François-Henri Pinault
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 François-Henri Pinault (2011) |
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| Born | 28 May 1962 Rennes, France, |
| Residence | Paris, France, |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | HEC |
| Occupation | Chairman of PPR company Co-Chair of the PPR Foundation |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Board member of | |
| Spouse | Salma Hayek (m. 2009) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents | François Pinault |
François-Henri Pinault, born 28 May 1962 in Rennes, Brittany, France, is a French businessman and the chief executive officer of PPR. He is the son of the company's founder, businessman François Pinault. Often nicknamed ‘FHP’, he is also Director of Financière Pinault, as well as the President of Artémis' executive board.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Education
François-Henri Pinault graduated from HEC School of Management in 1985, and did his military service in the French Consulate Economic Expansion station in Los Angeles (United States),[1] during which he was in charge of studying fashion and new technology sectors in the States.
[edit] Career in PPR
He started his career in PPR in 1987.[2] In 1988, he became the manager of the company’s buying department. In 1989, he became head manager of France Bois Industries, and then of Pinault Distribution in 1990.
In 1993, he was appointed CEO of CFAO (formerly Compagnie Française de l’Afrique Occidentale) a retail subsidiary of the Group in Africa and in the overseas territories, specialized in cars and medicine. In 1997, he became CEO of Fnac.
His hobby in computing led him to take an interest in the Internet’s expansion in the 1990s, and he decided to develop the Group’s Internet activities.
In February 2000, he became vice-president of the Internet branch of the Group, alongside Serge Weinberg, board president. He launched PPR Interactive, a structure dedicated to new technologies.
From January 2001 until March 2005, he was a member of the PPR Security Board. In May 2003, he was appointed vice-president of the board until March 2005.
[edit] Heading PPR
In May 2003, François Pinault, his father, gave him the presidency of Artémis, as the controlling shareholder of the Group, founded in 1992. In March 2005, François-Henri Pinault became Chairman of the Board and CEO of PPR.
On 20th June 2007, he also became president of German sports retailer Puma’s Executive Committee, the newest Group acquisition. On 17th February 2011, François-Henri Pinault announced that he would head the luxury branch of PPR.
[edit] Other functions
- Manager of Financière Pinault
- President of Artémis Executive Board
- President of Puma’s Supervisory Committee
- President and member of Gucci Group NV Supervisory Committee
- Vice-president of Boucheron’s Holding and CFAO Supervisory Committee
- Fnac SA, Soft Computing and Sapardis administrator
- Member of the Yves-Saint-Laurent SAS Supervisory Committee
- Member of the Chateau Latour winery SC Management Committee
- Board member Christie’s International Plc.
- President of Sowind Group’s Board Committee
- Administrator of Bouygues SA.
[edit] Personal life
François-Henri Pinault is the father of four children: two from a first mariage, a son called then Augustin James Evangelista (born in 2006) whom he had with Linda Evangelista before meeting his current wife Salma Hayek with whom he had a fourth child: a daughter called Valentina Paloma (born on the 21st of September 2007)[3].
He married with Salma Hayek on 14th February 2009 in Paris, in the 6ème arrondissement town hall. A few weeks later, François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek celebrated their wedding anniversary with friends in Venice[4].
Dating back from his student years, François-Henri Pinault has always been fascinated about the Web and new technologies. He founded the Electronic Business Group in 2000.
During his free time, he likes to relax practicing magic with playing cards. He also likes football. He owns the Stade Rennais, a French 1st Ligue football club.
In April 2006, he was awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur.
[edit] Vision
Passionate about the Web and its potential, François-Henri Pinault founded PPR Interactive, and has developed the Group’s Internet’s activities for quite some time, in order to position PPR and its brands in the digital era.
The purchase of Puma in 2007, the selling of Conforma in 2011, as well as the announcement of the Group’s intention to sell Redcats Group ( La Redoute, Cyrillus, Vertbaudet) and Fnac in the future, all illustrate François-Henri Pinault’s will to reinforce PPR group in the luxury and ‘Sport & Lifestyle’ sectors.
During the annual financial results communication on 17th February 2011 François-Henri Pinault announced that he would head the Group’s luxury brands department.[5]
On 2nd June 2011, PPR acquired Californian brand Volcom in the latest step to bolster its ‘Sport & Lifestyle’ division [6].
Aware of the fashion market’s development and consumer trends, François-Henri Pinault has an optimistic view of the luxury sector future : ‘ I sincerely think that fashion has a brilliant future ahead, with five structuring key trends : hedonism comeback, community multiplication, the growing role of brands, the digital revolution and sustainability’.
[edit] Commitments
[edit] PPR Foundation
Related article : Fondation PPR.
In 2008, François-Henri Pinault launched PPR’s Corporate Foundation for Women’s Dignity and Rights, part of PPR Home.
[edit] Sakineh
In 2010, PPR’s Foundation invited people to sign a petition in favour of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s freedom, after she was sentenced to death by stoning. Newspapers (Libération, Elle, La Repubblica, La Règle du jeu) united to publish a letter a day around Sakineh’s cause, which was either written by a celebrity or a reader. In this campaign, François-Henri Pinault wrote a letter for Sakineh intitled ‘Sakineh, we are standing by you’.
[edit] ELA
Related article : Association européenne contre les leucodystrophies. François-Henri Pinault is a Supervisory Board member of ELA (a European NGO campaigning for research in leukodystrophy). Home François-Henri Pinault took the initiative to support the ‘Home’ movie by Yann-Arthus Bertrand, which was distributed on television and cinema in 2009 for free, and was seen by more than 400 million people around the world[7]
[edit] References
- ^ http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=fr&sl=fr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.journaldunet.com%2Fdossiers%2FNet20_2000%2Fpinault.shtml
- ^ PPR Press Release[dead link]
- ^ http://www.elle.fr/People/La-vie-des-people/News/Francois-Henri-Pinault-parle-enfin-de-son-fils-Augustin-1709814
- ^ Vicki Hyman/The Star-Ledger (2009-04-27). "Star-Ledger article on remarriage in Venice". Nj.com. http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2009/04/salma_hayeks_wedding_in_venice.html. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
- ^ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/30c00cb4-3a9b-11e0-9c65-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1ckZATEdn
- ^ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6027ee64-7528-11e0-a4b7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1ckZATEdn
- ^ http://www.homethemovie.org/en/informations-about-the-movie/fact-sheet
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