Who owns it?
Built by GB the United Kingdom, 1919
1998
Owned by DE Germany, Wolfsburg

Bentley is British by birth and German by ownership.

Bentley was moved under Audi inside the Volkswagen Group from January 2022.

Where it sits

Four levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.

Porsche SE
DE Stuttgart Porsche Automobil Holding SE PAH3.DE the chain ends here
Volkswagen AG
DE Wolfsburg Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft VOW3.DE
53.3%of the votes
Audi
DE Ingolstadt AUDI AG
100%
Bentley
GB Crewe Bentley Motors Limited
100%

Porsche SE controls Volkswagen AG with 53.3% of the votes, since 2009. The headline names Volkswagen AG because that is the company a reader is looking for.

107 years, four owners

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 1919 W.O. Bentley founded Bentley Motors in London on 20 January 1919.
  2. 1931 Bentley Motors became insolvent in July 1931 and was taken over by Rolls-Royce in November of that year.
  3. 1998 Volkswagen bought the Bentley brand and the Crewe factory from the Vickers group on 3 July 1998.
  4. 2022 Bentley was moved under Audi inside the Volkswagen Group from January 2022.
Volkswagen AG 8 marques

One German group holding Skoda, SEAT, Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini. The group itself is controlled by the Porsche and Piech families through a holding company, on votes rather than shares.

Germany 3
Audi Ingolstadt Porsche Stuttgart Volkswagen a marque
Spain 2
CUPRA a marque SEAT Martorell
Czechia 1
Skoda Auto Mlada Boleslav
the United Kingdom 1
Bentley Crewe
Italy 1
Lamborghini Sant'Agata Bolognese