Bulgari is owned by LVMH (France, EPA: MC), which acquired the brand on 30 September 2011 for €4.3 billion.[1] Bulgari was founded in 1884 in Rome and was independent until 2011.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: LVMH Universal Registration Document 2025, 1 March 2026. Last checked .
Bulgari is a Roman jeweller founded in 1884 by a Greek silversmith, known for coloured gemstones and a Mediterranean aesthetic distinct from the Parisian houses. LVMH acquired it in 2011 in a share exchange with the founding family that valued it at about €4.3 billion.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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LVMH controls 20 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
The 72 brands in jewellery & watches on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Signet Jewelers, with 9; LVMH has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banter by Piercing Pagoda | Signet Jewelers | 🇧🇲 Bermuda |
| A. Lange & Söhne | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| CaratLane | Titan | 🇮🇳 India |
| Blancpain | Swatch Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Concord | Movado Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Pandora | Pandora | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| ARTA by PNJ | PNJ | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| ATTESA | Citizen Watch | 🇯🇵 Japan |
LVMH is a publicly listed company headquartered in Paris, France, founded in 1987. Brandtree records 20 brands under its control, and it is listed as EPA: MC.
LVMH was formed in 1987 by the merger of Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy and is the largest luxury group in the world. It is controlled by the Arnault family through the holding company Christian Dior SE.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 210 brands that began in Italy. 77 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Bulgari among them.
LVMH acquired Bulgari for about €4.3 billion, paying largely in shares so that the founding family became a substantial LVMH shareholder rather than simply selling out. It remains one of the largest jewellery acquisitions ever made.
The parent company of Bulgari is LVMH, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Bulgari originated in Italy in 1884, but it is owned today by LVMH, which is headquartered in France. So Bulgari is an Italian-origin brand under French ownership.
LVMH completed its acquisition of Bulgari on 30 September 2011, after announcing the deal on 7 March 2011. The deal was valued at €4.3 billion (enterprise value).
Bulgari was an independent company from its founding in 1884 in Rome until LVMH acquired it in 2011.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Bulgari is still owned by LVMH. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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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