The
Swire Group is a diversified
conglomerate, headquartered in Swire House in the
City of Westminster,
London. It controls a large range of wholly owned businesses, including deep-sea shipping, cold storage,
road transport, and agricultural activities, along with energy and oil businesses and investments. Swire controls a large property empire in
Asia - mainly
Hong Kong. The current chairman is Barnaby Swire.
Taikoo (太古) is the Chinese name of Swire. It serves as the
brand name for businesses such as
Taikoo Cube Sugar and
Taikoo Shing. Swire Groups' Current Market Cap is approximately 52.2 billion USD.