Amer Sports
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.
Chinese sportswear group ANTA is the largest owner.
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 is Amer Sports?
Apparel leads, outdoor close behind.
- Technical Apparel44%$2.86B
- Outdoor Performance37%$2.40B
- Ball & Racquet Sports20%$1.31B
Autonomous brands. Shared backbone. More direct sales.
- 1Brand-led businesses
- 2Group supply chain and services
- 3Own stores plus wholesale
Each brand chooses its own mix of stores and wholesale while the group supplies shared infrastructure.
More than Amer Sports.
- ANTA Sports Products Limited41.7%
- Anamered Investments Inc. (Chip Wilson)17.9%
- FountainVest Partners6.1%
CEO: Jie (James) Zheng
- 1950Amer founded in Finland as a tobacco company
- 1989Wilson acquired, Atomic follows in 1994
- 2004Exit from tobacco, name changed to Amer Sports
- 2005Salomon, Mavic and Arc'teryx join the group
- 2015Louisville Slugger, then EvoShield, Armada and Peak Performance
Every number on this page comes from Amer Sports's own reports.
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