KWS Saat
Agriculture company
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA is a European independent and family-owned company based in Germany that focuses on plant breeding, with activities in about 70 countries. KWS is the fourth largest seed producer worldwide based on sales in agricultural... Wikipedia
Headquarters: Einbeck, Germany
Subsidiaries: KWS UK Ltd., KWS Italia S.p.A., Kws Suisse S.A., and more
Number of employees: 5,000 (2021–2022)
Founder: Matthias Christian Rabbethge
Founded: 1856, Klein Wanzleben, Wanzleben-Börde, Germany
Owner: As of 30 June 2019: Families Büchting/Arend Oetker (54.4%); Tessner Beteiligungs GmbH (15.4%); free float (30.2%)
Revenue: 1.54 billion EUR (2021–2022)
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence