Net-a-Porter is owned by Richemont (Switzerland, SIX: CFR), which acquired the brand on 1 April 2010.[1][2] Net-a-Porter was founded in 2000 in London and was independent until 2010.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Compagnie Financière Richemont SA Annual Report 2025, 16 May 2025. Last checked .
Net-a-Porter was founded by a fashion journalist who believed people would buy luxury clothing online, which almost every brand then doubted. Richemont acquired it in 2010 and has since sought to sell the online business. Richemont wrote down its value substantially and agreed to sell a majority to a rival, a reversal of the confidence with which luxury groups entered online retail.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Richemont controls 13 brands on Brandtree.
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| Apohem | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
Richemont is a publicly listed company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, founded in 1988. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: CFR.
Richemont was created in 1988 when South African businessman Johann Rupert separated the international assets of Rembrandt Group into a Swiss holding company. It is the largest jewellery group in the world, built on Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, and the Rupert family retains voting control.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Net-a-Porter among them.
Richemont took control of Net-a-Porter, founded by a fashion journalist who believed people would buy luxury clothing online when almost every brand doubted it. Richemont later wrote down its value substantially and agreed to sell a majority to a rival. The price was not disclosed.
The parent company of Net-a-Porter is Richemont, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Net-a-Porter originated in the United Kingdom in 2000, but it is owned today by Richemont, which is headquartered in Switzerland. So Net-a-Porter is a British-origin brand under Swiss ownership.
Richemont completed its acquisition of Net-a-Porter on 1 April 2010, after announcing the deal on 1 March 2010. The price was not disclosed.
Net-a-Porter was an independent company from its founding in 2000 in London until Richemont acquired it in 2010.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Net-a-Porter is still owned by Richemont. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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