Who owns Rakuten Viber?
Rakuten Viber is owned by Rakuten (Japan, TSE: 4755), which has owned the brand since 2014.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Annual Securities Report ("Yukashoken-Hokokusho"), Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025, Rakuten Group, Inc, 26 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Rakuten Group, Inc. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Email & messaging
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4755
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Rakuten Viber
Viber Media was consolidated as a Rakuten subsidiary in March 2014 and the messaging and voice-over-IP service is now marketed as Rakuten Viber. The holding company, Viber Media S.à r.l., is registered in Luxembourg and wholly owned, and Rakuten's management analysis names Rakuten Viber alongside Rakuten Kobo as one of the overseas businesses growing within its Internet Services segment.
Ownership timeline of Rakuten Viber
Where Rakuten Viber sits in Rakuten
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Rakuten
Rakuten controls 12 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in email & messaging, and who owns them
The 18 brands in email & messaging on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Snap, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Messenger | Meta | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Firefox Relay | Mozilla | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bitmoji | Snap | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Mail.ru Email | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Gmail | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Yahoo Mail | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KakaoTalk | Kakao | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| LINE | LY Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Rakuten
Rakuten is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 12 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4755.
Rakuten was founded in May 1997 as MDM Co., Ltd. with ¥10 million of capital, to build an online commerce server and run an internet shopping mall called Rakuten Ichiba. It was renamed Rakuten, Inc. in June 1999 and Rakuten Group, Inc. in April 2021, and its shares moved to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in April 2022. The group reports three segments — Internet Services, FinTech and Mobile — and recorded revenue of ¥2,496,575 million and a net loss attributable to owners of ¥177,886 million for 2025, with 29,419 employees. Its head office is at 1-14-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.
🇱🇺 Rakuten Viber and other Luxembourgish brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 14 brands that began in Luxembourg. 2 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Rakuten Viber among them.
- Tigo Money — Millicom 🇱🇺
- Battin — Brasserie Nationale 🇱🇺
- Cargolux — Cargolux 🇱🇺
- Luxair — Luxair 🇱🇺
- Luxaviation — Luxaviation 🇱🇺
- RTL — Bertelsmann 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rakuten Viber?
The parent company of Rakuten Viber is Rakuten, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Rakuten Viber Luxembourgish or Japanese?
Rakuten Viber originated in Luxembourg, but it is owned today by Rakuten, which is headquartered in Japan. So Rakuten Viber is a Luxembourgish-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Since when has Rakuten owned Rakuten Viber?
Rakuten has owned Rakuten Viber since 2014.
Is Rakuten Viber still owned by Rakuten?
Yes. As of 27 September 2026, Rakuten Viber is still owned by Rakuten. 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] Annual Securities Report ("Yukashoken-Hokokusho"), Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 — Rakuten Group, Inc., Annual report, published 26 March 2026; retrieved 27 September 2026.
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