- CEO
- Guy Martin Coutts Bradley
- Full Time Employees
- 87,000
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Conglomerates
- Address
- One Pacific Place Central Hong Kong
- IPO Date
- Aug 21, 1997
- Business
- Swire Pacific Limited is a Hong Kong-based international conglomerate that holds and manages a diversified portfolio of market-leading businesses across property, beverages, aviation, healthcare, and trading and industrial segments; its core activities encompass the development, ownership, and operation of mixed-use commercial properties through Swire Properties, including flagship developments such as Pacific Place and Taikoo Place in Hong Kong, Taikoo Li and Taikoo Hui retail destinations in the Chinese Mainland cities of Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xi'an, and Sanya, and investment properties in Miami, USA; the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of Coca-Cola Company products through Swire Coca-Cola across franchise territories serving 910 million people in Greater China, South East Asia including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and support services to U.S. operations; aviation services via major stakes in Cathay Pacific Airways, which operates passenger and cargo flights to over 88 destinations worldwide with subsidiaries HK Express and Air Hong Kong, and HAECO, a global provider of aircraft engineering, maintenance, flight catering, and cargo terminal services from bases in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, USA, and Europe; healthcare investments focused on private services in the Yangtze River Delta, Greater Bay Area, and Indonesia; and trading and industrial operations including apparel, footwear, automotive distribution via Taikoo Motors, sugar packaging, and bakery chains. Founded in 1816 and headquartered at One Pacific Place in Hong Kong, the company concentrates operations in Greater China and South East Asia, with additional reach into the USA and worldwide aviation networks, employing over 87,000 people globally as one of Hong Kong's largest employers. In recent developments, Swire Properties completed the Taikoo Place Redevelopment Project in November 2024, enhancing its Hong Kong flagship into a leading global business district, increased its stake in Beijing's INDIGO Phase Two (renamed Taikoo Place Beijing) in June 2024, secured 387 Tianhe Road in Guangzhou for luxury retail expansion in August 2024, and launched pre-sales for Lujiazui Taikoo Yuan Residences in Shanghai in December 2024 as its first residential project in the Chinese Mainland; Swire Coca-Cola acquired a majority 55.6% stake in ThaiNamthip Corporation in phases completed by September 2024 for HK$9.5 billion to expand Coca-Cola franchising in northern and central Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia, and broke ground on a RMB1.25 billion Greater Bay Area Intelligent Green Factory in Guangdong in May 2024; Swire Pacific completed a controlling stake acquisition in DeltaHealth in April 2024 and a minority investment in Indonesia Healthcare Corporation in July 2024 to bolster healthcare growth; the Cathay group repurchased HKSAR Government preference shares in July 2024, warrants in September 2024, and 68% of convertible bonds in January 2025 while announcing over HK$100 billion in investments including 100 new aircraft tied to Hong Kong International Airport's Three-Runway System; and the company executed a HK$3.8 billion share buyback in 2024 and raised ordinary dividends by 5%.