Who owns Opera?
Opera is owned by Kunlun Tech (China, SZSE: 300418) through its subsidiary Opera Limited.[1]
Kunlun Tech owns 68% of Opera Limited rather than all of it.
Evidence: Opera Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025, SEC EDGAR, 27 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. via Opera verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇳🇴 Norway
- Founded
- 1996
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Operating systems & browsers
- Parent ticker
- SZSE: 300418
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Opera
Opera is the browser the company is named after, and the first Opera-branded version was released in 1996. The flagship desktop and mobile edition is now called Opera One, built around a modular design with the Opera AI assistant in the interface rather than bolted on as an extension. Opera's browsers together reached about 258 million average monthly active users in the final quarter of 2025, which makes it one of the very few independent browser makers left at any scale. Tabbed browsing, data compression, PC-to-mobile sync, ad blocking and a built-in VPN all arrived here early.
Ownership timeline of Opera
- Current owner Kunlun Tech via Opera [1] verified
Where Opera sits in Kunlun Tech
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech controls 10 brands on Brandtree, 10 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- GameMaker
- MiniPay
- Opera Ads
- Opera AI
- Opera Air (2025)
- Opera GX
- Opera Mini
- Opera Neon (2025)
- Opera News (2017)
Other brands in operating systems & browsers, and who owns them
The 18 brands in operating systems & browsers on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Apple, with 7; Kunlun Tech has 5.
About the owner: Kunlun Tech
Kunlun Tech is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China. Brandtree records 10 brands under its control, and it is listed as SZSE: 300418.
Kunlun Tech is a Chinese internet company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the code 300418, with its business address in the Dongcheng District of Beijing. It appears here because of what it owns rather than what it sells: Opera's own annual report names Kunlun Tech the ultimate parent of Opera, held through its Hong Kong subsidiary Hong Kong Kunlun Tech Holding Limited, which beneficially owns 68 per cent of Opera's shares and makes Opera a controlled company under Nasdaq rules. Kunlun is itself controlled by James Yahui Zhou, who is also Opera's executive chairman and who holds 11.6 per cent of Kunlun directly and a further 15.1 per cent through a Beijing limited partnership he is the general partner of. Certain Opera employees are paid in options over Kunlun shares.
🇳🇴 Opera and other Norwegian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 63 brands that began in Norway. 18 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Opera among them.
- Penger.no — Schibsted Media 🇳🇴
- TIDAL — Block 🇺🇸
- Awilco LNG — Awilco LNG 🇳🇴
- Byggmakker — Kesko 🇫🇮
- Color Line — Color Line 🇳🇴
- Diplom-Is — TINE 🇳🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Opera?
The parent company of Opera is Kunlun Tech, a publicly listed company headquartered in China. Opera sits under Kunlun Tech's subsidiary Opera Limited.
Is Opera Norwegian or Chinese?
Opera originated in Norway in 1996, but it is owned today by Kunlun Tech, which is headquartered in China. So Opera is a Norwegian-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Is Opera still owned by Kunlun Tech?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, Opera is still owned by Kunlun Tech. 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] Opera Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2025 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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