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Former Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri invests in Elisabetta Franchi

A good six months after his departure as Gucci CEO, Marco Bizzarri's next steps are now certain. Bizzarri is investing in luxury fashion brand Elisabetta Franchi, as the businessman revealed in an interview with the industry magazine WWD. The former Gucci CEO is acquiring 23 percent of the Italian fashion house through a private holding company...

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Gucci in Transformation: Navigating a new era

Gucci, an Italian emblem of heritage and luxury, is set to undergo a profound transformation come September. Despite Kering chief François Pinault's initial confidence in CEO Marco Bizzarri's tenure, stating no uncertain terms: “It’s so obvious that Marco is the CEO for this next chapter of Gucci for sure,” Mr Pinault quipped to WWD, it was not...

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Kering Executive Shake-up: Marco Bizzarri exits Gucci, Saint Laurent chief appointed group head of brands

In a significant strategic manoeuvre, Italian luxury house Gucci has announced the imminent departure of its CEO, Marco Bizzarri, who is set to bid farewell to the brand in September. Kering Group transition In the wake of this leadership transition, Kering, the parent company of Gucci, has executed a top-level reshuffling, appointing former...

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Gucci CEO becomes partner in investment company

Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri has become a partner in Orienta Capital Partners, a company specializing in investments in SMEs with high growth potential. Bizzarri will be on the executive board, however details of his stake in the company were not disclosed. “Orienta Capital Partners is a constantly evolving reality and the arrival of a top manager...

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Podcast: Chef Massimo Bottura and Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri on the new Gucci Osteria in L.A.

Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura opened two years ago in Piazza della Signoria, Florence as a part of Alessandro Michele's Gucci Garden. The lifelong friends, Three-Michelin Star Chef, Massimo Bottura and Marco Bizzarri, Gucci President and CEO sit down at the newly opened Gucci Osteria in Los Angeles to discuss their collaboration on this...

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Gucci CEO to donate 100,000 Euros to local hospital group

On a day when many airlines have banned flights to Italy, Marco Bizzarri, president and CEO of Gucci, has donated 100,000 euros in a personal capacity to the Reggio Emilia healthcare company, which operates local hospitals including the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital. “Our healthcare system, which in these hours is responding to the coronavirus...

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Gucci boss challenges CEOs to go carbon neutral

After going carbon neutral in September, Gucci is daring other companies to do the same. CEO Marco Bizzarri published an open letter to CEOs yesterday, asking them to take urgent steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, instead of solely focusing on goals for over the next decades. “Given the scientific evidence from the recent IPBES and...

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“We have become strongly dependent on millennials”, says Gucci CEO

Marco Bizzarri, President and CEO of Gucci, is the protagonist of the second episode of “Polimoda Duets”, a series of interviews produced by Italian fashion school Polimoda for its social media channels. The first interviewee was Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović. In the video, Bizzarri comments on Gucci’s new wave of success under...

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Is Kering becoming too dependent on Gucci?

Investors and market analysts love to make alarming predictions about the future of companies they invest in; most of the time to soften the blow of a unavoidable loss. What is causing them to worry at the moment? The success story of Kering's top performing label, Gucci. Some investors are becoming more and more nervous of Kering’s future as it...

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Video: Marco Bizzarri / Mimma Viglezio

Editor Mimma Viglezio interviews President and CEO of Gucci Marco Bizzarri Source: SHOWstudio, YouTube.

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Gucci boss pledges label to go fur-free in 2018

Italian fashion house Gucci is to go fur-free from next year and will be auctioning off all of its remaining animal fur items, the label’s president and chief executive Marco Bizzarri announced at the 2017 Kering Talk at the London College of Fashion. Gucci joins a host of the luxury fashion labels and retailers including Armani, Hugo Boss, Yoox...

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Marco Bizzarri views Gucci as a 6 billion euro brand

London - Luxury Italian fashion house Gucci may be reaching for the stars, as its president and chief executive officer Marco Bizzarri aims defy the market and achieve sales of 6 billion euros. Following Gucci's cruise 2017 show in Westminster Abbey, Gucci hosted an investor day in London to share its plan for the future, which sees the brand...