Royal Dutch Shell PLC
Type | Public limited company
Traded as | LSE: RDSA, RDSB Euronext: RDSA, RDSB NYSE: RDS.A, RDS.B FTSE 100 Component
ISIN | GB00B03MLX29
Industry | Oil and gas
Predecessor | Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. (1890) The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company Limited of the United Kingdom (1897)
Founded | April 1907; 112 years ago (1907-04) in London
Founders | August Kessler, Henri Deterding and Hugo Loudon (Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.) Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted and Samuel Samuel (The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company)
Headquarters | Haagse Hout, The Hague, Netherlands (Headquarters) Shell Centre, London, England (Registered office)
Area served | Worldwide
Key people | Charles O. Holliday (Chairman) Ben van Beurden (CEO)
Products | Petroleum, natural gas, LNG, lubricants, petrochemicals
Number of employees | 82,000 (2018)
Subsidiaries | Shell Australia Shell South Africa Shell Canada Shell Chemicals Shell Gas & Power Shell Hong Kong Shell Nigeria Shell Oil Company Shell India Shell Pakistan Shell Philippines Shell Egypt
Website | www.shell.com
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