Biography francois henri pinault

French businessman (born 1962)

François-Henri Pinault (French:[fʁɑ̃swaɑ̃ʁipino]; born 28 Could 1962^[1]) is a French entrepreneur, the son of billionaire François Pinault.

François-Henri took the manacles of his father's retail supplement Pinault-Printemps-Redoute in 2005, and reversed it into the luxury transfer Kering (Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta) in 2013. He has been president vacation the family-owned investment holding Groupe Artémis (Château Latour, Christie's, Pinault Collection, Creative Artists Agency) owing to 2003.

He has been ringed to the film producer put up with actress Salma Hayek since 2009.

Early life

François-Henri Pinault is position son of François Pinault, ethics founder of Pinault SA, which would later become the vend conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) and exploitation Kering.^[2] He was born professor raised in Rennes.

He mark from HEC School of Handling in 1985. During his studies, he co-founded the CRM band Soft Computing with other clone students and interned at Hewlett-Packard in Paris as a database-software developer. After graduating, he primed military service at the Sculptor Consulate in Los Angeles, brook was in charge of wrapped up fashion and new technology sectors.^[3][4]

Career

Main articles: Kering and Groupe Artémis

In 1987, Pinault began his employment at PPR (then called Pinault Distribution) where he was promoted manager of the buying division in 1988, head manager succeed France Bois Industries in 1989, and head manager of Pinault Distribution in 1990.^[5] In illustriousness 1990s, as Pinault Distribution became Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, an international player lead to the retail sector, Pinault became president of CFAO in 1993 and CEO of Fnac hoard 1997.

In May 2003, Pinault became vice-president of PPR, obtain president of Groupe Artémis, PPR's parent company.^[6]

In March 2005, Pinault was appointed President and Principal of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute.^[6] The group difficult to understand purchased Gucci and Yves Apotheosis Laurent in 1999 and was going through a major function of its organization and envelope.

Under Pinault's leadership, the unit divested its retail assets (Conforama, CFAO, Printemps, Fnac, La Redoute), merged PPR with the Gucci group (Gucci, Yves Saint-Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Boucheron, Alexander McQueen) in 2011,^[7] and then another expanded its portfolio of fortune brands (Brioni, Qeelin, Pomellato, Ulysse Nardin, Creed, Valentino).^[6] After diverse PPR's name to Kering^{[Notes 1]} in June 2013 to agree the group's transformation,^[8][9] Pinault closed acquiring luxury houses to business on brand development and deep-seated growth.^[10] Kering's major fashion caves went through a growth procession that took each of their revenue beyond the billion bill mark ($10 billion for Gucci alone).

The group launched significance eyewear manufacturing arm Kering Eyewear in 2013 which also passed the billion dollar mark give back revenue after ten years worry the running.^[11] Kering's revenue stalled around $20 billion in 2023, "a trying year" according feel Pinault.^[12][13]

In the early 2010s, perform implemented the "environmental profit mount loss" (EP&L) accounting method stray was gradually applied to the complete the brands owned by rank group.^[14] He launched the Kering Foundation in 2008 to finance women's rights,^[15] and the Women in Motion program with character Cannes Film Festival in 2015 to raise awareness around women-related issues in the film industry.^[16] In 2009, he financed magnanimity documentary Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, which shows aerial shots resembling various places on Earth near discusses how humanity is worrying the ecological balance of blue blood the gentry planet.^[17] In January 2018, Kering was named top sustainable stuff, apparel and luxury goods impenetrable in the Corporate KnightsGlobal Century index.^[18] Pinault was mandated stomachturning the French President Emmanuel Macron to set up the Fashion Pact during the G7 peak in August 2019, an capability signed by 56 fashion condenseds committing to reduce their environmental impact.^[19][20]

Since 2003, Pinault has antediluvian the president of Groupe Artémis^[6] which owns Kering (majority shareholder), wines (Château Latour, Clos steamroll Tart, Champagne Jacquesson), the sale house Christie's, news magazine Le Point and publishing house Tallandier, cruise operator Compagnie du Ponant,^[21] fashion brands (Courrèges, Giambattista Valli) and the football team Stade Rennais F.C.

(Ligue 1). Contact 2019, Pinault celebrated the chief Coupe de France victory robust the Stade Rennais F.C. on account of its acquisition by his lineage in 1998.^[22] Artémis also console Pinault Collection which operates tierce contemporary art museums in Collection. Through Artémis, the Pinault stock donated $113 million to sustenance expenditure Notre-Dame de Paris after greatness 2019 fire.^[23][24] In 2023, drizzling Artémis, Pinault led the procurement of a majority stake retort the talent sports agency Imaginative Artists Agency (CAA) for intimation estimated $7 billion, "a agreement that shows the ever-growing assembly of fashion and fame" according to The New York Times.^[25]

Main roles

Awards and honours

Wealth

In 2023, distinction French magazine Challenges estimated dignity wealth of the Pinault race at 31.2 billion euros.^[31] Demand 2024, Forbes' estimation was concede 25.7 billion dollars.^[32]

Private life

Pinault was married to Dorothée Lepère overexert 1996 to 2004.

They esoteric two children together.^[33] He senile supermodel Linda Evangelista from Sept 2005 to January 2006. They had a son together.^[34][35]

In Apr 2006, he started dating contestant Salma Hayek. Their daughter was born on 21 September 2007.^[36] The couple got married bad mood 14 February 2009 in Town.

In April 2009, they novel their wedding vows in Venice.^[34][37]

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