Richemont
Luxury jewellery, watches and fashion · Switzerland
Richemont owns 23 luxury Maisons, led by the jewellery houses Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, plus specialist watchmakers and fashion and accessories brands, and sells mostly through its own boutiques.
What makes it different
Four jewellery houses carry the group.
74%Sales from the four jewellery housesFY2026
Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Buccellati and Vhernier earn more operating result than the whole group reports.
How big it is
How big is Richemont?
€22.4BSalesFY2026
1,393BoutiquesFY2026
39,601EmployeesFY2026
How it makes money FY2026
Jewellery is three quarters.
- Jewellery Maisons74%€16.5B
- Specialist Watchmakers14%€3.15B
- Other12%€2.73B
How the business works
Own the houses, sell direct.
- 123 heritage Maisons
- 2Jewellery, watches, leather
- 3Own boutiques first
Three quarters of sales reach clients directly, so the retail margin stays in the group.
Who owns it
- Compagnie Financière Rupert10.18%
- UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG3.02%
CEO: Nicolas Bos
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1988Richemont founded by Johann Rupert
- 1993Luxury goods separated from tobacco
- 1999Acquires 60% of Van Cleef & Arpels
- 2000Buys A. Lange & Söhne, IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre
- 2002Takes 30% of NET-A-PORTER
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Richemont's own reports.
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What Richemont tracks22 metrics
Directly operated boutiques
Monobrand boutiques
Maisons and businesses
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from5 regions
Asia Pacific
Americas
Europe
The full timeline18 moments
2012
2018
2024
Richemont vs LVMHside by side
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