Who owns Wild Planet?
Wild Planet is owned by Bolton Group (Italy), which has owned the brand since 2021.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Bolton Group — our brands, Bolton Group S.r.l. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Bolton Group S.r.l. reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Milan
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2004 by Bill Carvalho
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wild Planet
Wild Planet was founded in 2004 by the seafood industry veteran Bill Carvalho and describes itself as the first large-scale sustainably focused canned seafood company in the United States. It buys from small-scale fishermen and canneries, and its range covers albacore and skipjack tuna, sardines, salmon, mackerel and anchovies as well as canned chicken and beef. Bolton acquired it in 2021.
Ownership timeline of Wild Planet
- 2021 – present Bolton Group [1] reported
Where Wild Planet sits in Bolton Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Bolton Group
Bolton Group controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
The 38 brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Bakkafrost, with 6; Bolton Group has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Islands | Bakkafrost | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands |
| Fisher Boy | High Liner Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Ducktrap River of Maine | Mowi | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Coln Valley Smokery | PRFoods | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Nutaaq | Royal Greenland | 🇬🇱 Greenland |
About the owner: Bolton Group
Bolton Group is a privately held company headquartered in Milan, Italy, founded in 1949. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control.
Bolton is a family-owned Italian group that began in 1949 when Joseph Nissim founded Exportex to distribute Anglo-American brands in post-war Italy, turned itself into a manufacturer in the 1960s, and took the Bolton Group name in 1978. It now sells more than sixty brands across food, home care, adhesives, personal care and beauty, and reports a turnover of €3.5 billion for 2025. Canned fish is its largest business and its route into most foreign markets: Rio Mare in Italy, Saupiquet in France, Isabel in Spain and Latin America, Wild Planet in the United States. Marina Nissim chairs the group.
Bolton Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Wild Planet and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Wild Planet among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wild Planet?
The parent company of Wild Planet is Bolton Group, a privately held company headquartered in Italy.
Is Wild Planet American or Italian?
Wild Planet originated in the United States in 2004, but it is owned today by Bolton Group, which is headquartered in Italy. So Wild Planet is an American-origin brand under Italian ownership.
Since when has Bolton Group owned Wild Planet?
Bolton Group has owned Wild Planet since 2021.
Is Wild Planet still owned by Bolton Group?
Yes. As of 28 September 2026, Wild Planet is still owned by Bolton Group. 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] Bolton Group — our brands — Bolton Group S.r.l., Official document; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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