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* Support for schools in Xinjiang region of China: book donations, renovations, exchange program for high school students from Hong Kong and United States, Eco-Mobile, scholarships for students whose parents are HIV positive <ref>Esquel Sustainability Report</ref>
===Business scope===
====Lines of business====
====Creditors====
===Number of employees worldwide===
2005: 44,894 <ref>Esquel Sustainability Report </ref>
===Chief executive officer===
Marjorie Yang
===Financial information===
====List of largest shareholders====
Wholly family-owned
====Total revenue====
====Net income====
===Geographic scope===
0.1% Other <br />
Source: <ref> Measuring Sustainability </ref>
===Primary industry ranking===
* Fortune Global Power 50 (Women) 2005 rank: 41 <br /> (Marjorie Yang, Chairman and CEO; 2004 rank: 44)<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/14/8360704/index.htm Global Power 50], ''Fortune'' (via ''CNN Money''), November 14, 2005.</ref>
====Historical financial results====
2000 Revenues: USD 500,000,000 <ref>Measuring Sustainability</ref>
====Readings on company====
* Murphy, C. 2003. "The Daughter Also Rises: Marjorie Yang took over the family shirt business - then turned it inside out." Fortune (European Edition) 148(8): 50-57.
===Business strategy===
"Esquel's core strategy for years has been to go upmarket. In the late 1980s that meant our operations had to reach Japanese quality. Now we want to reach Italian quality, which is the best in the world. To do that, I wanted to invest $150 million in a brand-new fabric mill to increase our capacity and make us the mill with the highest quality in China... We grow our own high-quality cotton in western China--why not make the most of it? My bet is that with the end of quotas, more people are going to invest in the low end than the high end. If Esquel can reach the pinnacle of quality, profit margins are better and competition is less. The first company in China to get there is going to have a big advantage... it is critical if we want to be the best shirtmaker in the world. My goal is for Esquel to be a billion-dollar company by 2008, double what we are now." -- Marjorie Yang interviewed for [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/14/8360725/index.htm Fortune Nov. 14, 2005]
===Governance===
====Executive/director compensation====
==Articles and resources==