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Kering
Kering S.A. () is a French multinational holding company specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris. It owns the brands Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Creed, Maui Jim, and Alexander McQueen. The timber-trading company Pinault S.A. was founded in 1962, by François Pinault. After the company was quoted on Euronext Paris in 1988, it became the retail conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (''PPR'') in 1994. The luxury group was rebranded Kering in 2013. It has been a constituent of the CAC 40 since 1995. In June 2025, the company appointed Luca de Meo as its new chief executive beginning 15 September 15 2025, replacing François-Henri Pinault who had been President and CEO of Kering since 2005. Pinault will remain Chairman of the board. In 2024, the group's revenue reached €17.2 billion. History Timber (1962-1988) In 1962, François Pinault opened the ''Établissements Pinault'' in Brittany (France) specialized in timber trading with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Kering S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, multinational holding company specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris. It owns the brands Yves Saint Laurent (fashion house), Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Creed (perfume), Creed, Maui Jim, and Alexander McQueen (fashion house), Alexander McQueen. The timber-trading company Pinault S.A. was founded in 1962, by François Pinault. After the company was quoted on Euronext Paris in 1988, it became the retail conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (''PPR'') in 1994. The luxury group was rebranded Kering in 2013. It has been a constituent of the CAC 40 since 1995. In June 2025, the company appointed Luca de Meo as its new chief executive beginning 15 September 15 2025, replacing François-Henri Pinault who had been President and CEO of Kering since 2005. Pinault will remain Chairman of the board. In 2024, the group's revenue reached €17.2 billion. History Timber (1962-1988) In 1962, Fran� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Henri Pinault
François-Henri Pinault (; born 28 May 1962) is a French businessman, the son of billionaire François Pinault. François-Henri took the reins of his father's retail conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute in 2005, and turned it into the luxury group Kering (Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta) in 2013. He has been president of the family-owned investment holding Groupe Artémis ( Château Latour, Christie's, Pinault Collection, Creative Artists Agency) since 2003. He has been married to the film producer and actress Salma Hayek since 2009. Early life François-Henri Pinault is the son of François Pinault, the founder of Pinault SA, which would later become the retail conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) and then Kering. He was born and raised in Rennes. He graduated from HEC School of Management in 1985. During his studies, he co-founded the CRM company Soft Computing with other fellow students and interned at Hewlett-Packard in Paris as a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gucci
Guccio Gucci S.p.A., doing business as Gucci ( , ), is an Italian Luxury goods, luxury fashion house based in Florence. Its product lines include handbags, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and home decoration; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty Inc., Coty for fragrance and cosmetics under the name Gucci Beauty. Gucci was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci (1881–1953) in Florence, Tuscany. Under the direction of Aldo Gucci (son of Guccio), Gucci became a worldwide-known brand, an icon of the Italian ''Italian economic miracle, dolce vita'' period. Following family feuds during the 1980s, the Gucci family was entirely ousted from the capital of the company by 1993. After this crisis, the brand was revived and in 1999 Gucci became a subsidiary of the French conglomerate PPR, which later renamed itself to Kering. In 2024, Gucci operated 529 stores with 20,032 employees, and generated €7.65 billion in sales. Stefano Cantino has been CEO of Gucci since October 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maui Jim
Maui Jim is an American sunglasses manufacturer based in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in Lahaina, Hawaii, in 1980, the company designs, develops, and manufactures a wide variety of sunglasses marketed under the eponymous brand name. As of 2015, it was the third-largest producer of sunglasses in the world. In October 2022, Maui Jim was acquired by Kering. History The company's roots began in 1980 when a fisherman began selling sunglasses on the beaches of Maui, Hawaii. He was known as the original "Maui Jim". Several years later, the company developed polarized sunglasses to protect eyes from glare and ultraviolet rays. In 1991, Walter Hester, a boat captain, purchased the company and built the brand to what it is today. He named the company Hester Enterprises, Inc. In 1994, Illinois-based RLI Vision became the mainland distributor for the company, then called Maui Jim Sunglasses. In 1996, Maui Jim Sunglasses bought RLI Vision from its parent company, Peoria, Illinois-based RLI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Saint Laurent (fashion House)
Yves Saint Laurent SAS (, , , ), also known as Saint Laurent and YSL, is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1961 by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The company specializes in '' couture'', ready-to-wear, leather accessories, and footwear. Its cosmetics line, YSL Beauty, is owned by L'Oréal. Cédric Charbit has been CEO of Yves Saint Laurent since 2024, and Anthony Vaccarello creative director since 2016. In 2024, Yves Saint Laurent reported 2.9 billion euros in sales. History The eponymous brand was established in 1962 by designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The brand's logos were designed in 1963 by A. M. Cassandre. During the 1960s and 1970s, YSL popularized the beatnik look, safari jackets, tight pants, and thigh-high boots. In 1966, YSL debuted '' Le Smoking'', a tuxedo suit for women. In an attempt to democratize fashion, YSL began producing ready-to-wear in 1966, with its launch of ''Rive Gauche,'' and is considered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta S.r.l () is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan, Italy. Its product lines include ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, jewellery and fragrances. Bottega Veneta is headquartered in Milan, Italy, with its main atelier located in Montebello, Vicenza. It is part of the luxury group Kering. Bartolomeo Rongone has been CEO of Bottega Veneta since 2019, and Louise Trotter creative director since 2024. In 2024, Bottega Veneta's revenue reached 1.7 billion euros. History Foundation (1966–2001) Bottega Veneta was established in 1966 in Vicenza, Italy by Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro. Specialized in artisanal leather goods, the brand developed a distinctive leather weaving technique, the ''Intrecciato'', which became Bottega Veneta's signature look. This intricate method involves weaving strips of leather through slits in another piece of leather to create a durable and flexible textile. The technique enhances the strength of the leather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qeelin
