Baccarat (company)
Manufacturer of fine crystal glassware located in Baccarat, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baccarat (French: [bakaʁa]) is a French luxury house and manufacturer of fine crystal located in Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. The company owns two museums: the Musée Baccarat in Baccarat, and the Musée Baccarat in Paris on the Place des États-Unis.[1]
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Luxury, Crystal |
Founded | 1764 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Margareth “Maggie” Henriquez (CEO) |
Products | Fine crystal |
Website | baccarat |
Groupe du Louvre was the majority shareholder of the company until 2005.[2] The company was then acquired by Starwood Capital Group, which used the name for a luxury hotel called Baccarat Hotel New York, featuring the company's chandeliers, decorative pieces and glasses.[3][4]
In 2018, Fortune Fountain Capital, a Beijing-based financial group, acquired an 88.8 per cent stake of the company from Starwood Capital Group and L Catterton.[5] On 23 December 2020, four financing funds based in Hong Kong - Tor, Sammasan, Dolphin and Corbin - took control of the capital of Fortune Fountain Limited (FFL), the holding company that held 97% of the shares of Baccarat.[6]