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OTB Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree

OTB Group is a privately held company headquartered in Breganze, Italy that owns 5 consumer brands, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1]

OTB stands for Only The Brave and is the private holding company of Renzo Rosso, who founded Diesel. It bought several houses that larger groups passed over and is the fourth significant Italian luxury owner after LVMH, Kering and Prada.

Company facts

Legal name
OTB S.p.A.
Type
privately held company · see all privately held company owners
Headquarters
🇮🇹 Breganze, Italy
Founded
2002
Wikidata
Q3887587
Website
www.otb.net
Last verified
· 4 sources

OTB Group in numbers

Everything OTB Group owns

2026

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything OTB Group owns Tree of 5 brands under OTB Group. OTB Group Diesel Jil Sander Maison Margiela Marni Viktor&Rolf

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Acquisitions by OTB Group

Acquisition closed

OTB Group acquires Jil Sander

OTB bought Jil Sander from the Japanese group Onward Holdings in 2021, adding a minimalist German house to a portfolio built around Diesel and Maison Margiela. Neither side disclosed a price. OTB reported the following February that Jil Sander had reached break-even nine months after joining the group. Only the year is recorded here.

Value
Undisclosed
Regulatory
None recorded
Acquisition closed

OTB Group acquires Marni

OTB took full control of Marni in 2015, two years after first investing in the Milanese house. The group has never disclosed the terms of either step. Only the year of the full acquisition is recorded here; OTB held a stake it has not quantified between 2013 and 2015.

Value
Undisclosed
Seller
—
Regulatory
None recorded
Acquisition closed

OTB Group acquires Maison Margiela

Renzo Rosso became the majority shareholder of Maison Margiela in 2002, the same year he founded OTB as a holding company for Diesel and the acquisitions he intended to make. The group took full control of the brand in 2006. OTB is privately held and has never published what it paid. Only the year is recorded here.

Value
Undisclosed
Seller
—
Regulatory
None recorded

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OTB Group 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)
5493003WJ89QZBXREG50
Registered name
OTB S.P.A. (IT)
Registration status
Issued · record updated 18 September 2026
Parent
None named: it is controlled by one or more individuals, who are not named in the registry.
Retrieved
· GLEIF record (JSON)

Frequently asked questions

What brands does OTB Group own?

OTB Group owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Viktor&Rolf, Jil Sander, Marni, Diesel and Maison Margiela.

Is OTB Group an Italian company?

Yes. OTB Group is headquartered in Breganze, Italy and was founded in 2002.

Who owns OTB Group?

OTB Group is privately held. OTB stands for Only The Brave and is the private holding company of Renzo Rosso, who founded Diesel.

What was OTB Group's most recent acquisition?

The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Jil Sander on 1 January 2021.

Sources (4) & 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. [1] Brands – OTB Group — OTB S.p.A., Official document; retrieved 28 September 2026.
  2. [2] OTB Group - history — OTB S.p.A., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  3. [3] OTB Group presents its results at 31 December 2021 — OTB S.p.A., Official press release, published 10 February 2022; retrieved 16 September 2026.
  4. [4] Onward Holdings Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2017 - corporate history and core brands — Onward Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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