Ralph Lauren: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States that owns 2 consumer brands, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]
Ralph Lauren Corporation was founded in 1967 when Ralph Lifshitz, later Lauren, began selling wide neckties from a drawer in the Empire State Building. It became a full lifestyle brand covering clothing, home furnishings and fragrance, and the founder retains voting control.
Ralph Lauren sold Club Monaco to Regent, a Los Angeles private investment firm, having owned the Canadian contemporary clothing brand since 1999. The price was not disclosed. Ralph Lauren had been narrowing its portfolio to concentrate on its own name.