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François-Henri Pinault drops off the radar

François-Henri Pinault is making sure his travels don't show up on flight-tracking websites. The Kering CEO, who has owned a large-cabin private jet for two years, is keen to avoid the fate that befell Bernard Arnault, who was famously obliged to give up his own aircraft under pressure from plane-spotters tracking his movements. [...]

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Courts still struggling to elucidate Pinault cruise ship fire nine years on

In late 2015, a month after the Pinault family's Artémis firm took over cruise ship operator Compagnie du Ponant, a fire broke out on one of its ships. The courts are still trying to get to the bottom of the affair, amid suspected conflicts of interest and the existence of a mysterious black box.

Subscribers only Houses 07.11.2024

Spotlight | France
Pinault family splashes out in hope of offsetting losses

With the slump in Kering's performance threatening to eat into dividends, the Pinault family - its principal shareholder - is investing heavily to diversify its family office. Its other traditional sources of revenue, such as wine, tourism and art, are also becoming less bankable.

Subscribers only Families 11.07.2024

Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault and his father François Pinault.

France, United Kingdom
Is actress Emma Watson's spell as Kering director over?

Having joined Kering's board in 2020, Emma Watson's term is due to expire at the luxury group's next general meeting. The fact that Kering's shareholding Pinault family has acquired the talent agency that represents the actress could complicate her reappointment.

Free access Houses 18.01.2024

Spotlight | France, Italy, United States
Agnelli family, Kering both coveted Versace and Jimmy Choo before Tapestry takeover

Tapestry's summer acquisition of Capri, the Versace and Jimmy Choo parent, followed talks with Exor, the Agnelli family's fund, and luxury giant Kering. Glitz.paris has pieced together the episodes, which had remained undisclosed, until now.

Free access Houses 14.09.2023

François-Henri Pinault (Kering) and John Elkann (Agnelli family) were in talks with John Idol (Capri Holdings) to acquire Versace and Jimmy Choo.

France, Italy
Luxury barons remain loyal to the isle of Capri

Several of the yachts that dropped anchor off the Italian island of Capri this summer belong to luxury world heavyweights.

Subscribers only Entourage 31.08.2023

Spotlight | Europe
Kering, facing a European Commission cartel probe, seeks a way out

With investigators from the European Commission's competition authority turning up at its Milan offices in April, François-Henri Pinault's Kering has been quick off the mark, hoping to take advantage of a leniency scheme whereby collaboration with officials from the outset is richly rewarded.

Subscribers only Houses 04.05.2023

Investigators from the European Commission's Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) searched the Gucci Hub in Milan on 18 April.

France
Kering's €800m invasion of Paris's Vendôme district

Opening a Gucci shop directly opposite LVMH's Louis Vuitton boutique on the Place Vendôme wasn't enough for Kering. The group has just acquired the four buildings that make up the southeast corner where the Rue de Castiglione meets the Rue Saint-Honoré.

Subscribers only Houses 09.02.2023

France
Dior caught up in bitter neighbourhood battle on Avenue Montaigne

The Paris administrative court has just put an end to a legal dispute that the owners of a mansion next to Dior's new headquarters have been waging for three years. LVMH, the designer's parent company, recently renovated the HQ site at great expense.

Subscribers only Houses 05.01.2023

France
After London debut, star butcher Salt Bae looks to set up shop in Paris

Nusr-Et luxury steakhouses are already plying their trade in Turkey, the Gulf region and London. Now the chain is talking to a subsidiary of France's Caisse des Dépôts to rent space and open a Paris restaurant.

Free access Entourage 08.12.2022

France
Villa Eugénie's Dior desert adventure

Fashion show production agency Villa Eugénie is set to organise a showstopper event in a desert landscape - hot on the heels of its competitor, Bureau Betak, organising Yves Saint Laurent's 2023 men's show in Morocco's Agafay desert.

Free access Houses 17.11.2022

France
Hubert Wargny, discreet keeper of the Pinault estate

Now in semi-retirement, Hubert Wargny was the Pinault family's long-standing notary for over 20 years and continues to liaise between his former firm and its largest client.

Subscribers only Families 03.11.2022

France
How the Pinault family's jet stays incognito

The Pinault family's Global Jet 7500 benefits from a US government programme that filters certain aircraft's flight data, meaning it doesn't figure on any flight tracking sites.

Subscribers only Families 27.10.2022

France
LVMH still on the hunt for next protection chief

LVMH has been interviewing for a new head of protection for the group in the wake of former magistrate Laurent Marcadier's departure.

Subscribers only Houses 13.10.2022

France
Faux war rages on leather and fur front among LVMH, Kering, Chanel and Hermès

To make good on their countless environmental commitments, luxury giants are furiously seeking out substitute leathers and furs for their bags and coats. Their quest has turned into a pitched battle centred on a handful of subcontractors and specialised start-ups.

Free access Houses 13.10.2022

France
Odile de Labouchere, the linchpin of Pinault's art and real estate portfolio

While Paris's Bourse de Commerce and Venice's Palazzo Grassi put the finishing touches on their upcoming exhibitions, one individual oversees the smooth transfer of artworks between the foundations, Pinault family residences and the storage sites:

Subscribers only Families 06.10.2022

France
Paris Fashion Week plays host to tarpaulin tug-of-war between luxury giants

Luxury house giants made strategic use of the tarpaulins masking construction work in key Paris fashion week locations, buying them up to serve as advertising billboards that became uninvited guests at their rivals' otherwise perfectly choreographed fashion shows.

Subscribers only Houses 06.10.2022

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