Jump to content

Fabrizio Freda

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Sophie-esteelauder (talk | contribs) at 15:45, 6 July 2023 (Uncontroversial COI edits to add updated sources.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Fabrizio Freda
Born (1957-08-31) August 31, 1957 (age 67)
Naples, Italy
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationCompany's leader
EmployerEstee Lauder

Fabrizio Freda (born 31 August 1957) is an Italian business executive.

Early life

Freda was born in Naples and graduated from University of Naples Federico II in March 1981. [1]

Career

He was appointed president and chief executive officer of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. on July 1, 2009,[2][3] succeeding William P. Lauder. He had joined the company in March 2008, when he was appointed president and chief operating officer. [4]

He was previously president of Procter & Gamble's Global Snacks division. Freda joined P&G in 1982 and spent 10 years in the health and beauty division. [5][6]


His total calculated compensation in 2016 as chief executive officer, president and director at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. was $48,369,401.[7] In 2022, Freda's compensation was $25.48 million.[8]

Freda is a member of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism, [9] and he serves on the Advisory Board of the Global Business Initiative at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. He is also on the board of BlackRock.[10]

Awards and honors

In 2015, Freda received the Order of Merit for Labour from Italian President Sergio Mattarella.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Parker, Garrett (8 April 2020). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Fabrizio Freda". Money INC.
  2. ^ Freda, Fabrizio. "A Letter from Our President and CEO". Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ^ Fabrizio Freda profile on Estée Lauder Companies website
  4. ^ Platero, Mario (22 February 2021). "Fabrizio Freda: the "mister 100 billion" who revolutionized Estee Lauder Companies is Italian". la Republica (in Italian).
  5. ^ Salas, Abigail (8 April 2019). "Estee Lauder CEO Fabrizio Freda on Inspiring the New Generation of Beauty".
  6. ^ Echenique, Sandra (22 June 2022). "His name is Fabrizio Freda" (in Italian).
  7. ^ Bloomberg. "Estee Lauder Companies". Bloomberg. Retrieved 11 Jul 2017.
  8. ^ Hopkins, Kathryn (7 December 2022). "Fabrizio Freda Talks Succession Planning at The Estee Lauder Cos". Women's Wear Daily. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  9. ^ "Fabrizio Freda | Council for Inclusive Capitalism". Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  10. ^ "Freda, il secondo Ceo più pagato negli Usa è italiano: maxistipendio da 66 mln". Affaritaliani.it (in Italian). 2022-06-13. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  11. ^ Janik, Lucie (24 October 2015). "Fabrizio Freda Honored With 'Cavalieri del Lavoro' Award in Italy". Women's Wear Daily.
  12. ^ "Fabrizio Freda, the man who revolutionized Estee Lauder is Italian" (in Italian). 23 February 2021.