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[[Hortalez et Cie]], {{LIC}} is one of the major {{Imperial}} [[Megacorporation]]s. | [[Hortalez et Cie]], {{LIC}} is one of the major {{Imperial}} [[Megacorporation]]s. | ||
| − | * It is the dominant insurance and financial services company within the Imperium. | + | * It is the dominant insurance and financial services company within the [[Third Imperium]]. |
* It primarily operates within [[Charted Space]]. | * It primarily operates within [[Charted Space]]. | ||
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== Description ([[Portfolio]]) == | == Description ([[Portfolio]]) == | ||
| − | ''Hortalez et Cie'' has its fingers in financial and credit transactions at all levels of society. | + | ''Hortalez et Cie'' has its fingers in financial and credit transactions at all levels of Imperial society. This corporation was founded in [[221]] by [[Lucienne Hortalez]], capitalised from family funds. |
=== [[Commercial Competencies]] === | === [[Commercial Competencies]] === | ||
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* [[Hortalez family]] (Via [[Hortalez Family Trust]]) — 74% | * [[Hortalez family]] (Via [[Hortalez Family Trust]]) — 74% | ||
* Other corporations — 15% | * Other corporations — 15% | ||
| − | * [[Zirunkariish]] — 7% | + | * ''[[Zirunkariish]]'' — 7% |
* [[Imperial family]] — 5% | * [[Imperial family]] — 5% | ||
* Other — 6% | * Other — 6% | ||
Stock ownership (1126): | Stock ownership (1126): | ||
* Hortalez Family: 71% | * Hortalez Family: 71% | ||
| − | * Zirunkarlish — 1% | + | * ''Zirunkarlish'' — 1% |
| − | * Naasirka — 5% | + | * ''Naasirka'' — 5% |
| − | * Makhidkarun — 2% | + | * ''Makhidkarun'' — 2% |
* Imperial Family — 5% | * Imperial Family — 5% | ||
* Private Investors — 3% | * Private Investors — 3% | ||
| − | * Murdoch Holdings — 3% | + | * ''Murdoch Holdings'' — 3% |
* Noble Families — 4% | * Noble Families — 4% | ||
* Other — 6% | * Other — 6% | ||
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=== [[Subsidiaries]] and Holding in other [[Megacorporation]]s === | === [[Subsidiaries]] and Holding in other [[Megacorporation]]s === | ||
====([[1105]])==== | ====([[1105]])==== | ||
| − | * [[Musizis Pen]] | + | * ''[[Musizis Pen]]'' |
| − | * [[Zaimen, Clammath and Hollings]] | + | * ''[[Zaimen, Clammath and Hollings]]'' |
====After ([[1126]])==== | ====After ([[1126]])==== | ||
* [[Megacorporation]]s | * [[Megacorporation]]s | ||
| − | ** General Products: 4% | + | ** ''General Products'': 4% |
| − | ** GSbAG: 41% (Control) | + | ** ''GSbAG'': 41% (Control) |
| − | ** Instellarms: 40% (Control) | + | ** ''Instellarms'': 40% (Control) |
| − | ** Ling Standard Products: 32% (Control) | + | ** ''Ling-Standard Products'': 32% (Control) |
| − | ** Makhidkarun: 14% | + | ** ''Makhidkarun'': 14% |
| − | ** SuSAG: 6% | + | ** ''SuSAG'': 6% |
| − | ** Sharurshid: 4% | + | ** ''Sharurshid'': 4% |
| − | ** Sternmetal Horizons: 45% (Control) | + | ** ''Sternmetal Horizons'': 45% (Control) |
| − | ** Zirunkarlish: 3% | + | ** ''Zirunkarlish'': 3% |
* Other | * Other | ||
| − | ** [[Musizis Pen]]: 100% (Control) | + | ** ''[[Musizis Pen]]'': 100% (Control) |
| − | ** [[Zaimen, Clammath and Hollings]]: 100% (Control) | + | ** ''[[Zaimen, Clammath and Hollings]]'': 100% (Control) |
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | == History & Background ([[Dossier]]) == | ||
It was founded in [[221]] by [[Hortalez family|Lucienne Hortalez]], capitalized from family funds. | It was founded in [[221]] by [[Hortalez family|Lucienne Hortalez]], capitalized from family funds. | ||
| − | * The name of the company comes from the venerated [[French]] language of [[Terra]]. | + | * The name of the company comes from the venerated [[French]] language of [[Terra (world)|Terra]]. |
# Older logos used throughout spinward space since the 800s. <br> [[File:Hortalez_et_Cie.jpg|150px]] [[File:HortalezEtCie.png|150 px]] | # Older logos used throughout spinward space since the 800s. <br> [[File:Hortalez_et_Cie.jpg|150px]] [[File:HortalezEtCie.png|150 px]] | ||
=== Trade Partners === | === Trade Partners === | ||
| − | * [[Naasirka]] | + | * ''[[Naasirka]]'' |
| − | * [[Sharurshid]] | + | * ''[[Sharurshid]]'' |
=== Trade Competitors === | === Trade Competitors === | ||
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===Popular Culture=== | ===Popular Culture=== | ||
| − | After [[1126]], the term [[Hortalez et Cie|Hortalez]] came to represent the more rapacious individual out to make a profit at anyone's expense. | + | After [[1126]], the term ''[[Hortalez et Cie|Hortalez]]'' came to represent the more rapacious individual out to make a profit at anyone's expense. |
== [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) == | == [[World]]s & [[Sector]]s ([[Astrography]]) == | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 10 November 2024
Hortalez et Cie, LIC is one of the major Imperial Megacorporations.
