Founded in 2005, Yanolja is a global travel technology company that provides cloud-based software and operates a distribution platform connecting hotels, airlines, and car rentals with sales channels worldwide. The company says that it uses artificial intelligence and data-driven solutions to help travelers with their booking plans.
Sberbank, Russia’s largest banking and financial services company, is a majority state-owned institution headquartered in Moscow that evolved from the Soviet Union’s State Labor Savings Banks System. Led by Herman Gref, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, since 2007, the bank accounts for approximately one-third of all banking assets in Russia. Sberbank has faced multiple rounds of international sanctions since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, with restrictions intensifying dramatically following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. In February 2022, the United States imposed severe operational restrictions on Sberbank, causing its stock to lose more than half its value, while the European Union enacted comprehensive sanctions in July 2022. These measures forced Sberbank to exit European markets, with many of its overseas subsidiaries subsequently losing licenses, closing operations, or entering receivership. Despite these sanctions, in July 2024, Sberbank paid record dividends of 752 billion rubles ($8.5 billion) for 2023, with half going to the Russian state.
China National Petroleum Corporation or CNPC (中國石油天然氣集團有限公司) is China’s largest state-owned oil and gas company. CNPC began Middle East operations around 2008-2009, entering Iraq’s petroleum market with the Ahdeb project, a major oil field development, marking the first foreign oil company in post-war Iraq. CNPC’s Middle East operations coordinate investments in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman.
Dailymotion is a French video-sharing and streaming platform founded in 2005. The company operates three main divisions: a consumer video app, Dailymotion Pro for professional video hosting and broadcasting, and Dailymotion Advertising.
CMA CGM Group is a French shipping and logistics company founded in Marseille in 1978. In 2024, CMA Media completed a major expansion by acquiring French news channels BFM TV, BFM Business, and radio station RMC, extending its presence across digital, audiovisual, print, and business-to-business event platforms.
LVMH is the world’s largest multinational luxury goods conglomerate, ranking on Fortune magazine’s Global 500 list of companies, with headquarters in Paris, France. Founded in 1987 through the merger of Louis Vuitton and the beverages group Moët Hennessy, the group operates 60 independently managed subsidiary brands spanning champagne, fashion, jewelry, cosmetics, and other luxury sectors. Beyond its core luxury goods business, LVMH also owns two newspapers, including Les Échos and Le Parisien.
CMA CGM Group (Le Groupe CMA CGM) is a container shipping company founded in 1978 by Jacques R. Saadé, a Lebanese-French businessman. Headquartered in Marseille, the company operates a fleet of 620 vessels serving over 420 ports across five continents. The group’s network spans all major continents, with over 400 offices and 750 warehouses in 160 countries. The company, whose holdings include media brands such as BFM TV, established an office in Taiwan on April 1, 2002, providing regional and international shipping services.
Dassault Group, formally known as Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault, is a French defense and aerospace conglomerate and one of the country’s largest family-owned enterprises. Founded in 1929 and headquartered in Paris, the group manufactures military and business aircraft through its subsidiary Dassault Aviation, and owns the conservative newspaper Le Figaro, acquired in 2004. The name derives from founder Marcel Bloch, who changed his name to Marcel Dassault after World War II. One of Dassault Systèmes’ main products includes the Rafale and Mirage fighter aircraft series, with the Mirage 2000, which serves as one of Taiwan’s primary air-defense aircraft.
Eni S.p.A. ( Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi) is an Italian multinational energy company established on February 10, 1953. The company was founded under the leadership of Enrico Mattei, who served as its first chairman, to rebuild Italy’s energy policy and secure the country’s energy independence following World War II. Headquartered in Rome, Eni operates across oil and gas exploration and production, refining, marketing, and, increasingly, renewable energy. The Italian government maintains control through a 31.835% combined stake held by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and state-controlled Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.