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Cencosud

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Rank

$6.16B

Marketcap

CL Chile

Country

Cencosud
Leadership team

Ms. Heike Paulmann Koepfer (Interim Pres & Chairman)

Horst Paulmann Kemna (Founder & Chairman (Leave of Absence))

Mr. Matías Videla Solá (CEO & Corp. GM)

Products/ Services
Retail, Shopping
Number of Employees
Above 50,000
Headquarters
Las Condes, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Established
1952
Net Income
500M - 1B
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
CENCOSUD.SN
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Overview
Location
Summary
Cencosud S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retail conglomerate in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Colombia. It operates supermarkets, home improvement stores, department stores, shopping centers, and insurance brokerage and family entertainment centers; and provides financial services. The company was founded in 1963 and is based in Las Condes, Chile.
History

By the end of 2006, the operations of the company included 65 Jumbo hypermarkets, 165 Santa Isabel supermarkets; 249 Disco, Vea and Jumbo supermarkets; 60 Easy home improvement stores; 36 Paris department stores; 27 shopping malls and 52 offices of Banco Paris bank, totaling a sales area of 1.8 million square meters, or 19,375,038.75 square feet. It has more than 4.3 million active credit card accounts, issued under the brand Tarjeta Cencosud , Tarjeta Cencosud Colpatria and Cartão Cencosud Bradesco .

By the end of 2007, several new stores had been opened in Chile, Argentina and Peru, and the company acquired Wong supermarkets, the largest retailer in Peru, and GBarbosa, a Brazilian retailer.

In August 2011, Cencosud announced the acquisition of Johnson department stores.

Mission
At Cencosud our mission is to be the favorite place for customers, employees and shareholders of our countries, providing opportunities for shared value in every interaction we have.
Vision
We are committed to be the leading retailer in Latin America in terms of customer experience and financial performance.
Key Team

Ms. Ines Ostenrieder (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr. Fredy Astudillo (Principal Accounting Officer)

Mr. Sebastián Rivera Martínez (Corp. Mang. of Legal Affairs and Institutional Relations)

Mr. Eulogio Guzmán Llona (Chief HR Officer)

Mr. Ricardo Bennett (Chief Exec. Officer of Department Stores)

Martin Grosso (C.I.O.)

Daniel Guell Zugarramurdi (C.D.O.)

Recognition and Awards
Cencosud has obtained numerous awards, including the Gerente de Retail Awards in 2015 and 2016, Latin America Or Líder Sustentable Awards in 2017, and the Latin American Retailer Awards in 2017 and 2018.
References
Cencosud
Leadership team

Ms. Heike Paulmann Koepfer (Interim Pres & Chairman)

Horst Paulmann Kemna (Founder & Chairman (Leave of Absence))

Mr. Matías Videla Solá (CEO & Corp. GM)

Products/ Services
Retail, Shopping
Number of Employees
Above 50,000
Headquarters
Las Condes, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Established
1952
Net Income
500M - 1B
Revenue
Above - 1B
Traded as
CENCOSUD.SN
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