Thorn EMI

Thorn EMI plc
Company typePublic
IndustryMusic, video, defence equipment
Founded1979 (1979) with the merger of Thorn Electrical Industries and The EMI Group
Defunct1996 (1996)
FateDemerged and subsequently broken up
Headquarters
London
,
England
Key people
  • Sir Richard Cave, Founding chairman
  • Sir John Reid, Founding chief executive
SubsidiariesEMI

Thorn EMI was a major British company involved in consumer electronics, music, defence and retail. Created in October 1979, when Thorn Electrical Industries merged with EMI, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It demerged back to separate companies in 1996.


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