Who Owns Chanel?
Updated onExplore the ownership hierarchy of Chanel. See parent companies, holding structures, and ultimate controllers.
Ownership Chain
Chanel
Chanel is a privately held French luxury fashion house offering haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, fragrance, beauty, watches, and fine jewelry worldwide.
Mousse Investments Limited
Privately held investment holding company, established in 1979 and based in the Cayman Islands and New York City, that manages a proprietary global portfolio including Chanel Limited across public and private markets.
Chanel
Chanel is a privately held French luxury fashion house offering haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, fragrance, beauty, watches, and fine jewelry worldwide.
Mousse Investments Limited
Privately held investment holding company, established in 1979 and based in the Cayman Islands and New York City, that manages a proprietary global portfolio including Chanel Limited across public and private markets.
Major Shareholders
Chanel
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Alain Wertheimer French billionaire and chairman of Chanel; together with his brother Gérard, he is widely described as the co‑owner and ultimate beneficial owner of privately held Chanel. Public reporting consistently states that the Wertheimer brothers, via their family holding structure, collectively own 100% of the Chanel group, with no outside public or institutional shareholders disclosed. | Individual | — | — |
Gérard Wertheimer French billionaire who co‑owns Chanel with his brother Alain and is often associated with overseeing areas such as watches, jewelry and accessories. Together the two brothers are reported as the sole family owners exercising full control over Chanel through private holding companies; precise individual share percentages are not publicly disclosed but are generally described as roughly equal. | Individual | — | — |
Mousse Investments Limited Cayman Islands holding company widely described as the main shareholder vehicle for Chanel and its subsidiaries and as the parent of family office Mousse Partners, which manages the Wertheimer family’s fortune derived largely from Chanel. Reports note that Chanel’s reorganization to a London‑based structure has allowed it to pay multi‑billion‑dollar dividends to Mousse Investments in recent years. | Corporate | — | — |
Mousse Investments Limited
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Wertheimer family (Alain & Gérard Wertheimer and related family vehicles) Mousse Investments Limited is widely described as the Cayman Islands-based ultimate holding company for Chanel, through which the Wertheimer family controls the luxury group and receives its dividends. Press reports note that the brothers’ Cayman holding company for Chanel has paid them multi‑billion‑dollar dividends in recent years, and that Mousse Investments serves as the group’s global investment holding platform. | Family | 100.0% | May 2025 |
Alain Wertheimer French billionaire and global executive chairman of Chanel, commonly reported as co‑owner of Chanel with his brother Gérard. Multiple sources credit the two brothers with owning equal shares of the closely held Chanel group (via their Cayman holding structure), with their fortune managed through family office Mousse Partners, the investment division of Mousse Investments. | Individual | — | Sep 2025 |
Gérard Wertheimer French billionaire based in Switzerland and long‑time co‑owner of Chanel alongside his brother Alain. Financial and business media consistently describe the brothers as holding equal stakes in Chanel and benefiting jointly from dividends paid up to their Cayman Islands holding company, which is identified as the group’s ultimate parent (Mousse Investments). | Individual | — | Sep 2025 |
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