Ikano
Ikano Group is a privately held international group of companies with the parent company Ikano S.A. based in Luxembourg. It was originally a part of IKEA, which was founded by Ingvar Kamprad, then became independent in 1988, and has since been owned by the Kamprad family.[1]
Operations[]
Ikano has operations in 17 countries in Europe, Southeast Asia and North America.[2] Ikano performs business within the following areas:
- Data analysis (United Kingdom)
- Finance (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom)
- Group Services (Luxembourg)
- Insurance (Switzerland)
- Production (Mexico, Poland)
- Real Estate (Sweden, Denmark (Ikano Bolig))
- Retail (Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Mexico)[3]
Subsidiaries include for example Ikano Bank AB,[4] Ikano Bostad AB (Real Estate) and Ikano LLC in Russia, jointly owned with Credit Europe Bank.[5] Its financial services include mortgage loans, consumer loans, and loyalty cards for retailers and the residential operations consist of rental and tenant owned apartments in various locations in Sweden.[6]
Ikano owns the IKEA franchise rights for Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, and operates IKEA stores in these markets.[7]
History[]
In 2015, Lars Thorsén succeeded Arja Taaveniku as CEO of Ikano Group.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Ikano Group". www.ikanogroup.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "What we do". Ikano Group. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Businesses". Ikano Group. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Om Ikano Bank". Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "Press release | Ikano Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "Facts & Figures 2014 | Ikano Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ "Businesses". Ikano Group. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
- ^ "Press release | Ikano Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- Holding companies of Sweden
- IKEA
- Financial services companies of Luxembourg