^[42], in Botswana^[43], founded in 1966^[44]. De Beers's product or material produced is recorded as diamond^[45].

Why It Matters

De Beers ranks in the top 0.55% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,773 views/month, #163 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]

It is credited with the discovery of Pink Star Diamond^[48], a pink diamond^[49].

FAQs

What did De Beers discover?

De Beers is credited as discoverer of Pink Star Diamond^[48].