Kering House CEOs Under De Meo, 2024-2026
The Kering house CEOs de Meo has personally installed since he took office on 15 September 2025 number exactly three: Francesca Bellettini at Gucci on 17 September 2025, Jean-Marc Duplaix at the newly created Kering Jewelry division in March 2026, and Gianfranco D’Attis at Alexander McQueen on 1 June 2026, effective 3 June. Four further house-level appointments — Stefano Cantino to Gucci, Cédric Charbit to Saint Laurent, Gianfranco Gianangeli to Balenciaga, Federico Arrigoni to Brioni — predate him and belong to the final months of François-Henri Pinault’s solo authority over the group. One seat, Bottega Veneta, remains open as of 12 June 2026. The chronology, read together, is the clearest single document we have of how Luca de Meo intends to run Kering: through a small number of decisive, internally-promoted moves at the houses that matter most to the group’s revenue, and a willingness to leave the others uncovered until he has the right person rather than the available one. ...