De Beers
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Summary
De Beers is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.55% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,182 views/month, #163 of 29,529).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: South Africa[3], JE[4]
- Instance of: enterprise[5]
- Founder: Cecil John Rhodes[6]
- Owned by: Anglo American plc[7], government of Botswana[8]
- Headquarters location: London[9]
- Child organization or unit: De Beers (United Kingdom)[10], De Beers (Canada)[11], Bultfontein mine[12], Griqualand West Diamond Mining[13]
- Commons category: De Beers[14]
- Industry: trade[15], raw material extraction[16]
- Inception: January 1, 1888[17], 2013-12-18[18]
- Parent organization or unit: Anglo American plc[19]
- Official website: https://www.debeersgroup.com[20], https://www.debeers.com[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:De Beers[22]
- Product or material produced: diamond[23]
- Employees: 20,000[24]
- Legal form: privately held company[25], JOX1[26]
- Native label: De Beers[27]
- Owner of: Debswana[28], De Beers LV[29], Heart of Eternity Diamond[30]
- Has works in the collection: Q118144157[31]
- Social media followers: 24,616[32], 21,846[33], 26,739[34], 28,722[35]
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
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300X8ZS5R4RYR0417[36]
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Registered legal name: De Beers PLC[37]
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Legal jurisdiction: JE[38]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[39]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): JOX1[40]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[41]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[42]
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Entity created: 2013-12-18[43]
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LEI first registered: 2013-12-18[44]
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LEI last updated: 2025-12-09[45]
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LEI next renewal: 2027-02-02[46]
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Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[47]
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Registration authority: RA000414[48]
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Authority entity ID: 122752[49]
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Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[50]
Why It Matters
De Beers has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]
It is credited with the discovery of Pink Star Diamond[53], a pink diamond[54].
FAQs
What did De Beers discover?
De Beers is credited as discoverer of Pink Star Diamond[53].