SA Louis Dreyfus & Cie engages in processing, trading, and merchandising various agricultural and energy commodities. Its diversified businesses include commodity merchandising, citrus processing, agricultural financial risk management, real estate management, shipping, and telecommunications. The company engages in trading and merchandising of commodities, such as grains and oilseeds, cotton, sugar, coffee, non-ferrous metals, and raw materials, as well as energy products. SA Louis Dreyfus also engages in the ownership and management of ocean vessels; in the development and operation of telecommunications infrastructures; and in the ownership, management, and development of real estate. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Paris, France with additional offices in Beijing, China; Buenos Aires, Argentina; London; Singapore; São Paulo, Brazil; Wilton, Connecticut; and Memphis, Tennessee.