Groupe Artémis S.A. is a

holding company A holding company is a company whose primary business is holding a controlling interest in the securities of other companies. A holding company usually does not produce goods or services itself. Its purpose is to own shares of other companies ...

with a portfolio of investments in fashion, wine, luxury, art, tourism, publishing, sports, food, and technology. Headquartered in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, Groupe Artémis was founded by

François Pinault François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis. Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s. Taken public in ...

in 1992 as a family investment vehicle.

History

In 1992, the French entrepreneur

transferred his majority stake in Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR, renamed

Kering Kering () is a French-based multinational corporation specializing in luxury goods. It owns the brands Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent. The timber-trading company Pinault S.A. was founded in 1963, b ...

in 2013) to his new company, Groupe Artémis, created as a family investment vehicle. Throughout the 1990s, he engaged in a series of prestigious acquisitions. The 1993

Château Latour Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, owned by Groupe Artemis. Latour lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Borde ...

acquisition was the first of a series under the Artémis Domaines label. Artémis acquired the winery René Engel (

Vosne-Romanée Vosne-Romanée () is a Communes of France, commune in the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Population Wine It produces the region's most celebrated wines, all made entirely from the ...

, renamed Domaine d'Eugénie) in 2006, the Château Grillet (

Condrieu AOC Condrieu (From the French ''coin de ruisseau'' meaning "corner of the brook")K. MacNeil ''The Wine Bible'' pp. 235–240 Workman Publishing 2001 is a French wine-growing ''Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée'' (AOC) located in the northern Rhôn ...

) in 2011, 1/10 of an acre of the Grand Cru Le Montrachet vineyard from Château de

Puligny-Montrachet Puligny-Montrachet () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. In the middle of the Côte de Beaune, it is a well-known appellation of Burgundy wine, containing one of the most famous vineyards in the world, Montrachet. Popu ...

in 2012, the

Napa Valley Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Napa County in California's Wine Country. It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on January 27, 1981. Napa Valley is considered one of the premier ...

Araujo Estate Wines Araujo Estate Wines (renamed Eisele Vineyard Estate in 2016) is a California winegrowing estate founded by Bart and Daphne Araujo. Located in Calistoga, California within both the Calistoga AVA, Calistoga and Napa Valley AVAs, the estate produces ...

(Calistoga, renamed Eisele Vineyard) in 2013, and the Clos du Tart in 2017. Groupe Artemis controls the

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Christie's Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, at Rockefeller Center in New York City and at Alexandra House in Hong Kong. It is ...

since 1998. Artémis bought the news magazine ''

Le Point ''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris. History and profile ''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...

'' in 1997, the

Stade Rennais F.C. Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and pla ...

in 1998, the History-focused publisher Tallandier in 1999, the luxury cruise operator Ponant in 2015 and the

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

fusion Breizh Café. The group launched the tech-focused

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Red River West in 2017. Groupe Artémis is an important shareholder in the couture houses

Giambattista Valli Giambattista Valli is an Italian fashion designer. He is from Rome, Italy. His collections, both ready to wear and Haute couture are presented semi-annually during Paris Fashion Week. Early life Born and raised in Rome, Giambattista Valli comple ...

since 2017 and Courrèges since 2018, and in the magazine ''Point de Vue'' (royal family news) since 2018. Groupe Artémis acquired the

Palazzo Grassi Palazzo Grassi (also known as the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky) is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice (Italy), between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo San Samuele. History First owners During the 16th cen ...

in Venice in 2005, which reopened in 2006 as the first exhibition site of the Pinault Collection, and the

Punta della Dogana Punta della Dogana is an art museum in one of Venice's old customs buildings, the ''Dogana da Mar''. It also refers to the triangular area of Venice where the Grand Canal meets the Giudecca Canal, and its collection of buildings: Santa Maria del ...

, also in Venice, in 2009. Both buildings were renovated and remodeled by the Japanese architect

Ando Tadao is a Japanese autodidact architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize. Early life Ando was born a few mi ...

. In August 2016, the Mayor of Paris

Anne Hidalgo Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu (, ; born 1959) is a Spanish-French politician who has served as Mayor of Paris since 2014, the first woman to hold the office. She is a member of the Socialist Party. Hidalgo served as First Deputy Mayor of Paris ...

and Groupe Artémis jointly announced the relaunch of Bourse de Commerce, located in Paris, into a Pinault Collection-branded contemporary art museum. The new museum contains 32,000 square feet of exhibition floor remodeled by Tadao Ando. Its opening is planned for Fall 2021.Report de l’ouverture de la Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection
''Connaissancedesarts.com'', 17 April 2020

Investments

Groupe Artémis invests in fashion, wine, luxury, art, tourism, publishing, sports, food, and technology. Groupe Artémis invests in the following companies:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Groupe Artemis Companies based in Paris French companies established in 1992 Holding companies established in 1992 Pinault family Holding companies of France

History

Investments

See also

References

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