Gucci appoints Stefano Cantino CEO

French luxury goods company Kering has recruited Stefano Cantino as the next chief executive officer of Italian label Gucci.

Cantino, who joined Gucci in May 2024 as Deputy CEO will have a seat on Kering's Executive Committee and will report to Francesca Bellettini, Deputy CEO of Kering in charge of Brand Development. He succeeds Jean-Francois Palus who was appointed CEO of Gucci in July 2023, having been the right-hand man of Kering Chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault for three decades.


'I am deeply grateful to Jean-Francois for his dedication and loyalty to Gucci over this transitional period. I am confident that, building on what has been set up over the past 15 months, Stefano and the Gucci team will succeed in the mission to take Gucci back to the leadership the brand deserves,' Francesca Bellettini declared.


'I wholeheartedly thank Jean-Francois for his achievements at the helm of Gucci since summer 2023. Over a particularly challenging period, he made the courageous decisions the House needed, and built sound foundations for a renewed Gucci to flourish again under the stewardship of Stefano. I also want to acknowledge Jean-Francois's close and constant collaboration with me over the past 30 years, which has been truly invaluable,' Francois-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of Kering, stated.


Cantino, a graduate in Political Science from the University of Turin, spent 20 years in the Prada Group where he held positions of increasing responsibility in Marketing and Commercial, culminating in his role as Director of Communications and Marketing. He also spent five years at LVMH-owned Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury label, where he oversaw Communications and Image. He will begin his new role at Gucci on January 1, 2025.

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