€9 bn in gross assets
6 office locations
8 main investments
c. 100
€8,389m
€5bn of capitalization
11,3% p.a.
since 2002(1)
Our investment strategy
Wendel’s know-how consists in selecting leading companies, making a long-term investment and helping to define ambitious strategies, while implementing a clear, explicit shareholder approach. To successfully execute its long-term investment strategy, Wendel has several strengths: a stable, family shareholder base, permanent capital and a portfolio of companies that lends the Group a very broad geographical and sectoral view. Since 1977, Wendel’s international investment teams, with their complementary profiles and expertise, have invested in a great number of successful companies, including CapGemini, BioMérieux, Reynolds, Stallergenes, Wheelabrator, Valeo, Afflelou, Editis, Legrand and Deutsch. Read more.