Wendel in brief

More than

€9 bn in gross assets

6 office locations

7 main investments

Employees

c. 100

Consolidated sales

€8,389m

More than

€5bn of capitalization

Total return (with dividends reinvested)

11,3% p.a.
since 2002(1)

Figures as of December 31, 2018, except the number of office locations and main investments as of March 21, 2019.

(1) Source: FactSet. Average last 20 trading days prior to December 31, 2018

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.