Hugo Boss
Headquarters in Metzingen, Germany | |
| Company type | Public (Aktiengesellschaft) |
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| FWB: BOSS MDAX Component | |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Founder | Hugo Ferdinand Boss |
| Headquarters | Metzingen , Germany |
Key people | Daniel Grieder (CEO) Yves Müller (CFO/COO) Oliver Timm (CSO)[1] Stephan Sturm (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)[2] |
| Products | High-fashion Accessories Footwear |
| Revenue | €4.3 billion (2024)[3] |
| €361 million (2024)[3] | |
| €224 million (2024)[3] | |
| Total assets | €3.782 billion (2024)[3] |
| Total equity | €1.450 billion (2024)[3] |
| Owners | Free Float (64%) Frasers Group (19%) Marzotto family (15%) Own shares (2%) |
Number of employees | 18,623 (2024)[3] |
| Website | www |
Hugo Boss AG (stylized in all caps) is a designer fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, accessories, footwear, and leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing brands,[4] with global sales of about €4.3 billion in 2024.[3] Its stock is a component of the MDAX.[5] The company's fashion brands are Boss and Hugo. Hugo Boss also sells licensed brand products for children's fashion, eyewear, watches, home textiles, riding apparel, writing utensils and fragrances.[6]
The company was founded in 1924 in Germany by Hugo Ferdinand Boss and originally produced general-purpose clothing. In the early 1930s, Hugo Boss began to produce and supply military uniforms for the Nazi Germany government, resulting in a large boost in sales.[7] After World War II and the founder's death in 1948, Hugo Boss started to turn its focus to men's suits. The company went public in 1988 and introduced a fragrance line that same year, adding men's and women's wear diffusion lines in 1997, a full women's collection in 2000, and children's clothing in 2006–2007. The company has since evolved into a major global fashion house. As of December 2024, it operated 1,532 own retail points of sale worldwide.[3]
- ^ "Managing Board)". group.hugoboss.com.
- ^ Bangert, André (16 May 2025). "Kontrollgremium: Hugo Boss hat neuen Vorsitzenden im Aufsichtsrat". Textilwirtschaft (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hugo Boss Annual Report 2024".
- ^ Edwards, Kinga (19 October 2023). "Fashion ranking: Top 20 clothing retailers in Germany". E-commerce Germany News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "MDAX Stocks". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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