Pandora ( jewelry ) - Wikipedia Pandora ( jewelry ) Pandora A / S Type Publicly traded Aktieselskab Traded as Nasdaq Copenhagen : PNDORA Industry Jewellery Retail Founded 1982 Founder Per Enevoldsen Headquarters Haveneholmen 17 - 19 DK - 1561 Copenhagen, Denmark Area served Worldwide Key people Anders Colding Friis ( CEO ) Peder Tuborgh ( Chairman ) Revenue DKK 20.281 billion ( 2016 ) Operating income DKK 7.404 billion ( 2016 ) Net income DKK 6.025 billion ( 2016 ) Total assets DKK 15.085 billion ( 2016 ) Total equity DKK 6.794 billion ( 2016 ) Number of employees 22,300 ( 2017 ) Website pandoragroup.com Footnotes / references Financial Reporting Pandora A / S ( often styled PANDORA ) is an international Danish jewellery manufacturer and retailer founded in 1982 by Per Enevoldsen. The company started as a family - run jewellery shop in Copenhagen. Pandora is known for its customizable charm bracelets, designer rings, necklaces and ( now discontinued ) watches. The company has a production site in Thailand and markets its products in more than 100 countries on 6 continents with more than 7,700 points of sale. Contents 1 History 2 Distribution network 3 References 4 External links History Pandora was founded in 1982 by Danish goldsmith Per Enevoldsen and his then wife Winnie Enevoldsen. The pair began on a small scale by importing jewellery from Thailand and selling to consumers. After a successful wholesale venture, in 1989 Enevoldsen hired in - house designers and established a manufacturing site in Thailand, where it is still located. With low production costs and an efficient supply chain, the Enevoldsens could provide affordable, hand - finished jewellery for the mass market. Pandora 's collection grew to include an assortment of rings, necklaces, earrings and watches. Pandora started selling its signature bracelets in 2000 after a patent and several years of development. The Danish private equity group Axcel bought a 60 % stake in the company from the Enevoldsen family in 2008. Shares totalling DKK 9.96 billion ( US $ 1.84 billion ) were sold in an IPO in October 2010, one of the biggest IPOs in Europe that year, giving Pandora a market capitalisation of around DKK 27 billion. The company is publicly listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen Stock Exchange in Denmark and is a component of the OMX Copenhagen 20 index. Pandora became the world 's third - largest jewellery company in terms of sales, after Cartier and Tiffany & Co. In 2011, more than one piece of Pandora jewellery was sold every second on average. Shares fell nearly 80 % in 2011 after a shift in focus to higher - end designs alienated core customers, but performance recovered after a return to the more affordable mass market, with the group reporting revenue of DKK 11.9 billion and net profit in excess of DKK 3 billion in 2014. Distribution network Toronto, Fairview Mall Branch Hong Kong, YOHO Mall Branch Sales of the Pandora brand began in Europe and it first entered North America in 2003. The company opened concept stores around the world before its franchising model began in Australia in 2009. Pandora products are sold in more than 100 countries on six continents through approximately 7,700 points of sale, including approximately 2,200 concept stores. The company employs over 22,300 people, of whom 13,200 are located in Gemopolis, Thailand, the company 's sole manufacturing site since 1989. Pandora launched an online sales platform in Europe in 2011, and began working to expand its e-commerce to the majority of its markets including Australia. Europe and the United States accounted for nearly 90 % of group sales in 2014. The group announced a Chinese distribution deal in 2015, with plans to increase store numbers to `` a couple of hundred '' in China. In 2015, it bought out Oracle Investment 's shares in its Chinese distribution service. References Jump up ^ http://www.jewellermagazine.com/Article.aspx?id=234 ^ Jump up to : Rachlin, Natalia ( 6 December 2011 ). `` A Danish Fairy Tale Gone Awry ''. New York Times. Jump up ^ Lieber, Chavie ( 23 August 2016 ). `` The Charmed Life of Pandora ''. Racked. Vox Media. Retrieved 24 August 2016. Jump up ^ Arnold, Martin ( 5 October 2010 ). `` Pandora shares leap on Copenhagen debut ''. Financial Times. ^ Jump up to : Bitti, Mary Teresa ( 22 January 2014 ). `` How Pandora Jewelery grew to become a mega global brand ''. Financial Post. ^ Jump up to : Barrett, Claer ; Paton, Elizabeth ( 17 February 2015 ). `` Pandora 's jewellery earnings charm the market ''. Financial Times. Jump up ^ `` PANDORA About PANDORA - Jewellery Brand Values and History ''. PANDORA. Retrieved 2016 - 11 - 16. Jump up ^ Pandora A / S. `` PANDORA A / S NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ''. GlobeNewswire News Room. Jump up ^ Katarina Gustafsson ( 11 November 2014 ). `` Pandora Seeks to Tap ' Hopeless ' Male Shoppers With Web Expansion ''. Bloomberg. Jump up ^ Nasdaq Globe Newswire, `` PANDORA ENTERS INTO STRATEGIC ALLIANCE IN CHINA '', 17 February 2015. Accessed 19 February 2016 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pandora ( jewellery ). Official website reuters.com OMX Copenhagen 20 companies of Denmark ( March 2016 ) A.P. Møller - Mærsk Carlsberg Chr. Hansen Coloplast Danske Bank DSV FLSmidth & Co. 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Question: 6. what is the name of the danish goldsmith who founded the pandora jewelry company
Answer: Per Enevoldsen