Prada

How a Milan luggage shop turned the nylon it once wrapped trunks in into one of fashion's most argued-over labels.

Big name·Global·Founded 1913·Members

The Prada logo, a trademark of Prada. Shown to identify the house.

At a glance

Founded: 1913, with a shop in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.³
Founded by: Mario Prada and his brother Martino, trading as Fratelli Prada.⁴
Home: Milan, where the group has its headquarters.²
Owned by: Prada S.p.A., listed in Hong Kong since 2011, with Prada and Bertelli family companies as substantial shareholders.³¹
What it sells: Clothing and leather goods, with eyewear and beauty made under licence by Luxottica and L'Oréal.⁴
Size: Group revenue of €5.718 billion in 2025, a month of Versace included.¹⁰

How it got here

1913

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Mario Prada and his brother Martino open Fratelli Prada, a leather goods shop, in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II.⁴³

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