Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Field of Dreams

Noble Group - commodities trader and supply chain provider

Milestones

1987 Founded by Richard Elman
1994 Listed in Hong Kong
1996 Privatized
1997 Relisted in Singapore
1998 Cocoa & Refined Oil started
2000 Sugar started
2001 Started Noble Trade Finance and Noble Investments
2002 Coffee started
2003 Expansion into Ethanol ; Market cap US$1 billion
2004 Started petrochemicals
2005 Started carbon credits ; Listed on FTSE - Hang Seng Index
2006 Annual turnover US$13.7 billion from US$80million in 1987

source : www.thisisnoble.com

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