Braun is owned by Procter & Gamble (the United States, NYSE: PG), which acquired the brand on 1 October 2005 for $57 billion from The Gillette Company.[1][2] Before Procter & Gamble, Braun was owned by The Gillette Company to 2005.[2]
Braun is a German appliance maker founded in Frankfurt in 1921, best known for electric shavers and for the industrial design work of Dieter Rams, whose products from the 1950s to the 1990s are held in major museum collections. Gillette acquired it in 1967 and it came to Procter & Gamble in 2005.
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Procter & Gamble acquired The Gillette Company in an all-stock deal, adding razors, Oral-B and Braun and making it the largest consumer goods company in the world at the time. Regulators required divestitures in electric toothbrushes and deodorants.
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The parent company of Braun is Procter & Gamble, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Braun originated in Germany in 1921, but it is owned today by Procter & Gamble, which is headquartered in the United States. So Braun is a German-origin brand under American ownership.
Procter & Gamble completed its acquisition of Braun on 1 October 2005, after announcing the deal on 28 January 2005. The deal was valued at $57 billion.
Before Procter & Gamble, Braun was owned by The Gillette Company until 2005.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Braun is still owned by Procter & Gamble. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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