see lonmin . lonrho type private traded as lse lonr industry investments founded 1998 headquarters london uk revenue 206.5 million 2013 total assets 328.5 million 2013 number of employees 3 415 2013 website homepage lonrho is a london based company conglomerate that is engaged in multiple business sectors in africa mainly agribusiness infrastructure transport hospitality and support services . 1 history edit lonrho traces its roots from the original lonrho plc now lonmin a company was incorporated in the united kingdom on 13 may 1909 2 as the london and rhodesian mining and land company limited . 3 lonrho plc grew to be one of the world s largest companies with over 800 subsidiary companies in 80 countries . 2 lonrho as we know it was formed on 26 february 1998 4 as a spin off of lonmin at the time called lonrho 5 and it was then known as lonrho africa plc. 6 the demerger transferred all non mining african assets to the separate publicly listed lonrho africa plc 7 while lonrho plc now lonmin retained the mining businesses . lonrho africa plc subsequently changed its name to lonrho plc on 10 may 2007 following the approval of shareholders . 8 lonrho was one of the funding partners in low cost airline fastjet operating in africa . 9 this is after they exchanged their stake in fly 540 for shares in rubicon diversified investments plc which was later renamed fastjet in august 2012 . 10 in 2013 lonrho plc was delisted from the lse jse and otcqx after agreeing to a 174.5 million takeover by fs africa . 11 12 fs africa a bid vehicle that is controlled by swiss billionaire thomas schmidheiny and rainer marc frey . 13 14 see also edit lonmin thomas schmidheiny references edit lonrho plc s strategy & vision . retrieved 29 october 2012 . a b 1988 directory of the worlds largest companies lonrho plc corporate information pdf . the united nations centre on transnational corporations . retrieved 6 december 2014 . page melvin e. ed . 2003 . colonialism an international social cultural and political encyclopedia . santa barbara abc clio . pp. 350 351 . isbn 1 57607 335 1 . market access profile lonrho plc pdf . s & q capital iq . mcgraw hill financial . 22 august 2013 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . lonmin plc history . international directory of company histories vol . 66 . st. james press 2004 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . lonrho plc lonrho africa plc lonmin plc fact sheet pdf . share view . retrieved 6 december 2014 . lonmin 2012 rights issues pdf . lonmin plc. 11 december 2012 . p. 156 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . lonrho plc lonrho africa plc lonmin plc pdf . equiniti . february 2012 . retrieved 29 october 2012 . lonrho departs fastjet s share register . retrieved 2014 04 05 . fastjet plc 2013 annual report pdf . fastjet plc. 31 december 2013 . retrieved 2 december 2014 . osborne alistair 15 may 2013 . lonrho bows out after sale to swiss investors for 175m . the telegraph . retrieved 6 december 2014 . thomas eggar acts for lonrho plc in 170m takeover and de listing from stock exchange deal . thomas eggar . 29 july 2013 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . takeovers pdf . investors chronicle . 7 june 2013 . retrieved 6 december 2014 . allix mark 15 may 2013 . fs africa to buy lonrho for 175m . business day live . retrieved 6 december 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lonrho & oldid 714327182 categories companies established in 1998companies of the united kingdomhidden categories engvarb from december 2014use dmy dates from december 2014 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 wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 april 2016 at 01 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view