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Versuni

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Domestic appliances

Formerly Philips Domestic Appliances. In 2021 Philips sold its Domestic Appliances business (kitchen, coffee, garment care and home care appliances), along with a 15-year brand license agreement, to Hillhouse Capital. Renamed Versuni in 2023.

Company Ownership

Versuni Holding BV   NLD     website   email      
  Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd   
   owns 100% of Versuni Holding BV  
CHN     website   email      

Private equity firm

Asia-focused private equity firm founded in 2005 by Lei Zhang, with over US$73b under management. Acquired Philips' Domestic Appliances business in 2021. Other notable investments include Tencent, JD.com, Belle International and LifeStyles Healthcare.

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Versuni Holding BV
Business Ethics Sustainability claims
This company has sustainability claims on its website.
Source: company website (2023)
Hillhouse Capital Management Ltd
Business Ethics Child abuse scandal in China
In 2017, a child abuse scandal at RYB Education Inc. reduced its stock price by nearly 40%. The collapse cost the company's top ten institutional investors, including this company which is China's largest private equity fund, a combined US$52 million on paper. The losses might have been avoided if investors had taken into account some inherent weaknesses in RYB's business model which had a lack of background checks on teachers, and an increasing dependence of a network of lucrative franchise operations over which the parent company had little control. If more diligence work has been done by Hillhouse Capital, it could have avoided a two-day paper loss of US$4.4 million on the 430,000 RYB shares it holds.
Source: China Money Network (2017)

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Company Details

Type Private company
Revenue 2.2 billion EUR (2020)
Employees 7,000 (2020)

Contact Details

Address Amsterdam, Netherlands
Email info@versuni.com
Website www.versuni.com

Products / Brands

Versuni
Gaggia Coffee Machines
Philips Vacuum Cleaners
Philips Coffee Machines
Philips Small Kitchen Appliances
Philips Irons
Saeco Coffee Machines


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