Kappa is an Italian company operating in the sportswear sector. The owner of the brands is BasicNet from Turin, whose president is Marco Boglione.
The Kappa brand was founded in 1978 when Boglione, the young commercial and marketing director of Maglificio Calzificio Torinese, convinced Maurizio Vitale, the company’s CEO, to set up a sports division of the already started Robe di Kappa business.