Who Owns Kering?
Updated onExplore the ownership hierarchy of Kering. See parent companies, holding structures, and ultimate controllers.
Ownership Chain
Kering
Kering is a global, family-led luxury group that owns and develops a portfolio of leading fashion, leather goods, jewelry, eyewear and beauty brands including Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta.
Groupe Artémis
Groupe Artémis is a French private investment holding company of the Pinault family, founded in 1992, with long-term investments in luxury, wine estates, art and auction houses, media, sports, and technology businesses.
Kering
Kering is a global, family-led luxury group that owns and develops a portfolio of leading fashion, leather goods, jewelry, eyewear and beauty brands including Gucci, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta.
Groupe Artémis
Groupe Artémis is a French private investment holding company of the Pinault family, founded in 1992, with long-term investments in luxury, wine estates, art and auction houses, media, sports, and technology businesses.
Major Shareholders
Kering
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pinault family via Groupe Artémis / Financière Pinault SCA Controlling shareholder. Kering’s capital breakdown shows Artémis, the Pinault family holding company, owning 42.3% of Kering’s share capital as of Dec. 31, 2024. AGM disclosures and press reports indicate this stake carried roughly 59% of voting rights in 2024 due to double-voting shares, and 2025 coverage suggests Artémis later increased its holding toward ~44% of capital and ~60% of votes. | Family | 42.3% | 59.0% | Dec 2024 |
Parvus Asset Management Jersey Limited Activist hedge fund. An AMF threshold‑crossing notice in June 2025 reports Parvus holding 6,175,957 Kering shares, representing 5.004% of share capital and 3.50% of voting rights as of June 23, 2025. | Institutional | 5.0% | 3.5% | Jun 2025 |
Citigroup Inc. U.S. banking group. AMF filings show Citigroup briefly exceeded 5% of Kering’s capital in late 2024, then disclosed a reduction to 5,152,474 shares, or 4.17% of capital and 2.92% of voting rights, following market sales on Feb. 25, 2025. | Institutional | 4.2% | 2.9% | Feb 2025 |
Causeway Capital Management LLC U.S.-based asset manager. FT/FactSet institutional-holder data indicate Causeway Capital held about 4.08 million Kering shares (roughly 3.31% of share capital) as of late November 2025. | Institutional | 3.3% | — | Nov 2025 |
BlackRock, Inc. Global asset manager. Ownership aggregators based on regulatory and fund filings report BlackRock-managed vehicles holding about 3.13 million Kering shares, or roughly 2.5–2.6% of share capital, as of Sept. 30, 2025. | Institutional | 2.5% | — | Sep 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Major index-fund provider. FT/FactSet data show Vanguard owning approximately 2.61 million Kering shares, around 2.1% of share capital, as of Dec. 3, 2025, primarily via international equity index funds. | Institutional | 2.1% | — | Dec 2025 |
Norges Bank Investment Management Norway’s sovereign wealth fund. FactSet-based ownership tables list Norges Bank Investment Management with roughly 1.5 million Kering shares, about 1.22% of share capital, as of June 30, 2025. | Institutional | 1.2% | — | Jun 2025 |
Amundi Asset Management SAS Large European asset manager. Institutional-holder data from Investing.com/FactSet show Amundi holding around 1.47 million Kering shares, approximately 1.20% of outstanding shares, as of March 31, 2025. | Institutional | 1.2% | — | Mar 2025 |
Dodge & Cox U.S. value-focused asset manager. Ownership databases report Dodge & Cox owning about 1.45 million Kering shares, or roughly 1.18% of share capital, as of Sept. 30, 2025, mainly through its international stock fund. | Institutional | 1.2% | — | Sep 2025 |
Groupe Artémis
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | Voting | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Financière Pinault SCA Direct parent company of Groupe Artémis; public references list Financière Pinault as owning 100% of Groupe Artémis and identify it as the head holding company in the group’s corporate structure. | Corporate | 100.0% | 100.0% | Dec 2025 |
Pinault family (François Pinault & descendants) Ultimate beneficial owners of Groupe Artémis via Financière Pinault. Groupe Artémis’ own materials and independent analyses describe it as the investment company / family office of the Pinault family, with no outside shareholders publicly disclosed. | Family | — | — | Dec 2025 |
François Pinault Founder and controlling figure of Groupe Artémis; public sources state that Artémis is a holding company controlled by businessman François Pinault, who also serves as a general partner and manager of Financière Pinault, the direct owner of Groupe Artémis. | Founder | — | — | Dec 2025 |
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