Who owns Davidoff?
Davidoff, a tobacco brand from Switzerland, is owned by Oettinger Davidoff (Switzerland).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Oettinger Davidoff — official history and Group Companies pages, Oettinger Davidoff AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Oettinger Davidoff AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Basel
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Founded
- 1968
- Category
- Tobacco & nicotine › Tobacco products › Cigars & cigarillos
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Davidoff
Davidoff cigars were created in Cuba in 1968 by Zino Davidoff, marked by an oval white cigar ring, and the brand passed into the Oettinger Group when it acquired Zino's Geneva shop in 1970. After Davidoff's relationship with Cuba's state tobacco company broke down, all Davidoff cigar production moved to Villa González in the Dominican Republic in 1991, where it remains, making Oettinger Davidoff AG the world's largest producer of handmade premium cigars, sold worldwide including the United States. Oettinger Davidoff does not own every product that carries the Davidoff name: Tchibo makes Davidoff-branded coffee under licence, and Coty makes Davidoff-branded fragrances under licence, each an entirely separate business from the cigars.
Ownership timeline of Davidoff
- Current owner Oettinger Davidoff [1] reported
Where Davidoff sits in Oettinger Davidoff
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in cigars & cigarillos, and who owns them
The 30 brands in cigars & cigarillos on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Villiger, with 7.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Constellation | Villiger | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Cohiba | Habanos | 🇨🇺 Cuba |
| Cohiba (United States) | Scandinavian Tobacco Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| H. Upmann (United States) | Tabacalera USA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Djarum Cigarillos | Djarum | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Backwoods | Imperial Brands | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Black & Mild | Altria | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jose Bartolo | Eastern Company | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
About the owner: Oettinger Davidoff
Oettinger Davidoff is a family-owned company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, founded in 1875. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control.
Oettinger Davidoff traces to a cigar shop Max Oettinger opened in Basel in 1875. Dr. Ernst Schneider took over management in 1961, and in 1970 the group acquired the Geneva shop of Zino Davidoff, whose oval white cigar ring had marked the birth of the Davidoff cigar brand, created in Cuba in 1968. When Cuban supply ended, Davidoff moved all its cigar production to Villa González, Santiago, in the Dominican Republic in 1991, where it has been made ever since. The group remains family-owned by the Schneider family, reports sales of more than half a billion Swiss francs, and runs about 4,000 employees, 65 Davidoff flagship stores and manufacturing in the Dominican Republic and Honduras (through Agroindustrias Diadema Zona Franca Honduras SA) making Camacho, Zino, Griffin's, Cusano and Private Stock alongside the flagship name.
Oettinger Davidoff: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇭 Davidoff and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 129 brands that began in Switzerland. 36 of them (28%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Davidoff is not one of them.
- Constellation — Villiger 🇨🇭
- ASTRO Gaming — Logitech 🇨🇭
- Afqlir — Sandoz 🇨🇭
- Aktifit — Emmi 🇨🇭
- Andermatt-Sedrun — Vail Resorts 🇺🇸
- Artevia — Holcim 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Davidoff?
The parent company of Davidoff is Oettinger Davidoff, a family-owned company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Davidoff owned by Tchibo?
No. Davidoff is owned by Oettinger Davidoff, not Tchibo.
Is Davidoff owned by Coty?
No. Davidoff is owned by Oettinger Davidoff, not Coty.
Is Davidoff Swiss?
Yes. Davidoff originated in Switzerland in 1968 and its owner, Oettinger Davidoff, is also headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Davidoff still owned by Oettinger Davidoff?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Davidoff is still owned by Oettinger Davidoff. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Oettinger Davidoff — official history and Group Companies pages — Oettinger Davidoff AG, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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