Diethelm Keller Group is a family-owned Swiss company that develops businesses with a long-term perspective across consumer, industrial, and service sectors worldwide. Founded by the Diethelm and Keller families in the late 1860s through trade between Europe and Asia, the Group has grown over generations into a company with a diversified portfolio and international reach. Today, Diethelm Keller Group comprises five operating units with B2C and B2B brands, alongside Diethelm Keller Real Estate and strategic investments in DKSH Holding Ltd. and Bergos. All brands operate with a high degree of entrepreneurial autonomy and hold strong positions in their respective markets. At the end of 2025, Diethelm Keller Group employed more than 2,000 people in 17 countries. The Diethelm Keller Group remains family-owned, with members of the fifth generation already actively involved in governance and operations, ensuring continuity and longterm stewardship.
Operating Units and Investment Companies
- Diethelm Keller Premium Brands is a global market leader in high-end outdoor furniture. It manages its brands Dedon, Gloster, and Garpa independently, each preserving its distinct identity, heritage, and design philosophy.
- Diethelm Keller Household Brands is a market leader in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative household, kitchen, and interior-design products.
- Diethelm Keller BBQ Brands brings together the Group’s portfolio in the BBQ industry, covering the design, manufacturing, and marketing of barbecues, outdoor kitchens, and accessories.
- Diethelm Keller Industrial is represented by Wetrok, a Swiss B2B brand, focused on innovative, sustainable, and professional cleaning systems and solutions, serving a broad range of professional applications.
- Diethelm Keller Investments holds equity stakes in innovative small and medium-sized companies, as well as selected start-ups, focusing on businesses with the potential to become leaders in their respective fields.
- With origins in 1865, DKSH (Diethelm, Keller, Siber and Hegner) has a long-standing heritage as one of the first Swiss trading houses to establish a presence in Asia. For 160 years, DKSH has evolved into a leading provider of market expansion services, supporting companies to grow their business in Asia Pacific, Europe, and North America.
- Bergos is an independent Swiss private bank with an international presence and a heritage dating back more than four centuries to the founding of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG in 1590.
Board of Directors
Andreas W. Keller, Chairman
Adrian T. Keller, Vice Chairman
Rudolf Ehrbar
Peter Fankhauser
Joy A.Keller
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Aebischer