Est. 1987New York · London · Antwerp · Dubai · Singapore · ShanghaiCapital · Materials · Markets
The Firm

We are who we are.

Most firms sell a story about who they are. We simply are. Since 1987 the group has grown into thirty-eight operating companies across five continents — diamonds, industrial materials, and the trading systems the markets run on — and the only thing we have ever changed is the size of the balance sheet.

Meridian Holdings Group headquarters

Meridian Holdings Group was founded in 1987 with a single conviction: that owning a business — properly, permanently, and with skin in the game — beats trading one. Since then the group has grown into thirty-eight operating companies across capital, materials, and markets. We import and export diamonds and industrial goods; we build the software hedge funds trade on; and we own the network that moves both.

We don't wear suits. We blend in. In a boardroom, a trading desk, or a sourcing floor in Shanghai, you will not know which of us is the owner. That is the point. The work is what should be visible, not the people doing it — until you decide to work with us, and then you will know exactly who you are dealing with.

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The Standard

Four positions we have held since 1987.

1987
Founded, New York
38
Operating Companies
46
Countries
180K
Employees
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Since 1987

A short history, told briefly.

1987Founded in New York with a single operating company and a permanent-capital mandate.
1994The first dividend is paid. It has been paid, without interruption, every year since.
1999First international acquisition. The group becomes a holding company in the true sense.
2008Bought while others sold. Eight of the group's longest-held positions date from this year.
2013Aurelian Diamonds comes into the group, with a desk opened in Antwerp. Precious commodities become a permanent holding.
2015Vertex Quantitative is built in-house. The trading systems the markets run on become a product we sell to the world.
2019Halcyon Industrial consolidates the group's materials trade — chemical to construction — under one division.
2026$42 billion under management. Thirty-eight companies. Four continents. The same conviction.
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Leadership

The people who sit with the businesses they oversee.

A. WhitfieldChairman

Founded the group in 1987. Still chairs every divisional board.

E. MarchettiChief Executive

Leads the group's operating strategy across all six divisions.

J. OkaforChief Investment Officer

Runs Meridian Capital and the group's market mandate. Has held every position he has made since 2009.

S. LindqvistChief Operating Officer

Owns diamonds, materials, and the supply chain across 46 countries.

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