Mossimo - Fashion Company Profile
Mossimo is the Newport Beach streetwear brand founded by Mossimo Giannulli in 1986 - a public company in its own right in the 1990s, a Target exclusive for nearly two decades, and since November 1, 2006 a licensed brand of Iconix Brand Group.
Company Snapshot
- Status
- Operating as a licensed brand - Mossimo remains in the brand portfolio of Iconix Brand Group, which was taken private in 2021; reports in October 2026 said Iconix had hired JPMorgan to explore a sale of its business, with no buyer identified
- Type
- Brand of Iconix Brand Group (Iconix International), a private brand management company since Lancer Capital took it private in 2021; Iconix acquired Mossimo on November 1, 2006
- Headquarters
- New York, New York, United States (Iconix, the brand's owner); the brand was founded in Newport Beach, California
- Founded
- 1986, in Newport Beach, California, by Mossimo Giannulli
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Company Profile
The button above links to Iconix, the brand's owner, which lists Mossimo in its portfolio; the shop box covers Mossimo products sold through Amazon and eBay. Two changes frame the brand's current position: Target, its exclusive U.S. retailer from 2000, phased Mossimo out in its 2017 brand restructure and the exclusive license expired on October 31, 2018; and Iconix itself was taken private by Lancer Capital in 2021, with its December 2025 financing release still naming Mossimo among its brands. Reports in October 2026 said Iconix had hired JPMorgan to explore a sale of the business - no buyer had been identified in that coverage. The fuller record - the complete November 1, 2006 merger announcement, with its share and cash terms and the Cherokee settlement - is kept in full on the history page.
The agreement behind the closing is dated just as exactly. Iconix signed a definitive agreement as of March 31, 2006 to acquire Mossimo, subject to regulatory clearances that had since been received and to approval by Mossimo stockholders, which occurred at a special meeting called for that purpose on October 31, 2006. Seven months between signing and closing, a stockholder vote the day before completion, and regulatory clearance in between: the timetable is the standard anatomy of a public-company merger, kept here step by step because the announcement itself took care to state each condition and its satisfaction.
Mossimo History
The earlier record for this company - its history, past brand line-ups, figures and photographs from the periods described - is kept on a separate page for historical reference.
Mossimo History & Historical Profile →Common Questions
Who owns Mossimo now?
Iconix Brand Group (Iconix International), which acquired Mossimo, Inc. on November 1, 2006. Iconix has been a private company since Lancer Capital took it private in 2021.
Is Mossimo still sold at Target?
No. Target held the exclusive U.S. license from 2000, phased the brand out in its 2017 restructure, and the license expired on October 31, 2018.
When was Mossimo founded?
In 1986, in Newport Beach, California, by designer Mossimo Giannulli, funded by a loan from his father; the company went public in 1996 before the Iconix acquisition a decade later.
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