Is K2 owned by private equity?
PE-backed
Yes. Part of Elevate Outdoor Collective, owned by the private-equity firm Kohlberg & Company since 2017.
Details
- Owner
- Elevate Outdoor Collective
- Backers
- Kohlberg & Company
- Since
- 2017
- PE stake
- majority
- Website
- k2skis.com, k2snowboarding.com
- Confidence
- High
Sources
- “Investments - Kohlberg” kohlberg.com
- “Christoph Bronder To Lead Newell's Former Winter Sports Business” sgbonline.com, 2017-07-19
- “K2-MDV renames itself Elevate Outdoor Collective” sgieurope.com, 2022-02-08
Other brands owned by Elevate Outdoor Collective: Marker, Völkl.
Checked 2026-11-04. A label describes who owns the brand, not the quality of its products. How we label · Report a correction
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