Chobani: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Chobani is a privately held company headquartered in Norwich, New York, United States that owns 2 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Chobani was founded in 2005 by a Turkish immigrant who bought a closing Kraft yoghurt plant with a small business loan and spent eighteen months developing a strained yoghurt recipe. It took Greek yoghurt from a specialty item to a large share of the American yoghurt aisle within five years.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Chobani, LLC
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Norwich, New York, United States
- Founded
- 2005
- Wikidata
- Q5103676
- Website
- www.chobani.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Chobani in numbers
- Chobani owns 2 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is food with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Chobani owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Beverages (1)
Chobani in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 549300ISVDMZ91KNTR38
- Registered name
- CHOBANI, LLC (US)
- Registration status
- Lapsed · record updated 2 October 2026
- Direct parent reported
- CHOBANI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC (US)
- Ultimate parent reported
- CHOBANI GLOBAL HOLDINGS, LLC (US)
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Chobani own?
Chobani owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including La Colombe and Chobani.
Is Chobani an American company?
Yes. Chobani is headquartered in Norwich, New York, United States and was founded in 2005.
Who owns Chobani?
Chobani is privately held. Chobani was founded in 2005 by a Turkish immigrant who bought a closing Kraft yoghurt plant with a small business loan and spent eighteen months developing a strained yoghurt recipe.
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] Chobani — our story — Chobani, LLC, Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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