Kering (EPA: KER) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France that owns 10 consumer brands across 2 categories, and has 6 recorded transactions.[1]
Kering began in 1963 as a timber business founded by François Pinault, became the retail group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, and transformed into a luxury group, taking the Kering name in 2013. The Pinault family holding Artémis controls it.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Kering acquired thirty per cent of Valentino from the Qatari fund Mayhoola for €1.7 billion, with an agreement that could take it to full ownership by 2028. It is a minority stake, so Kering does not control Valentino, and the brand record here says so.
Kering acquired a majority of the Milanese jeweller Pomellato, which had applied ready-to-wear thinking to fine jewellery by making pieces in series rather than one at a time. The price was not disclosed.
Gucci bought the Florentine porcelain house Richard Ginori out of insolvency, keeping a manufacturer that had operated since 1735 from being broken up. It is the only tableware business in a group otherwise built on fashion and jewellery.
Kering acquired Qeelin, a Hong Kong fine jewellery house drawing on Chinese symbolism. It was the group's first purchase of a Chinese luxury brand, made as Chinese demand was reshaping the industry. The price was not disclosed.
PPR, which became Kering, acquired the Roman tailoring house Brioni. It was the group's move into high-end menswear, a category its luxury rivals had largely left alone. The price was not disclosed.
L'Oréal bought Kering Beauté, completing on 31 March 2026 a deal valued at €4 billion and payable in cash at closing. It took ownership of the House of Creed perfume business outright and signed fifty-year exclusive licences to create and sell fragrance and beauty products under the Bottega Veneta and Balenciaga names from closing; the right to a fifty-year Gucci licence begins when Coty's existing Gucci licence expires. The fashion houses themselves remain Kering's, so only Creed changed owner.
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Kering owns 10 consumer brands tracked here, including Brioni, Ginori 1735, Gucci, Boucheron, Balenciaga and Qeelin.
Yes. Kering is headquartered in Paris, France and was founded in 1963.
Kering is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as KER on the EPA.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Valentino on 8 December 2023.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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