François-Henri Pinault
François-Henri Pinault (born May 28, 1962 in Rennes , Brittany ) is a French manager and son of the well-known billionaire François Pinault . He has also been a member of the board of directors of the Bouygues conglomerate since December 1998 .
Life
He graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Paris in 1985 and became General Manager of France Bois Industries in 1989 . In 1997 he took over the post of General Manager of Fnac . On March 21, 2005 he succeeded Serge Weinberg as CEO of the listed company Kering .
Pinault is a member of the Conseil Stratégique des Technologies de l'Information , a body chaired by the French Prime Minister and made up of leading entrepreneurs. The task of the body is to advise the French government on new information technologies.
François-Henri Pinault is married to the actress Salma Hayek . The two have been parents to a daughter since September 2007. Although the termination of the engagement was announced in July 2008, the wedding took place in Paris on February 14, 2009.
Pinault and model Linda Evangelista have a son, Augustin James (born October 11, 2006).
After the Notre-Dame fire in Paris in 2019 , Pinault announced that he and his father would provide 100 million euros through the family holding company to rebuild the cathedral.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Huffington Post July 19, 2008
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Welt Online, February 16, 2009
- ↑ Marcel Romahn: After the fire disaster in Paris: Luxury entrepreneur promises 100 million euros for Notre-Dame. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
literature
- François-Henri Pinault , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 44/2013 from October 29, 2013, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Biography entry on the CSTI website (English)
- François-Henri Pinault (2009): Press conference (4 min. Video) on the occasion of the presentation of the documentary Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pinault, François-Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French manager and son of billionaire François Pinault |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes , Brittany, France |