OTB Group is a privately held company headquartered in Breganze, Italy that owns 5 consumer brands, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1]
OTB stands for Only The Brave and is the private holding company of Renzo Rosso, who founded Diesel. It bought several houses that larger groups passed over and is the fourth significant Italian luxury owner after LVMH, Kering and Prada.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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OTB bought Jil Sander from the Japanese group Onward Holdings in 2021, adding a minimalist German house to a portfolio built around Diesel and Maison Margiela. Neither side disclosed a price. OTB reported the following February that Jil Sander had reached break-even nine months after joining the group. Only the year is recorded here.
OTB took full control of Marni in 2015, two years after first investing in the Milanese house. The group has never disclosed the terms of either step. Only the year of the full acquisition is recorded here; OTB held a stake it has not quantified between 2013 and 2015.
Renzo Rosso became the majority shareholder of Maison Margiela in 2002, the same year he founded OTB as a holding company for Diesel and the acquisitions he intended to make. The group took full control of the brand in 2006. OTB is privately held and has never published what it paid. Only the year is recorded here.
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OTB Group owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Viktor&Rolf, Jil Sander, Marni, Diesel and Maison Margiela.
Yes. OTB Group is headquartered in Breganze, Italy and was founded in 2002.
OTB Group is privately held. OTB stands for Only The Brave and is the private holding company of Renzo Rosso, who founded Diesel.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Jil Sander on 1 January 2021.
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