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Amer Sports

Sports and outdoor brands · Cayman Islands

Amer Sports owns premium sports and outdoor brands, led by Arc'teryx, Salomon and Wilson, and sells through its own stores, e-commerce and wholesale partners.

What makes it different

Chinese sportswear group ANTA is the largest owner.

41.7%Stake held by ANTA SportsFY2025

A consortium led by ANTA Sports took Amer Sports private in 2019 and returned it to the New York stock market in 2024.

How big it is

How big is Amer Sports?

$6.57BRevenueFY2025
703Own storesFY2025
15,400EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025

Apparel leads, outdoor close behind.

  • Technical Apparel44%$2.86B
  • Outdoor Performance37%$2.40B
  • Ball & Racquet Sports20%$1.31B
How the business works

Autonomous brands. Shared backbone. More direct sales.

  1. 1Brand-led businesses
  2. 2Group supply chain and services
  3. 3Own stores plus wholesale

Each brand chooses its own mix of stores and wholesale while the group supplies shared infrastructure.

Brands and businesses

More than Amer Sports.

Who owns it
  • ANTA Sports Products Limited41.7%
  • Anamered Investments Inc. (Chip Wilson)17.9%
  • FountainVest Partners6.1%

CEO: Jie (James) Zheng

Who it competes with
MonclerCCanada GooselululemonOnHHoka (Deckers)TThe North FaceBBabolatNike
Key moments
  1. 1950Amer founded in Finland as a tobacco company
  2. 1989Wilson acquired, Atomic follows in 1994
  3. 2004Exit from tobacco, name changed to Amer Sports
  4. 2005Salomon, Mavic and Arc'teryx join the group
  5. 2015Louisville Slugger, then EvoShield, Armada and Peak Performance
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Amer Sports's own reports.

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What Amer Sports tracks28 metrics
Owned retail stores
Countries with own operations
Employees
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
Americas
Greater China
EMEA
The full timeline18 moments
2021
2023
2025
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