LedZepNews has created a new graphic that maps Led Zeppelin’s sprawling business network, showing how the band members used more than 50 businesses around the world to manage their royalties, properties, trademarks and vehicles.

This graphic was created using LedZepNews’ previous research into Led Zeppelin’s business network that is based on company filings in the UK and US as well as international trademark registrations.

Desktop users can hover their mouse over the image to zoom in and see the map in greater detail. On mobile, pinch to zoom:

The map includes up-to-date links such as Grant’s ownership of chunks of multiple businesses and the stakes owned by the children of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones.

We’ve also included historic information to indicate how Led Zeppelin’s business network expanded during the 1970s. For example, we’ve included the band’s business Woodhammer (Nominees) and its ownership of the mansion Hammerwood Park. We’ve also reflected the fact that Page’s business Jimmy Page Enterprises was the owner of Boleskine House, not Page personally.

Our map of the Led Zeppelin business network was created using Brazen’s new Silent Partners tool, a free online tool that lets anyone chart links between people, companies and organisations.

Brazen’s tool was inspired by artwork created by Mark Lombardi, a US artist who used this style of chart to map global conspiracies. After his death, the FBI requested access to one of his artworks about the Bank of Credit and Commerce International as the organisation investigated the 9/11 terror attacks.

LedZepNews has reported extensively on Led Zeppelin’s business affairs which are newly relevant as Helen Grant seeks to sell a 10% equity stake in four companies connected to the band.

We’ve previously reported on the global network of companies used to help Led Zeppelin minimise the taxes paid on income from the band’s 1977 US tour and used legal filings to reveal the people behind a Dutch business that employed the band members.

LedZepNews has also revealed Led Zeppelin’s full 1968 recording contract, investigated the 1973 robbery of $180,000 from Led Zeppelin by obtaining previously unseen NYPD files, covered the band’s attempts to use a Shakespearean theatre charity to avoid paying tax and charted the long history of films of the band made in 1970.

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