Natalie Massenet
Natalie Massenet
Dame Natalie Sara Massenet, DBEis a fashion entrepreneur and former journalist, who founded the designer fashion portal Net-a-Porter. Since 2013, she has been chairman of the British Fashion Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 May 1965
CountryUnited States of America
air keeping literally sleep time
The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
good people talk twice
Twice I let people talk me out of good ideas.
begun
We haven't even begun to see just how many transactions are going to take place online.
acquire appetite invest people
We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
biggest certainly psychic turned
When I was a teenager, a psychic told me, 'Your biggest challenge will be life-work balance.' That's certainly turned out to be true!
hard switching thinking time wanting work
When I'm working, I have a hard time switching off, and when I'm not working, I have a hard time thinking of ever wanting to work again.
britain dynamic
Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.
Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.
I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
love work
I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.
chairman honoured role taking
I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.
certain life needed point realised
I realised at a certain point that if I was going to have the kind of life that I fantasised about, I needed to get my act together.
fashion journalism love taken
I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
hard people
People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'