- It is the dominant insurance and financial services company within the Third Imperium.
- It primarily operates within Charted Space.
Market Ticker Code
This business entity is traded under the following interstellar market code/s:
| Market Ticker Code | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Code | Type | Charter | Remarks | |
| Hortalez et Cie | HetC-Fina-MEGA | 4 to 12 alphanumeric character | LIC | None | |
Description (Portfolio)
Hortalez et Cie has its fingers in financial and credit transactions at all levels of Imperial society. This corporation was founded in 221 by Lucienne Hortalez, capitalised from family funds.
Commercial Competencies
- Banking
- Financial Arrangements
- Investments
Competency Remarks
It is primarily a banking and investment house, which specializes in:
- Loans to planetary governments
- Mercenary unit bonding
- Underwriting of large scale projects of all sorts
- And other fiscal activities
In some regions (the Spinward Marches Sector especially) the firm acts as a mercenary clearinghouse.
Stockholders
Stock ownership (1105):
- Hortalez family (Via Hortalez Family Trust) — 74%
- Other corporations — 15%
- Zirunkariish — 7%
- Imperial family — 5%
- Other — 6%
Stock ownership (1126):
- Hortalez Family: 71%
- Zirunkarlish — 1%
- Naasirka — 5%
- Makhidkarun — 2%
- Imperial Family — 5%
- Private Investors — 3%
- Murdoch Holdings — 3%
- Noble Families — 4%
- Other — 6%
Subsidiaries and Holding in other Megacorporations
(1105)
After (1126)
- Megacorporations
- General Products: 4%
- GSbAG: 41% (Control)
- Instellarms: 40% (Control)
- Ling-Standard Products: 32% (Control)
- Makhidkarun: 14%
- SuSAG: 6%
- Sharurshid: 4%
- Sternmetal Horizons: 45% (Control)
- Zirunkarlish: 3%
- Other
- Musizis Pen: 100% (Control)
- Zaimen, Clammath and Hollings: 100% (Control)
History & Background (Dossier)
It was founded in 221 by Lucienne Hortalez, capitalized from family funds.
- Older logos used throughout spinward space since the 800s.
Trade Partners
Trade Competitors
No information yet available.
Corporate Timeline
- 221: Founded
- 1122 to 001-1126: Great Asset Swap orchestrated.
Popular Culture
After 1126, the term Hortalez came to represent the more rapacious individual out to make a profit at anyone's expense.
Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)
This business is best known for frequenting the markets of the following worlds and systems:
Charted Space:
- Third Imperium: As a megacorporation, it has operations and facilities across Imperial space, in all sectors.
Core Sector
Hortalez et Cie has funded one of the most ambitious terraforming projects to date in the Imperium, on the world of Ameros. The goal of the pilot project is to completely transform the surface of Ameros from a barren airless rock into a world with a thin atmosphere and a 10% hydrosphere in less than 100 years.
Daibei Sector
Hortalez et Cie maintains a regional office on the sector capital of Warinir.
Reaver's Deep Sector
Hortalez et Cie owns and operates the highport in orbit above Diablo, an Imperial world in Drexilthar Subsector.
Reft Sector
Hortalez et Cie has little interest in Reft Sector, other than the region "beneath the claw". Although well known for bankrolling colonial operations and construction projects, the megacorporation seems to have decided to stay out of the Islands Cluster market.
Facilities Data
This business is known to host major facilities in the following locations:
World Listing
This business can be found on the following worlds and systems:
11 of 11 World articles in Hortalez et Cie
975-452 • Ameros • Diablo (RD 2423) • Enos • Ershur (Ma 0504) • Gagaridir • Horosho • Miam • Noscius • Rubrak • Starn •
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