Sasol

South African energy and chemical company
Organization business Q905998
Sasol
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Sasol

Summary

Sasol is a business[1]. Sasol ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (969 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sasol is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Sasol is in the country of ZA[4].
  • Sasol is in the country of FR[5].
  • Sasol's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Sasol's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Sasol's instance of is recorded as gas station chain[8].
  • Sasol's instance of is recorded as public company[9].
  • Sasol's founder is recorded as Pierre Etienne Rousseau[10].
  • Sasol's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg[11].
  • Sasol's child organization or unit is recorded as Sasol (Germany)[12].
  • Sasol's child organization or unit is recorded as Sasol Delight[13].
  • Sasol's Commons category is recorded as Sasol[14].
  • Sasol's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[15].
  • Sasol's industry is recorded as petroleum industry[16].
  • January 1, 1950 marks the founding of Sasol[17].
  • 1979-06-26 marks the founding of Sasol[18].
  • 2010-06-01 marks the founding of Sasol[19].
  • Sasol's official website is recorded as https://www.sasol.com[20].
  • Sasol's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sasol[21].
  • Sasol's legal form is recorded as public company[22].
  • Sasol's legal form is recorded as XE4Z[23].
  • Sasol's legal form is recorded as 6CHY[24].
  • Sasol's operating area is recorded as South Africa[25].
  • Sasol's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+101848'}[26].
  • Sasol's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+5410'}[27].

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

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 9695006QKQ4E65FB2U33[28]

  • Registered legal name: Sasol[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 6CHY[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 2010-06-01[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2018-05-30[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-05-22[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2021-06-02[38]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 522810548[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Sasol's founder is recorded as Pierre Etienne Rousseau[10]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1950[17], 1979-06-26[18], and 2010-06-01[19].

Operations

Sasol's headquarters location is recorded as Johannesburg[11]. Subsidiaries include Sasol (Germany)[12], a business[43], in Germany[44], founded in 1950[45], headquartered in Hamburg[46] and Sasol Delight[13].

Industry

Sasol's industry is recorded as petroleum industry[16].

Ownership

Sasol's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[15].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Sasol include Sasolburg[47], a town[48], in South Africa[49], founded in 1954[50].

Why It Matters

Sasol ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (969 views/month).[2] Sasol has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Sasol is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]

Entities named for Sasol include Sasolburg[47], a town[48], in South Africa[49], founded in 1954[50].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  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.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  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. [47] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [50] . 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. [51] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [52] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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