De Beers

International corporation that specialises in diamond exploration, diamond mining, diamond retail, rough diamond sales and industrial diamond manufacturing
Organization business Q471891
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De Beers

Summary

De Beers is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,805 views/month, #163 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • De Beers is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • De Beers is in the country of JE[4].
  • De Beers's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • De Beers's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • De Beers's founder is recorded as Cecil John Rhodes[7].
  • De Beers is owned by Anglo American plc[8].
  • De Beers is owned by government of Botswana[9].
  • De Beers's headquarters location is recorded as London[10].
  • De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as De Beers (United Kingdom)[11].
  • De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as De Beers (Canada)[12].
  • De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as Bultfontein mine[13].
  • De Beers's child organization or unit is recorded as Griqualand West Diamond Mining[14].
  • De Beers's Commons category is recorded as De Beers[15].
  • De Beers's industry is recorded as trade[16].
  • De Beers's industry is recorded as raw material extraction[17].
  • January 1, 1888 marks the founding of De Beers[18].
  • 2013-12-18 marks the founding of De Beers[19].
  • De Beers's parent organization or unit is recorded as Anglo American plc[20].
  • De Beers's official website is recorded as https://www.debeersgroup.com[21].
  • De Beers's official website is recorded as https://www.debeers.com[22].
  • De Beers's topic's main category is recorded as Category:De Beers[23].
  • De Beers's product or material produced is recorded as diamond[24].
  • De Beers's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+20000'}[25].
  • De Beers's legal form is recorded as privately held company[26].
  • De Beers's legal form is recorded as JOX1[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300X8ZS5R4RYR0417[28]

  • Registered legal name: De Beers PLC[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: JE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): JOX1[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 2013-12-18[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-12-18[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-12-09[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-02-02[38]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000414[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 122752[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

De Beers's founder is recorded as Cecil John Rhodes[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1888[18] and 2013-12-18[19].

Operations

De Beers's headquarters location is recorded as London[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Anglo American plc[20]. Subsidiaries include it (United Kingdom)[11], a business[43], in United Kingdom[44], founded in 1888[45], headquartered in London[46]; it (Canada)[12], a business[47], in Canada[48], headquartered in Toronto[49]; Bultfontein mine[13], a mine[50], in South Africa[51], founded in 1908[52]; and Griqualand West Diamond Mining[14].

Industry

Industries include trade[16] and raw material extraction[17].

Ownership

Owners include Anglo American plc[8], a company[53], in United Kingdom[54], founded in 1917[55], headquartered in London[56] and government of Botswana[9], a government[57], in Botswana[58], founded in 1966[59]. De Beers's product or material produced is recorded as diamond[24].

Why It Matters

De Beers ranks in the top 0.55% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,805 views/month, #163 of 29,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

It is credited with the discovery of Pink Star Diamond[62], a pink diamond[63].

FAQs

What did De Beers discover?

De Beers is credited as discoverer of Pink Star Diamond[62].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.
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  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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [62] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [53] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [54] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  8. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [63] . 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. [60] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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