EF

Summary

EF is an enterprise^[1]. EF draws 1,768 Wikipedia views per month (enterprise category, ranking #87 of 800).^[2]

Key Facts

• EF is in the country of Switzerland^[3].
• EF is in the country of LU^[4].
• EF's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[5].
• EF's instance of is recorded as education company^[6].
• EF's instance of is recorded as private company^[7].
• EF's instance of is recorded as educational travel^[8].
• EF's instance of is recorded as business^[9].
• EF's founder is recorded as Bertil Hult^[10].
• EF's headquarters location is recorded as Zurich^[11].
• EF's child organization or unit is recorded as EF English Live^[12].
• EF's Commons category is recorded as EF Education First^[13].
• EF's industry is recorded as education industry^[14].
• EF's industry is recorded as educational travel^[15].
• EF's country of origin is recorded as Sweden^[16].
• 1965 marks the founding of EF^[17].
• 2023-01-28 marks the founding of EF^[18].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef.com^[19].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef.fr^[20].
• EF's official website is recorded as http://ef-australia.com.au/^[21].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef-czech.cz/^[22].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef-danmark.dk/^[23].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef-italia.it^[24].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef-slovakia.sk/^[25].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef.at/^[26].
• EF's official website is recorded as https://www.ef.be/fr^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900DEYCP42FIZ5P08^[28]

• Registered legal name: Ef^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: LU^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: FUND^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 8888^[32]

• Other legal form: Fonds d'Investissement Alternatif Réservé^[33]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[34]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[35]

• Entity created: 2023-01-28^[36]

• LEI first registered: 2023-01-28^[37]

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-05^[38]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-01-28^[39]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[40]

• Registration authority: RA999999^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

EF's founder is recorded as Bertil Hult^[10]. Recorded inception include 1965^[17] and 2023-01-28^[18].

Leadership

EF's director / manager is recorded as Philip Hult^[43].

Operations

EF's headquarters location is recorded as Zurich^[11]. EF's child organization or unit is recorded as EF English Live^[12].

Industry

Industries include education industry^[14] and educational travel^[15].

Ownership

Products include EF Language^[44], language course^[45], EF English Live^[46], EF Education^[47], EF Educational Tours^[48], and study abroad^[49].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for EF include EF Education-EasyPost^[50], an UCI Continental Team^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 2005^[53], headquartered in Boulder^[54].

Why It Matters

EF draws 1,768 Wikipedia views per month (enterprise category, ranking #87 of 800).^[2] EF has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[55] EF is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[56]

Works attributed to EF include EF English Proficiency Index^[57], a report^[58]. Entities named for EF include EF Education-EasyPost^[50], an UCI Continental Team^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 2005^[53], headquartered in Boulder^[54].