Qeelin is a fine jewellery company established in 2004 in Hong Kong by Dennis Chan and Guillaume Brochard. The brand's products refer to mystical or superstitious symbols strongly embedded in Chinese culture. The name Qeelin comes from the qilin, (wikt:麒麟, 麒麟) a Legendary creature, legendary hooved Chimera (mythology), chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology. The company is headquartered in Hong-Kong, and is owned by the French luxury group Kering. Christophe Artaux has been CEO since 2015, and Dennis Chan creative director since 2004. History Launch in Paris The idea of creating a luxury brand strongly embedded in the Chinese culture came to the designer Dennis Chan while visiting the Dunhuang Caves along the Silk Road in 1997. He co-founded with Guillaume Brochard the luxury jewellery company Qeelin in 2004 in Paris. Qeelin's first collection, the ''Wulu'', became a hit after actress Maggie Cheung wore it at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 1988, his company invested in specialty store chains and changed its name to Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR). By the end of 1999, PPR shifted towards luxury and fashion. In 2003, he passed on the management of his companies to his elder son François-Henri to follow his passion for contemporary art. In 2024, ''Forbes'' estimated Pinault's net worth at $31.6 billion, ranking him as the 54th-richest person in the world. Early life François Pinault was born on 21 August 1936 in Les Champs-Géraux, a commune in the north of Brittany in the west of France. His father was a timber trader. Pinault grew up in the rural French countryside, beginning his career working for his family's timber business. He dropped out of school at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groupe Artémis
Groupe Artémis is a French investment holding company, holding with a portfolio in fashion (Kering), wine ( including Château Latour), art (Christie's, Pinault Collection), sports (Stade Rennais FC) and entertainment (Creative Artists Agency). Headquartered in Paris, France, Groupe Artémis was founded by François Pinault in 1992. History In 1992, the French entrepreneur François Pinault transferred his majority stake in Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR, renamed Kering 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 acquisition of Château Latour (Pauillac-Médoc) in 1993 was the first of a series under the label. Artémis Domaines was restructured in 2022 after the acquisition of Bouchard Père et Fils. Groupe Artémis bought the news magazine ''Le Point'' in 1997, the auction house Christie's and the Ligue 1 soccer team Stade Rennais FC in 1998, and the book-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brioni (brand)
Brioni is an Italian menswear luxury fashion house based in Rome and specialised in sartorial ready-to-wear, leather goods, shoes, eyewear and fragrance, and provides a tailor-made service. Brioni was founded in Rome in 1945. In 1952, the brand organised the first menswear runway show in the modern history of fashion. The brand invented the trunk show and the Prêt Couture. Brioni opened the tailoring school Scuola di Alta Sartoria in Penne, Italia, in 1985. Brioni was acquired by the luxury group Kering in 2011. Mehdi Benabadji is the CEO of Brioni since December 2019, and Norbert Stumpfl the creative director since October 2018. The company registered the image of a polo player as its logo in 1952, over a decade before Polo Ralph Lauren began using a variation of the symbol. History Peacock Revolution The first Brioni store, a tailor menswear boutique, was established on Via Barberini 79 in Rome in 1945 by Nazareno Fonticoli and Gaetano Savini. The name Brioni is a ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balenciaga
Balenciaga SA ( , , ) is a Spanish Basque luxury fashion house currently headquartered in Paris. It designs, manufactures and markets ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and branding to the American cosmetics company Coty for its namesake fragrances. Balenciaga is one of the luxury brands owned by the French multinational luxury goods company Kering. The brand was originally founded in Donostia (San Sebastián) in 1919 by Basque Cristóbal Balenciaga. Gianfranco Gianangeli has been CEO of Balenciaga since November 2024. Kering has named Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli as the next creative director of BALENCIAGA, effective July 10, 2025. History Founding to 1919 Cristóbal Balenciaga opened his first boutique in San Sebastián, Spain, in 1919, and expanded to include branches in Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish royal family and aristocracy wore his designs. When the Spanish Civil War forced him to close his stores, he moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creed (perfume)
Creed Fragrances is an Anglo-French multi-national niche perfume house, based in Paris. It is owned by the luxury group Kering and managed by its beauty division Kering Beauté. The company was supposedly originally founded as a tailoring house in London, England in 1760 by James Henry Creed. It has boutiques in Paris, London, New York City, Beverly Hills, Sydney, Dubai, Kuwait City, Vienna, Manila, Cebu City, Mexico City, Milan, Miami, Toronto (Yorkdale Mall) and Dallas in addition to stands in high end retailers across the world. The current generation of creative directors consists of Olivier Creed and his son Erwin Creed. Early history James Henry Creed supposedly founded the House of Creed in London in 1760 as a tailoring establishment, however, the earliest evidence of Creed's existence hark from the late 1960s or early 1970s. It claims to have risen to fame in the mid 19th century under Henry Creed as tailors and habit makers for the fashionable dandy Count d'Orsay, Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
