Who owns it?
Built by CZ Czechia, 1895
1991
Owned by DE Germany, Wolfsburg

Skoda Auto is Czech by birth and German by ownership.

Volkswagen raised its holding in Skoda Auto to 100 percent on 30 May 2000.

Where it sits

Three 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
Skoda Auto
CZ Mlada Boleslav Skoda Auto a.s.
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.

131 years, three owners

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

  1. 1895 The Laurin & Klement business that became Skoda Auto was founded in Mlada Boleslav in 1895.
  2. 1991 Volkswagen took a 31 percent stake in Skoda Auto on 16 April 1991 under a joint venture agreement with the Czech government, and took over its management.
  3. 2000 Volkswagen raised its holding in Skoda Auto to 100 percent on 30 May 2000.
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