Deutsche Post AG, operating under the trade name Deutsche Post DHL, is the world's largest air courier company. With its headquarters in Bonn, the corporation has 467,088 employees in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide and generated revenue of € 51.48 billion in 2010. Deutsche Post is the successor to the German mail authority Deutsche Bundespost, which was privatized in 1995. Currently, 30.5% of its shares are held by the state-owned KfW bank, 69.5% are freely floating; 62.0% of which are held by institutional and 7.5% by private investors. Since its privatization,... Deutsche Post has significantly expanded its business area through acquisitions. Deutsche Post is listed in the DAX stock market index. The Mail division delivers approximately 70 million letters in Germany, six days a week and provides services across the entire mail value chain, including production facilities at central hubs, sales offices and production centers on four continents, as well as direct connections to more than 200 countries.
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| Founded: | 1995 |
| Headquarters: | Bonn, Germany |
| Annual revenue: | $90,472,000,000 |
| Net income: | €1,389,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $1,901,000,000 |
| Employees: | 536,350 |
| Industries: | Postal Service, Logistics |