Hermès
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| Société Anonyme | |
| Traded as | Euronext: RMS |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1837 |
| Founder | Thierry Hermès |
| Headquarters | Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Axel Dumas (CEO), Mireille Maury (CFO), Emile Hermès SARL (Chairman of the supervisory board), Pierre-Alexis Dumas (artistic director) |
| Products | High-fashion clothing and accessory manufacture and retail |
| Revenue |
 $ 5.37 billion (2016) |
| €1,299.3 million (2014) | |
| €863.3 million (2014) | |
| Total assets |
$5.63 billion (2016) |
| Total equity | €3.458.5 million (end 2014) |
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Number of employees
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11,718 (end 2014) |
| Website | www.hermes.com |
Hermès International S.A., Hermes of Paris, or simply Hermès (French pronunciation: [ɛʁmɛs]; 
i/ɛərˈmɛz/) is a French high fashion luxury goods manufacturer established in 1837, today specializing in leather, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewellery, watches and ready-to-wear. Its logo, since the 1950s, is of a Duc carriage with horse. Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski is the creative director.
Thierry Hermès (1801–1878) was born in Krefeld (Germany) to a French father and a German mother. The family moved to France in 1828. In 1837, Thierry Hermès first established Hermès as a harness workshop in the Grands Boulevards quarter of Paris, dedicated to serving . He created high-quality wrought harnesses and bridles for the carriage trade, winning several awards including the first prize in its class in 1855 and again in 1867 at the Expositions Universelles in Paris.
Hermès's son, Charles-Émile Hermès (1835–1919), took over management from his father and moved the shop in 1880 to 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré where it remains to this day. With the help of his sons Adolphe and Émile-Maurice, Charles-Émile introduced saddlery and started selling his products retail. The company catered to the élite of Europe, North Africa, Russia, Asia, and the Americas. In 1900, the firm offered the Haut à Courroies bag, specially designed for riders to carry their saddles with them.
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