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Louis Dreyfus Group

 
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Louis Dreyfus SAS
152, avenue de Malakoff
75782 Paris Cedex 16, France
Tel. +33-1-4466-1111
Fax +33-1-4501-7028

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.louisdreyfus.com

Louis Dreyfus Group is banking on agriculture. The conglomerate has operations around the globe and is engaged in processing, trading, and merchandising a range of agricultural commodities, including wheat, oilseeds, cocoa, coffee, cotton, meat, rice, sugar, and ethyl alcohol. Its citrus division is one of the world's largest producers of orange juice. Other activities include petroleum product refining and marketing, property development, forestry management and particleboard manufacturing, and the design and building of telecommunication products. The group is owned by Louis Dreyfus SAS, which in turn is a subsidiary of Florentz, the chief holding company for Louis Dreyfus.

Officers:
Chairman and CEO Louis Dreyfus SAS: Robert Louis-Dreyfus
VP Corporate Communications: Telecommunications Infrastructure Development

Competitors:
ADM
B+H Ocean Carriers
Cargill

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Louis Dreyfus Group is a diversified French private company that is involved in agriculture and energy commodities (global processing, trading and merchandising). It owns and manages ocean vessels, develops and operates telecommunications infrastructures and is involved in real estate (development, management and ownership).

Louis Dreyfus companies are present in more than 53 countries, with 72 offices. Major offices are located in Beijing, Buenos Aires, London, Paris, São Paulo, New York and Connecticut.

Aggregate average annual gross sales in recent years have exceeded $20 billion.

The company was founded by Leopold Louis-Dreyfus in 1851. His great-grandson, Gerard Louis-Dreyfus was president and CEO of the Group until 2006. He is also the father of American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

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