Linde plc

Linde plc

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: LIN Nasdaq-100 component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component
ISIN	IE000S9YS762
Industry	Chemical industry
Founded	21 June 1879; 145 years ago (1879-06-21)
Founder	Carl von Linde
Headquarters	Woking, United Kingdom (principal executive offices) Dublin, Ireland (legal domicile)
Key people	Sanjiv Lamba (CEO) Steve Angel (chairman) Matthew J. White (CFO)
Products	Industrial gas production, medical gas and air separation physical plant engineering, logistics services
Revenue	US$33.01 billion (2024)
Operating income	US$8.635 billion (2024)
Net income	US$6.565 billion (2024)
Total assets	US$80.15 billion (2024)
Total equity	US$38.09 billion (2024)
Number of employees	65,289 (2024)
Subsidiaries	Praxair, Lincare Holdings, Afrox, American HomePatient, NuCo2, AUECC, GTG Plin, Nauticor
Website	linde.com
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Linde is a global multinational chemical company and the world's largest industrial gas supplier by market share and revenue. Founded by Carl von Linde in 1879 in Germany,^[3] the company is now headquartered in Woking, United Kingdom, and registered in Ireland as Linde plc.^[4] Linde plc was formed in 2018 through the merger of Linde AG and Praxair, which was founded in 1907 in the United States as Linde Air Products Company.

The company's primary business is the manufacturing and distribution of atmospheric gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, rare gases, and process gases, including carbon dioxide, helium, hydrogen, ammonia, electronic gases, specialty gases, and acetylene.^[1] Linde's products are used in the healthcare, petroleum refining, manufacturing, food, beverage carbonation, fiber-optics, steel making, aerospace, material handling equipment (MHE), chemicals, electronics and water treatment industries.^[1]

Linde is ranked 463rd on the Fortune Global 500^[5] and 187th on the Forbes Global 2000.^[6]