per azioni bit cir industry holding company founded 1976 ; 40 years ago 1976 headquarters milan italy key people rodolfo de benedetti executive chairman monica mondardini ceo products industrial holdings number of employees 13 846 2014 website www.cirgroup.com cir group compagnie industriali riunite is an italian holding company listed on the stock exchange which is 46 % controlled by cofide of the de benedetti family . the company was founded in 1976 when carlo de benedetti acquired the company concerie italiane riunite a turin based tanning company from its historic owner the bocca family and transformed it into an industrial holding company . the company was then renamed compagnie industriali riunite . chief executive of cir for almost twenty years rodolfo de benedetti is now executive chairman of the company . 2 monica mondardini is chief executive . 3 today cir heads an industrial group active in three main sectors media automotive components healthcare . in 2014 the cir group reported revenues of 2.4 billion euro . 4 the group has around 14 thousand employees . contents 1 the group 2 principal shareholdings 3 board of directors 4 shareholders 5 references 6 external links the group edit in the media sector cir controls gruppo editoriale l espresso the publishing company listed on the italian stock exchange which owns the daily newspaper la repubblica the weekly magazine l espresso plus other magazines 18 local newspapers three national radio stations radio deejay radio capital and m2o a digital division and an advertising concessionaire . the group is a shareholder with a 30 % interest in the network operator persidera . in 2014 gruppo editoriale l espresso reported revenues of 643.5 million euro . in automotive components it is present with the subsidiary sogefi one of the main operators worldwide in the engine system sector filters and air cooling systems for engines and suspension components precision springs stabilizer bars . founded in mantua in 1980 sogefi today supplies the most important car manufacturers worldwide and operates in 21 countries in four continents with 42 production plants . sogefi s history includes numerous acquisitions particularly in europe and south america the most recent of which was that of mark iv syst mes moteurs engine systems completed at the end of july 2011 . sogefi s revenues for 2014 were over 1.3 billion all time high for the group . kos which is controlled by cir with ardian formerly axa private equity also having an interest operates in the care home sector . established in 2003 with the name holding sanit e servizi kos is active in the management of care homes with the brand anni azzurri and rehabilitation centres s.stefano . the company also supplies and manages diagnostic and therapeutic medical technology through its subsidiary medipass . the kos group is one of the main italian operators in this field with 70 facilities under management in the centre and north of italy . in 2011 the group launched a joint venture in india in the medical technology sector and in 2012 took over management of technologies in two important cancer hospitals in the united kingdom . kos employs some 4 100 people and has an annual turnover of approximately 390 million euro . the cir group is active in various investment initiatives such as the venture capital fund cir ventures has a series of interests in the private equity sector and a portfolio of non performing loans . in 2011 the cir group acquired an interest of approximately 20 % in the seg group swiss education group which is involved in training for the hospitality sector hotels catering etc. with six facilities and over 5 000 students from all over the world . principal shareholdings edit gruppo editoriale l espresso s.p.a. 56 % sogefi s.p.a. 57.5 % kos s.p.a. 51.3 % board of directors edit the board of directors of cir appointed on june 30 2014 consists of thirteen directors eight of whom are independent . the current board will remain in office until the approval of the financial statements for the year ended december 31 2016 . the board has the following directors rodolfo de benedetti executive chairman monica mondardini chief executive officer edoardo de benedetti director marco de benedetti director giampio bracchi director franco debenedetti director michael pistauer director franco girard director silvia giannini director maristella botticini director claudio recchi director guido tabellini director stefano micossi director who will remain in office until the approval of the financial statements for the year ended december 31 2016 . shareholders edit cofide s.p.a. 45.9 % bestinver gestion an investment subsidiary of acciona 11 3 % norges bank 2 7 % references edit cir group fy 2011 results . scion reshapes media group ft.com . cir keeping it in the family view from the top companies & management video ft.com . cir group full year 2014 results . external links edit official website sogefi gruppo 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