Since June 2022, OL Groupe is primarily owned by Eagle Football Holdings, which is controlled by American businessman John Textor.
[1] The Olympique Lyonnais holding company was officially created on 1 February 1999, announced in the same month as Pathé group obtaining a minority stake of 34% on an investment of €15.2 million.
Olympique Lyonnais owner Jean-Michel Aulas owned the remaining 66% of the holding company and controlled its operations as chief executive officer.
[4] After numerous appeals and delays, OL Groupe signed the stadium's building permit on 3 February 2012, at a total cost of €405 million,[5] but the project's financing was not finalized until July 2013.
[6] The stadium opened on 9 January 2016, five and a half years after its initially scheduled completion date, and was named Parc Olympique Lyonnais.
[12][13] Former National Basketball Association player Tony Parker was president of the club and majority shareholder of ASVEL Basket, and became an ambassador of the OL brand in the United States.
[18] On 25 November 2019, OL Groupe announced exclusive discussions to acquire NWSL club Reign FC, then based in Tacoma, Washington.
[30] Following his appointment as chief executive officer in succession of Aulas, Santiago Cucci noted that while multiple offers for OL Reign had been made with a minimum sale price of $53 million, the club had not yet been sold as of 6 July.