J Thomas & Co. Pvt. Ltd. is the largest and oldest existing tea auctioneers in the world,[1][2] handling about 200 million kg of tea annually. The genesis of J Thomas was in Calcutta, the centre of tea trade in British India. The company is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and has branches in Siliguri, Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Kochi, Coonoor, Coimbatore and Bengaluru.[3]
| Founded | 1861 (Calcutta) |
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| Founder | Robert Thomas |
| Headquarters | Kolkata , India |
Key people | Kavi Seth (Chairman & MD) Arun K Chakraborti (Vice Chairman & MD) Akhil Narayan Sapru (MD) Gaurav Ghosh (MD) Satyajeet Hazarika (Director) Arijit Dasgupta (Director) |
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| Website | www |
The company is owned by its employees.[4]
References edit
- ^ "A tea time story". The Hindu. 27 January 2012. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "World's Oldest Tea Auctioneers". 11 January 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "A taste of tea and tradition Last leap to laptop in 150th year of auctions". TheTelegraph. Archived from the original on 11 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "River of Tea: from Bengal to Britain – in pictures | Food | The Guardian". The Guardian. 31 May 2021.