Marco Gobbetti

Marco Gobbetti
Born (1960-03-01) 1 March 1960 (age 64)[1]
NationalityItalian
Education
OccupationBusiness executive
TitleCEO, Salvatore Ferragamo
Term2021–

Marco Gobbetti is an Italian businessman, and the CEO of Salvatore Ferragamo.[2][3] Before this, he succeeded Christopher Bailey in July 2017 as CEO of Burberry.[4][5] Starting his career in management at luxury companies such as Bottega Veneta,[6] Valextra,[6] and Moschino,[7] and became CEO of Givenchy in 2004[6] and was the chairman and the CEO of Céline.

Early life and education

Gobbetti was born in 1958, and is Italian.[8] He has a degree in business administration from the American University in Washington, D.C.,[7][9] and a master's degree in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix, Arizona.[6][9]

Career

1984–1992

From 1984 to 1989, Gobbetti worked with the Italian luxury label Bottega Veneta[6] as a commercial director.[7] First a sales director for Bottega Veneta in the United States, he then became a marketing and sales director.[6] In 1989[6] he then joined Valextra as managing director.[6]

1993–2016

He was chief executive of Moschino from 1993 to 2004,[7] and then was appointed chief executive of Givenchy in February 2004,[6] which is owned by LVMH.[7] Gobbetti became Céline’s chief executive in 2008 working with creative director Phoebe Philo.[7] Under Gobbetti, the company moved its headquarters and revamped its product offerings to focus on "clean and sophisticated" lines.[7] As of 2016, he remained the chairman and CEO of Céline.[7][8]

In July 2016, it was announced that Gobbetti would replace Christopher Bailey as the CEO of Burberry, with Bailey remaining with the company as president and chief creative officer.[4][10][11][8] Gobetti took on the role of executive chairman, Asia Pacific and Middle East, in January 2017. The position was created for Gobetti to familiarize himself with the company.[12] He became CEO and joined the board in July 2017.[12] Having left Burberry in 2021, he joined Italian fashion brand Salvatore Ferragamo as CEO as of January 1, 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ Birthdays today, Times, London, 1 March 2022, page 33.
  2. ^ Shoaib, Maliha (2 March 2023). "CEO Gobbetti positions Ferragamo to scale after year of investments". Vogue Business. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Gründel, Marleen (2021-06-28). "Burberry: Salvatore Ferragamo wirbt Marco Gobbetti ab". Manager Magazin.
  4. ^ a b Davies, Rob (11 July 2016). "Burberry's Christopher Bailey makes way for new CEO". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Board of Directors - Burberry". www.burberryplc.com. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Marco Gobbetti appointed President and CEO of Givenchy Couture". LVMH. 19 February 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h McClean, Paul (11 July 2006). "Burberry's new chief executive Marco Gobbetti is a luxury veteran". Financial Times.
  8. ^ a b c Chaudhuri, Saabira (11 July 2016). "Burberry's Christopher Bailey Replaced as CEO by Marco Gobbetti". WSJ.com.
  9. ^ a b "Marco Gobbetti is One of the 500 People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in 2018". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  10. ^ Hoang, Limei (11 July 2016). "Marco Gobbetti Named CEO at Burberry; Christopher Bailey to Become President". businessoffashion.com.
  11. ^ Kirton, Hayley (11 July 2016). "Christopher Bailey named president of Burberry, while Marco Gobbetti appointed chief exec". City A.M.
  12. ^ a b "Burberry's CEO designate to join firm this month". Reuters. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

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