Marco Gobbetti

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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.

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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]

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