Question: What company was the company Thomas Maier works purchased by?

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Bottega Veneta: Bottega Veneta is an Italian luxury goods and high fashion brand house best known for its leather goods which are sold worldwide and its men's and women's ready-to-wear.  Founded in 1966 in Vicenza, Veneto of northeastern Italy, its atelier is located within an 18th-century villa in Montebello Vicentino and its headquarters are in Lugano, Switzerland with offices in Milan and Vicenza, Italy.  In 2001, Bottega Veneta was purchased by Gucci Group, and is now a part of the French multinational group Kering.  In September 2016, it was announced that Claus-Dietrich Lahrs would be named CEO, replacing Carlo Beretta.

Museo MAGA: The Museo Arte Gallarate or MAGA is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Gallarate, in the province of Varese in Lombardy in northern Italy.  It was founded in 1966 as the Civica Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Gallarate to house works purchased from, and donated by, artists participating in the Premio Gallarate, a national art competition.  It was renamed in 2010 and moved to a new building.  The museum holds over 5000 works and the collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, graphic design works, photographs, and installations by artists including Carlo Carrà, Loris Cecchini, Gianni Colombo, Lucio Fontana, Ennio Morlotti, Bruno Munari and .  Contemporary art works are housed in the , in Legnano, some 15 km to the south-east of Gallarate.

Thomas Maier: Thomas Maier is an author, journalist, and television producer.  His book "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love" is the basis for the award-winning drama "Masters of Sex" which premiered on Showtime in 2013.

Masters of Sex (book): Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love is a 2009 biography by Thomas Maier.  The book chronicles the early lives and work of two American sexologists, Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, who studied human sexuality from 1957 to the 1990s.  The 2013 Showtime television series "Masters of Sex", starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on the book.

Tomas Maier: Tomas Maier (born 1957) is a German-born designer who is Creative Director at the Italian luxury lifestyle brand Bottega Veneta, which is part of Kering.

Masters of Sex: Masters of Sex is an American period drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2013, on Showtime.  It was developed by Michelle Ashford and loosely based on Thomas Maier's biography "Masters of Sex".  Set in the 1950s through the early 1970s, the series tells the story of Masters and Johnson (Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson) who are portrayed by Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan.  The series has received critical acclaim.  It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series in 2013.  The series was canceled by Showtime on November 30, 2016, after four seasons.

List of Masters of Sex episodes: "Masters of Sex" is an American television drama series developed for television by Michelle Ashford and based on the biography "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love" by Thomas Maier.  "Masters of Sex" tells the story of Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), two pioneering researchers of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  The series premiered on September 29, 2013 on Showtime.  The series was cancelled after its fourth season.

Thomas Maier (footballer): Thomas Maier (born 18 April 1998) is an Austrian footballer currently playing for Kapfenberger SV.

Pilot (Masters of Sex): "Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of the American period drama television series "Masters of Sex".  It originally aired on September 29, 2013 in the United States on Showtime.  The episode was written by series creator Michelle Ashford and directed by John Madden.  The series is based on Thomas Maier's biography "".

Firth Brown Steels: Firth Brown Steels was initially formed in 1902, when Sheffield steelmakers John Brown & Company exchanged shares and came to a working agreement with neighbouring company Thomas Firth & Sons.  In 1908 the two companies came together and established the Brown Firth Research Laboratories and it was here, in 1912, under the leadership of Harry Brearley they developed high chrome stainless steel.  The companies continued under their own management until they formally merged in 1930 becoming Firth Brown Steels.  The company is now part of Sheffield Forgemasters.

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Answer: Gucci Group