Natalie Massenet

Chairman of the British Fashion Council

Fact title	Fact data
Professional Field	Fashion
Born	May 1965
Place of Birth	Los Angeles, USA
Education	UCLA

Natalie Massenet is an entrepreneur and founder of the online fashion boutique Net-a-Porter which she started in 2000. Within ten years the site was visited by two million people a week spending an average of £500. In 2010 she sold the company for £350 million, but she remains its executive chairman. She launched online fashion businesses THE OUTNET in 2009 and Mr Porter in 2010.

She began her career in fashion journalism and worked for the Tatler. She was became Chairman of the British Fashion Council in 2013.