What is "sofina"

Sofina, Société Financière de Transports et d'Entreprises Industrielles, is a Belgian holding company, headquartered in Brussels, which invests in several industrial sectors such as telecommunication (7%), portfolio companies, banks and insurance (6%), private equity (6%), services within the company (18%), consumer goods (31%), energy (6%), distribution (8%) and various other sectors (10%). Geographically, Sofina has investments located in Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and North America.

The company has holdings in Richemont, Colruyt, Danone, SES S.A., GDF Suez, Eurazeo and Delhaize.

Historically, the company also owned the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company, which was one of the largest tram operators in the world at the time.