Who owns OPI?
OPI is owned by KKR (the United States, NYSE: KKR) through its subsidiary Wella Company, which has owned the brand since 1 December 2020.[1]
KKR owns 60% of Wella Company rather than all of it.
Evidence: Coty Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K, SEC EDGAR. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- KKR & Co. Inc. via Wella Company reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles, California
- Founded
- 1981
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Cosmetics & fragrance › Nail care
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: KKR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About OPI
OPI is a professional nail polish brand founded in Los Angeles in 1981, known for shade names that are jokes and puns rather than colour descriptions. It came to Wella Company through Coty, which had acquired it with the Procter & Gamble beauty brands.
Ownership timeline of OPI
Where OPI sits in KKR
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by KKR
KKR controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
- ghd (2001)
- Nioxin (1987)
- Wella Professionals (1880)
Founded in the 1980s
- Country Crock (1981)
Other brands in nail care, and who owns them
The 11 brands in nail care on Brandtree belong to 7 owners. The largest is Kiss, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Broadway Nails | Kiss | 🇺🇸 United States |
| CND | Revlon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Sally Hansen | Coty | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Essie | L'Oréal | 🇫🇷 France |
| ORLY | ORLY | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Beauty Secrets | Sally Beauty Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| imPRESS | Kiss | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KISS | Kiss | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: KKR
KKR is a private-equity firm headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 1976. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: KKR.
KKR was founded in 1976 and effectively invented the leveraged buyout as a large-scale business, most famously with its 1988 takeover of RJR Nabisco. Its consumer holdings are held through funds rather than permanently, so brands under its control are expected to be sold within several years.
🇺🇸 OPI and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; OPI is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of OPI?
The parent company of OPI is KKR, a private-equity firm headquartered in the United States. OPI sits under KKR's subsidiary Wella Company.
Is OPI American?
Yes. OPI originated in the United States in 1981 and its owner, KKR, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Wella Company owned OPI?
Wella Company has owned OPI since 1 December 2020. KKR has held Wella Company since 1 December 2020.
Is OPI still owned by KKR?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, OPI is still owned by KKR. 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] Coty Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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