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Natalie Massenet
56 | Founder-Partner, Imaginary Ventures | U.K.
Massenet began her career in fashion journalism and parlayed her knowledge into entrepreneurship. She founded online luxury fashion site Net-a-Porter in 2000, grew it into a phenomenon and sold it to a Swiss holding company in 2010 for a reported £50 million. Post-50 she was named a dame and her work has focused on seeding the next generation of innovative (and often female-founded) ecommerce and lifestyle startups. In 2017, she cofounded the early stage venture firm Imaginary Ventures: its two funds have $235 million and have invested in companies including Everlane, Mejuri, Skims, and Daily Harvest.
