Who owns NordVPN?

As of 14 Oct 2026: NordVPN is owned by Nord Security, private (founder-owned). The site runs under nordvpn S.A., Panama. The same owner has 7 other VPNs.

Ultimate owner	Nord Security (private (founder-owned; minority investors Novator, Burda Principal Investments, General Catalyst, Warburg Pincus))
Operating company	nordvpn S.A., Panama
Website	nordvpn.com
Sister VPNs	7
Fines and actions	0
Owner proof	verified
Last checked	14 Oct 2026

In numbers

Nord Security owns 8 VPNs in our data.

About Nord Security

Vilnius-based maker of NordVPN, NordPass, NordLayer, NordLocker, NordStellar and the Saily eSIM. It merged with Surfshark under one holding company in February 2022 while both brands keep operating separately. External rounds in 2022 (USD 100m at USD 1.6bn) and 2023 (USD 100m led by Warburg Pincus at about USD 3bn) are the only outside capital disclosed; no IPO has been filed.

Headquarters: Lithuania · Founded: 2012 · Ownership: private (founder-owned; minority investors Novator, Burda Principal Investments, General Catalyst, Warburg Pincus)

How we know, and what we could not confirm

How we know: Consumer terms governed by Panamanian law; Japanese disclosure names nordvpn S.A. in Panama City. Business terms switched to Nord Security Inc. from 2023. A 2018 breach of one Finnish server was disclosed in 2019.

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7 sister VPNs

Same owner can mean the same servers, the same data policies and the same parent that can be asked for data.

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