Hutchison Whampoa
| Industry | Conglomerate |
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| Founded | 1863 |
| Founder | John Duflon Hutchison |
| Defunct | 3 June 2015 |
| Fate | Merged with Cheung Kong Holdings |
| Successor | CK Hutchison Holdings |
| Headquarters | Central, Hong Kong |
| Products | Ports and related services; property and hotels; retail; energy; infrastructure; telecommunications, finance & investment |
| Revenue | US$54.035 billion (2014) |
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Number of employees | 253,983 (2011) |
| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 和記黃埔 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 和记黄埔 | ||||||||||
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Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) was an investment holding company based in Hong Kong. It was a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HWL was an international corporation with a diverse array of holdings which included the world's biggest port, and telecommunication operations in 14 countries that were run under the 3 brand. Its businesses also included retail, property development, and infrastructure.
Formed in 1863 and 1877 respectively by British entrepreneurs, it was sold in 1979 to Li Ka-shing, a Hong Kong businessman. In 2015, the company merged with Cheung Kong Group as part of a major reorganisation of the group's businesses. The combined business was renamed CK Hutchison Holdings.