Kering has decided to replace Marco Bizzarri, Gucci’s CEO since 2015, with the current managing director, Jean-François Palus, for a transitional period from the end of September.
The current CEO of the Yves Saint Laurent brand and the group’s CFO will become Co-CEO of Kering group.
This leadership reshuffle confirms the group’s determination rapidly to rekindle Gucci, thereby boosting the market’s confidence in Kering.


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Leadership reshuffle
Kering has decided to replace Marco Bizzarri, Gucci’s CEO since 2015, with the current managing director, Jean-François Palus, for a transitional period from the end of September.
The current CEO of the Yves Saint Laurent brand and the group’s CFO will become Co-CEO of Kering group.
This leadership reshuffle confirms the group’s determination rapidly to rekindle Gucci, thereby boosting the market’s confidence in Kering.