Leonardo-Finmeccanica
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Formerly called
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Finmeccanica |
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| Traded as | BIT: FNC |
| Industry | Aerospace, defence |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
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Key people
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Giovanni De Gennaro (Chairman) Mauro Moretti (CEO) |
| Products | Aeronautics, helicopters, space, electronics, defence systems |
| Revenue | €12 billion (2016) |
| Profit | €507 million (2016) |
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Number of employees
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About 47,600 |
| Website | www.leonardocompany.com |
Leonardo S.p.A., formerly Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Finmeccanica, is an Italian multinational aerospace, defence and security company headquartered in Rome in Italy and with operations worldwide. It is the ninth-largest defence contractor in the world based on applicable 2014 revenues. The company is partially owned by the Italian government through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which holds 30.2% of the company's shares and is its largest shareholder.
On 1 January 2016, Leonardo-Finmeccanica became a single industrial company by integrating the activities of its subsidiaries AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, Oto Melara and WASS. The company is organised into seven divisions (Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Airborne & Space Systems, Land & Naval Defence Electronics, Defence Systems, Security & Information Systems) and is also the parent company and corporate centre for the subsidiaries and joint ventures DRS Technologies, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, MBDA and ATR. Leonardo-Finmeccanica is listed on the Borsa Italiana and is a constituent of the FTSE MIB and Dow Jones Sustainability Indices.
As of April 2016[update], the company is known by the transitional name of Leonardo-Finmeccanica as part of the restructuring process of the company carried out by CEO Mauro Moretti from the beginning of his mandate in 2014. The company changed its name to Leonardo S.p.A. on 1 January 2017, after the Italian inventor Leonardo Da Vinci.
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