Origin vs owner
Brands you didn’t know were foreign-owned
53 of the 124 brands on OriginViz are owned today by a company headquartered in a different country from the one they began in.
“Owner country” is where the controlling parent company or group has its headquarters. Some groups are legally registered in one country and run from another; where that matters, the brand page explains it.
Began in United States
- Ben & Jerry'sOwned by The Magnum Ice Cream Company (Netherlands) since 2025
- Hellmann'sOwned by Unilever (United Kingdom) since 2000
- Burger KingOwned by Restaurant Brands International (Canada) since 2014
- BudweiserOwned by AB InBev (Belgium) since 2008
- JeepOwned by Stellantis (Netherlands) since 2021
- Tiffany & Co.Owned by LVMH (France) since 2021
- MaybellineOwned by L'Oréal (France) since 1996
- CeraVeOwned by L'Oréal (France) since 2017
- Harman KardonOwned by Samsung Electronics (South Korea) since 2017
- MotorolaOwned by Lenovo (China) since 2014
- ThinkPadOwned by Lenovo (China) since 2005
- FirestoneOwned by Bridgestone (Japan) since 1988
- 7-ElevenOwned by Seven & i Holdings (Japan) since 2005
Began in United Kingdom
- CadburyOwned by Mondelez International (United States) since 2010
- KitKatOwned by Nestlé (Switzerland) since 1988
- TetleyOwned by Tata Group (India) since 2000
- JaguarOwned by Tata Group (India) since 2008
- Land RoverOwned by Tata Group (India) since 2008
- MiniOwned by BMW Group (Germany) since 1994
- Rolls-RoyceOwned by BMW Group (Germany) since 2003
- BentleyOwned by Volkswagen Group (Germany) since 1998
- LotusOwned by Geely Holding Group (China) since 2017
- Royal EnfieldOwned by Eicher Motors (India) since 1994
- ShazamOwned by Apple Inc. (United States) since 2018
- DysonOwned by Dyson (Singapore)
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Shared ownership
- Red Bull — Red Bull GmbH is 51% owned by the Thai Yoovidhya family and 49% by the Austrian Mateschitz family.