Company Story
1800 - Founding of the company by the Société Générale de Belgique
1830 - Creation of the Banque de Belgique, precursor to Groupe Bruxelles Lambert
1930 - Merger with the Banque Lambert, creating the Banque Lambert Duvivier
1972 - Creation of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) as a holding company
1987 - GBL acquires a stake in the Belgian bank, BBL
1990 - GBL increases its stake in BBL to 25%
2001 - GBL acquires a stake in the Swiss luxury goods company, Richemont
2005 - GBL increases its stake in SGS to 15.1%
2011 - GBL acquires a stake in the French media company, Lagardère
2015 - GBL increases its stake in Imerys to 23.4%
2019 - GBL acquires a stake in the German pharmaceutical company, Siemens Healthineers