- CEO
- Yi-Wu Chen
- Full Time Employees
- 6,400
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Apparel - Footwear & Accessories
- Address
- Empress Plaza Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong
- IPO Date
- Apr 26, 2010
- Business
- Kingmaker Footwear Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, manufactures and sells footwear products primarily for global brands in the United States, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two main segments, including the manufacture and sale of footwear products, such as athletic footwear, lifestyle shoes (casual shoes and sports shoes), rugged footwear (hiking shoes, waterproof shoes, steel-toed shoes, hand-stitched shoes, and boots), and children's shoes (boy's shoes, girl's shoes, and infant shoes); as well as property investment activities. It serves leading partner brands including CAT, Chaco, Merrell, Wolverine, Palladium, Garmont, Jack Wolfskin, Helly Hansen, Crocs, Columbia, and Tracksmith, with production facilities in China, Vietnam, and Cambodia, and approximately 6,400 employees.
Founded in 1980 in Taiwan and headquartered at 17/F Empress Plaza, 17-19 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, the company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1994 (stock code: 1170.HK) and maintains a 40% interest in a joint-venture associate in central Vietnam operating 39 production lines.
In recent developments, Kingmaker added three European fashion and activewear labels—Jack Wolfskin, Palladium, and Revolution Race—to its client portfolio during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, to diversify its geographical markets and explore new revenue streams amid weak retail sentiment. The company reported revenue of HK$625.9 million for fiscal year 2025, down 9.2% year-over-year due to a 6.5% decline in business volume and lower average selling prices, alongside a net loss of HK$34 million attributable to equity holders. For the six months ended September 30, 2025, revenue rose to HK$347.1 million from HK$326.1 million a year earlier, narrowing the net loss to HK$6.6 million, with the premium casual footwear category's sales contribution increasing to 26.6%; the company declared a special interim dividend of HK$0.02 per share payable in January 2026 and maintains net cash of HK$353 million.