have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message dksh holding ltd. think asia . think dksh . type public traded as six dksh industry market expansion services founded 1860s 1 founder wilhelm heinrich diethelm eduard anton keller hermann siber hegner headquarters zurich switzerland number of locations 770 business locations in 36 countries 2015 key people joerg wolle 2 president & ceo adrian keller 3 chairman revenue chf 10.1 billion 2015 4 operating income chf 270.2 million 2015 4 net income chf 199.6 million 2015 4 number of employees 28 300 2015 4 website www.dksh.com footnotes references facts and figures dksh group company profile on bloomberg dksh also known as diethelmkellersiberhegner is a swiss market expansion services group . although its headquarters is in zurich dksh is deeply rooted in communities all across asia pacific . 5 the company offers any combination of sourcing marketing sales distribution and after sales services and is organized into four business units consumer goods including the business segment luxury & lifestyle healthcare performance materials and technology . its core business is supporting other companies to grow their business in new or existing markets . 6 with 770 business locations in 36 countries 740 of them in asia and 28 300 specialized staff it is one of the top 30 swiss companies ranked by sales and employees . in 2015 dksh generated annual net sales of chf 10.1 billion . 4 organizational background edit the company has its origin in the activities of three swiss entrepreneurs who sailed in the 1860s east to asia . independently and within a few years of each other wilhelm heinrich diethelm set off for singapore eduard anton keller for the philippines and hermann siber for yokohama . as the oldest of the original companies siber & brennwald was founded in 1865 . eduard anton keller joined in 1868 c. lutz & co. which was founded 1866 in manila and renamed this enterprise into ed . a. keller & co. after the acquisition in the year 1887 . in a similar manner wilhelm heinrich diethelm joined in 1871 hooglandt & co. singapore established in 1860 acquired the company in 1887 and founded diethelm & co. ltd. in singapore . 7 the three companies expanded their business primarily in asia . although the european market played a subsidiary role each headquarters was situated in switzerland which illustrates the intensive contact to the home country . established in 1906 on the banks of chao phraya river today the company is one of thailand s leading business organizations with annual sales of thb 119 billion in 2015 . dksh thailand has close to 11 000 employees and a comprehensive network of branches across thailand . 8 it generates more than a third of overall revenues for dksh . in 1931 diethelm & co. ltd. was granted permission by royal warrant to display the royal garuda emblem the official seal of the royal household of thailand . 9 even though the two families diethelm and keller always had a close knit business and private relationship the two companies finally merged during the 2000 summer into diethelm keller holding . two years later in 2002 siber hegner joined as well and this resulted in establishing dksh . 9 10 dksh went public in march 2012 on the six swiss exchange . 11 in 2015 the company celebrated its 150th anniversary . references edit dksh history at a glance dksh executive board dksh board of directors a b c d e dksh increases net sales and profit despite difficult conditions . dksh . retrieved february 10 2016 . nisha ramchandani march 27 2010 . dksh relocates global finance centre to s pore . the business times . singapore . retrieved january 13 2011 . dksh holding ltd. . infogrok transport . 2010 . retrieved january 13 2011 . diethelm . singapedia . 2011 . retrieved january 13 2011 . facts and figures for dksh thailand a b dksh in thailand . history . dksh thailand . 2010 . retrieved january 13 2011 . zurich ceo luncheon with joerg wolle dksh . the swiss association of mbas . december 2 2010 . retrieved january 13 2011 . dksh gains on first day of zurich trading . financial times . march 20 2012 . retrieved april 10 2012 . external links edit dksh global dksh thailand dksh vietnam dksh malaysia authority control worldcat identities viaf 160125207 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dksh & oldid 711524838 categories companies of switzerlandthai royal warrant holdershidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from july 2015wikipedia articles with viaf identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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