Maison Margiela is owned by OTB Group (Italy), which acquired the brand in 2002.[1][2] Maison Margiela was founded in 1988 in Paris and was independent until 2002.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Brands – OTB Group, OTB S.p.A. Last checked .
Martin Margiela never appeared in public or gave photographed interviews, and his garments carry a blank white label held by four visible stitches rather than a logo. OTB acquired a majority in 2002, and the founder left the house in 2009.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full OTB Group ownership tree →
See the full OTB Group brand portfolio (5) →
OTB Group controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in apparel, footwear & accessories.
The 40 brands in luxury fashion & leather goods on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is LVMH, with 8; OTB Group has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Berluti | LVMH | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alexander McQueen | Kering | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alaïa | Richemont | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Burberry | Burberry | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Miu Miu | Prada Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Thom Browne | Zegna | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Giorgio Armani | Armani | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Versace | Capri Holdings | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
Every brand in luxury fashion & leather goods and its owner →
OTB Group is a privately held company headquartered in Breganze, Italy, founded in 2002. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
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.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Maison Margiela among them.
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.
The parent company of Maison Margiela is OTB Group, a privately held company headquartered in Italy.
Maison Margiela originated in France in 1988, but it is owned today by OTB Group, which is headquartered in Italy. So Maison Margiela is a French-origin brand under Italian ownership.
OTB Group completed its acquisition of Maison Margiela in 2002. The price was not disclosed.
Maison Margiela was an independent company from its founding in 1988 in Paris until OTB Group acquired it in 2002.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Maison Margiela is still owned by OTB Group. 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.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.
Brandtree needs to remember this choice and does not set any other cookie unless you accept.
If you choose “Accept all”, we also use Google Analytics cookies to count visits and see which pages help, so we can improve the site.
If you choose “Accept required”, no analytics cookie is set. Google Analytics still receives a cookieless ping with the page address and your IP address. No advertising is used either way. Privacy policy