# Shell
> British multinational oil and gas company.

Basic company reference. Business areas, products and practical answers have not been added.

- Canonical entity: https://readyscan.ai/entities/shell-q154950
- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.shell.com/
- Category: [Energy](https://readyscan.ai/directory/energy)
- Machine record: https://readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/shell-q154950.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:b064276489d9f1eb
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:ab7c380dbddb101a
- Published: 2026-09-29
- Modified: 2026-09-29

## Company details
- [Founded](https://readyscan.ai/entities/shell-q154950#company-fact-wikidata-p571-853d6cf3bc77252a): 1890 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q154950.json?revision=2549840798

## Historical figures
Newest available observations first. These figures describe their stated dates, not the company today.
- [Employees](https://readyscan.ai/entities/shell-q154950#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-e2d153987bfaec6c): 90,000 employees (as of 2023) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q154950.json?revision=2549840798

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## Company sources
- [Shell — Wikidata Q154950](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q154950.json?revision=2549840798) — Wikidata

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- [CC0 1.0 Universal](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) — Wikidata

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