May 7, 2024 · François Pinault, born on August 21, 1936, in Champs Géraux, France, is a renowned French billionaire businessman and art collector. He began his career in the timber industry, founding Société Pinault in 1963, a company that dealt in timber and building materials.

In the early 1960s, a 27-year-old Frenchman named Francois Pinault started his first business, a small timber company called Les Etablissements Francois Pinault. Given that Pinault left school at age 16 to begin working in his family’s timber business, the …

Dec 27, 2024 · François Pinault, Kering's founder, was born and raised in a small village in Brittany in the 1930s. After dropping out of the College Saint-Martin in Rennes, he joined the family's lumber mill, where he learned his trade in an industry where he would have decades-length of success.

Jan 5, 2025 · After completing his education, Pinault joined his family’s timber business. His natural business acumen soon became evident, and he expanded the company significantly. However, it was his bold decision to diversify the business that set …

François Pinault (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Artémis. Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s.

Oct 27, 2024 · In the early 1960s, a 27-year-old Frenchman named Francois Pinault started his first business, a small timber company called Les Etablissements Francois Pinault. Given that Pinault left school at age 16 to begin working in his family’s timber business, the nature of his first solo venture made sense...

Sep 23, 2024 · Growing up in a rural setting, Pinault’s introduction to business came through his family’s timber trade. After leaving school at 16, he joined the military during the Algerian War. Following his service, he returned to the family business, which he sold upon his father’s death.

Dec 20, 2024 · Born and raised in Rennes in North West France, the second of three children, Pinault was just a year old when his father, François Pinault founded a timber and building materials business in 1963. In 2005, he inherited a retail conglomerate called Pinault-Printemps-Redoute from his father.

Upon his return to Brittany in 1958, he worked in the timber merchant business at Gautier Brothers Company where he survived the cut-throat competition to maintain a foothold in the operations of the firm.

He began his career in the timber business in 1963, eventually growing it into a large conglomerate known as the Kering Group. Throughout his illustrious career, Francois has had his hand in luxury goods and fashion, controlling major …