Samsonite

luggage company and travel accessories
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Samsonite

Summary

Samsonite is a business[1]. Samsonite ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,088 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Samsonite is in the country of United States[3].
  • Samsonite is in the country of Luxembourg[4].
  • Samsonite's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Samsonite's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Samsonite's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Samsonite's founder is recorded as Jesse Shwayder[8].
  • Samson is named after Samsonite[9].
  • Samsonite's headquarters location is recorded as Luxembourg[10].
  • Samsonite's headquarters location is recorded as Mansfield[11].
  • Samsonite's Commons category is recorded as Samsonite[12].
  • Samsonite's stock exchange is recorded as Hong Kong Stock Exchange[13].
  • March 10, 1910 marks the founding of Samsonite[14].
  • Samsonite's location of formation is recorded as Denver[15].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://shop.samsonite.com[16].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://www.samsonite.in/[17].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://www.samsonite.co.uk[18].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://www.samsonite.be/nl/home/[19].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://www.samsonite.es[20].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://www.samsonite.fr[21].
  • Samsonite's official website is recorded as https://shop.samsonite.com[22].
  • Samsonite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Samsonite[23].
  • Samsonite's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/samsonite-corp-history/[24].
  • Samsonite's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Samsonite Group S.A.'}[25].
  • Samsonite's legal form is recorded as société anonyme[26].
  • Samsonite's chief operating officer is recorded as Q140756378[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300YPV3B6V810LR90[28]

  • Registered legal name: Samsonite LLC[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

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

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1987-05-04[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-04-01[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-03-12[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-03-12[38]

  • Managing LOU: 529900T8BM49AURSDO55[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 2125225[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

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Founding

Samsonite's founder is recorded as Jesse Shwayder[8]. March 10, 1910 marks the founding of Samsonite[14]. Samsonite's location of formation is recorded as Denver[15].

Identity

Samsonite's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Samsonite Group S.A.'}[25].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Luxembourg[10], a sovereign state[43], in Luxembourg[44], founded in 1815[45] and Mansfield[11], a town in the United States[46], in United States[47], founded in 1658[48].

Ownership

Samsonite's stock exchange is recorded as Hong Kong Stock Exchange[13].

Why It Matters

Samsonite ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,088 views/month).[2] Samsonite has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Samsonite is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . corporate.samsonite.com. corporate.samsonite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . corporate.samsonite.com. corporate.samsonite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . hkex.com.hk. hkex.com.hk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . data.flandersarchitecture.be. data.flandersarchitecture.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . samsonite.com. samsonite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . prnewswire.com. prnewswire.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . corporate.samsonite.com. corporate.samsonite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . corporate.samsonite.com. corporate.samsonite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [48] ↑ . 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. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Tumi Inc., American Tourister
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P1830]]: [[Q4745268]]"
  2. 5d ago · Bsamaey · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'bg', 'ca', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'it',
    Owner of → Tumi Inc., American Tourister
    Sitelink count → 23
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1830]]: [[Q4465402]]"
  3. 29d ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Design Museum Gent, Groninger Museum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6379]]: [[Q1542668]], groninger museum ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/c5a6d992c4b|details]])"
  4. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 82A4-3E0D-766E-32D6-B9E1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 82A4-3E0D-766E-32D6-B9E1, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  5. 9w ago · Mbchbot bot · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Youtube handle → —
    Chief operating officer → Q140756378
    Number of viewers/listeners → —
    Official name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Samsonite Group S.A.'}
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2397]]: https://youtube.com/samsonite, Removing unfixable value from [[Property:P2397|P2397]]"
  6. 9w ago · Benjimanyan · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → luggage company and travel accessories
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 10 March 1910"
  7. 15w ago · ~2026-35412-31 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1910-03-10T00:00:00Z
    Official website → https://shop.samsonite.com, https://www.samsonite.in/, https://www.samsonite.co.uk +4
    Wikidata description → luggage company and travel accessories
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 10 March 1910"
  8. 15w ago · ~2026-35412-31 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → Luxembourg, Mansfield
    Legal form → société anonyme
    Instagram username → samsoniteusa
    X (twitter) username → SamsoniteUSA
    + 68 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q1480166]]"
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