Francois Pinault is one of the richest man in France with an estimated net worth of $29.2 Billion. Francois was born on 21st August 1936, in Champs –Geraux in Brittany. He established his first business in Rennes in 1963, he then expanded his business in to other areas such as wood importing and then in to manufacturing, sales and retailing. The majority of his wealth comes from his post as CEO of Kering (Formerly PPR, the French multinational holding company which was founded by his father who had a great interest in the fashion industry and owns designer brands like Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. Francois Pinault was clearly one of the world’s richest men in the 90’s with a huge wealth of billions of dollars and a global business empire.
Below are Inspirational Quotes From Francois Pinault:
- “Sustainable development is a fundamental break that that’s going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future simply because they understand that”. Francois Pinault
- “I have no sense of nostalgia. Tomorrow is what interests me”. Francois Pinault
- “I started buying on the Internet quite rapidly, as early as 1995”. Francois Pinault
- “The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common humanity. Art has become my religion – others pray in church. It’s a banality, but you don’t possess art, it possesses you. It’s like falling in love”. Francois Pinault
5.“I like to discover new things, and I’m always testing new apps”. Francois Pinault
- “ You don’t buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from other. The passion for arts is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is on common humanity. Art has become my religion-others pray in church. It’s a banality, but you don’t possess art, it possesses you. It’s like falling in love”. Francois Pinault
- “The first PC that I actually bought myself was a Toshiba Papman in 1985. This model was one of the very first laptops; I remember that it was a revolution at the time”. Francois Pinault
- “I closely follow everything about users interface or human – computer interface: technology that makes computers closer to the way the human being actually functions”. Francois Pinault
- “The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty”. Francois Pinault
10.“I will never buy something even if it is a great brand, that is a competitor to something I already own; that’s insane”. Francois Pinault
- “The mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn’t there, I don’t”. Francois Pinault
- “My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn’t there, I don’t”. Francois Pinault
- “There is a strength to be able to look at products through a customer’s eyes, but it is also dangerous”. Francois Pinault
- “Linguistics is a good way of defining the culture of a brand. The vocabulary used by sports and lifestyle brands- running, fitness, training, motor sports – is all about functionality, where as the vocabulary of the luxury business – handbags, ready – to wear – is all about the product”. Francois Pinault
15.“I have a regular, normal private life”. Francois Pinault