Roberto Vedovotto is an Italian businessman, founder and CEO of Kering Eyewear since 2014.
Vedovotto holds a bachelor degree in economics from the Bocconi University (1989) and a master's degree in business administration from the London Business School (1994). After his bachelor's degree, Vedovotto was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Asset Management. [1] [2]
In 2002, Vedovotto was named CEO of the eyewear manufacturing company Safilo, a year after it was delisted from the Milan stock exchange. [3] He was hired to clean Safilo's books and overhaul its finances. [1] Safilo was reintroduced in the Milan stock exchange in 2005. [3] Vedovotto left Safilo in November 2006 and became managing director and chairman of European luxury goods at Lehman Brothers. [2] [4] He was, again, CEO of Safilo from November 2008 [3] to October 2013. [5]
In 2013, Vedovotto joined Kering to pilot the development of the luxury group's eyewear division. [6] [7] He launched Kering Eyewear the following year, which marked the first time a global luxury group internalized its eyewear production. [8] [9] In March 2015, Vedovotto became a member of Kering's executive committee. [10] In 2017, he was joined by the luxury group Richemont in the shareholding of Kering Eyewear, [8] and then acquired the eyewear brands Lindberg in 2021 and Maui Jim in 2022. [11] [12] [13]
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