Founded in 1966 by Mr. Pierre Bellon, Sodexho made an initial public offering of shares on Paris Bourse in 1983 and on New York Stock Exchange in 2000 and set up its global headquarters in Paris, France.
Today, with more than 40 years rich experience and successful operations in the five continents, Sodexho has become the largest multinational corporation in catering and facility management field around the world. As a global Fortune 500 company with more than 332,000 employees, Sodexho has established more than 24,000 contract operations in 80 countries by the end of 2005.
In 1995, Sodexho was the first international catering and facility management company to launch its business in Mainland China.
Today with more than 10,000 employees, Sodexho has established 4 regions in North, East, South and Central China, and has set up offices in 13 cities, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Shanghai, Qingdao, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen,Xiamen as while as Wuhan. Sodexho has always been committed to providing world-class professional total support services, training top talents, delivering the best client offerings, and more importantly contributing to the social and economic development in China.
Sodexho business scope covers catering and facility management services for business corporations, government, landscapes, schools, and hospitals, etc.