Jebsen Group

Jebsen Group (Chinese: 捷成集團), founded in 1895, is a marketing, investment, and distribution organisation. It is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Mainland China, Macau and Taiwan. It consists of six business lines: Beverage, Consumer, Industrial, Motors, Logistics, and Jebsen Capital.

Jebsen Group
捷成集團
TypePrivate Limited Company
Industrybeverage, Consumer, Industrial, Motors, Logistics, and Jebsen Capital.
Founded1895
Headquarters
31/F Lee Garden Two Causeway Bay
,
Hong Kong
Area served
Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Macau
Key people
Hans Michael Jebsen
Revenue 14.8 billion HKD (2018)[1]
Number of employees
2,101 (2018)
Websitewww.jebsen.com
Jacob Jebsen (1870–1941)
Heinrich Jessen (1865–1931)

Currently Hans Michael Jebsen is the Chairman of the Group, with Helmuth Henning as the former Group Managing Director succeeded by Alfons Mensdorff-Pouilly as the CEO in April 2020.[2]

The Jebsen Group's logo established in the founding year of 1895 shows surrounded by a laurel wreath three mackerels on top of each other with the top and bottom one directing to the left side and the middle one to the right side. The logo is related to the heraldic shield of the founders’ hometown in Aabenraa which belongs to Germany in 1895 but handed over to Denmark in 1920.[3]

History

Jebsen & Co. was established in Hong Kong on March 1895 by two second grade cousins Jacob Jebsen and Heinrich Jessen from Apenraa. The company started as a shipping agency owned by Jebsen's father who had a fleet of fourteen coastal steamers at the Chinese coats. With expanding business range, in January 1909 Jebsen & Jessen Hamburg was founded to coordinate the European business. In December 1963 the Jebsen & Jesse Group as an umbrella organisation was founded to coordinate the business in Singapore and Malaysia.

Until today the company's business concentrates on east Asia with Jebsen & Co. focus on mainland China and Jebsen & Jessen South East Asia.

Milestones
  • 1896: Jebsen becomes a member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce [4]
  • 1897: Initial venture into the industrial sector, acquiring BASF agency to import indigo dyes to China
  • 1898: Establishment of Diederichsen, Jebsen & Co.,Jebsen's first joint venture in China; its businesses include a Qingdao brick factory
  • 1906: Acquisition of Blue Girl Beer
  • 1941: Co-founder Jacob Jebsen died in Aabenraa at the age of 71. His eldest son took over the reins and Heinz Jessen and Michael Jebsen signed a new partnership agreement in Shanghai in January 1944.
  • 1953: The import of Hong Kong's first Volkswagen Beetle
  • 1955: The import of the territory's first Porsche, covering sole Porsche Car distribution in Hong Kong and Macao with additional seven dealerships in Mainland China.[5]
  • 1957: Attending the inaugural Canton Fair
  • 1970: Collaboration with Siemens on a 10,000-line, computer-controlled public telephone system at Lai Chi Kok's Telephone Exchange
  • 1973: Modern Terminals Limited officially opens Hong Kong's first container terminal in Kwai Chung
  • 1978-79: The first Liaison Office opens in Beijing
  • 1991: Jebsen Fine Wines is established in Hong Kong
  • 2001: The import of Mainland China's first Porsche
  • 2013: Multi-brand lifestyle retailer J SELECT launches
  • 2017: New business line Jebsen Capital launches

References
  1. https://www.jebsen.com/en/news/press-release/2019/jebsen-group-releases-corporate-social-responsibil/
  2. https://www.jebsen.com/en/news/press-release/2020/jebsen-group-appoints-new-group-managing-director/
  3. Laura Miller, Arne Cornelius Wasmuth FAN YI ZHENG YAN, Three Mackerels: The Story of the Jebsen and Jessen Family, Hongkongnow.com Ltd, 2008.
  4. http://www.chamber.org.hk/en/membership/profile_detail.aspx?profile_id=46
  5. https://www.porsche.com/pap/_hong-kong_/aboutporsche/importers/
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