Founder and chairman, Net-a-Porter Chair, British Fashion Council
Spouse
Arnaud Massenet (divorced)[2]
Partner
Erik Torstensson[3]
Children
3
Awards
DBE[4][5]
Dame Natalie Sara Massenet, DBE[4][5] (néeRooney; born 13 May 1965) is a British-American fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. From 2013 to 2017, she was the chairman of the British Fashion Council.[6][7] In 2018[8][9] alongside Nick Brown, she co-founded Imaginary Ventures and became non executive co-chairman at Farfetch.[10]
Credited by many as changing the way designer fashion is retailed, she has been described by The Observer as: "fashion's favourite self-made success story".[6]
^ abTheodosi, Natalie (30 December 2015). "Natalie Massenet Named a Dame on Queen's Honors List". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^Tobin, Lucy. "She's got bottle". London Evening Standard. No. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^Newbold, Alice (26 September 2017). "Natalie Massenet's New Arrival". British Vogue. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ abCite error: The named reference Dame was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ abRoberts, Lauretta (19 February 2016). "Natalie Massenet collects her DBE on opening day of London Fashion Week". TheIndustry.fashion. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
^ abGroskop, Viv. "Natalie Massenet: style leader who means business". The Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^"Dame Natalie Massenet". British Fashion Council. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
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^de la Merced, Michael (17 April 2018). "Net-a-Porter Founder's Next Act Is a Venture Capital Firm". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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