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Guccio Gucci was born in Florence, Tuscany on 26 March 1881. [1] He was the son of Tuscan parents, Gabriello Gucci, a leather craftsman from San Miniato, and Elena Santini, from Lastra a Signa. [2] [3] As a teenager, in 1899, Guccio Gucci worked at the Savoy Hotel in London.
He was the chief designer of Gucci in the late 1960s. In 1978, his father named him the vice-president of Gucci. [3] In 1980, Paolo secretly launched his own business using the Gucci name without telling his father, nor his uncle Rodolfo. When they found out, they were both infuriated and fired him from Gucci in September 1980.
In 1972, Gucci married Patrizia Reggiani, with whom he had two daughters, Alessandra and Allegra. [15] Alessandra Gucci was born on 28 June 1976, and Allegra Gucci was born on 27 January 1981. [16] Maurizio's father, Rodolfo Gucci, originally did not approve of their marriage, calling Patrizia "a social climber who has nothing in mind but money."
Gucci hired Tom Ford as its new creative director and was infamously in the news following the killing of its former head, Maurizio Gucci. Around the same time, LVMH’s CEO Bernard Arnault was ...
In 1980, Aldo's son Paolo Gucci attempted to launch his own business using the Gucci name, but Aldo disapproved and sued his son, threatening to cut off any Gucci supplier who signed on with Paolo. Seeking revenge, Paolo got Aldo removed from the company in 1984 with the help of his cousin Maurizio Gucci , who had recently become the majority ...
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Alexandra Gucci (married Zarini, b. 1985), children's rights activist(*) Aldo Gucci (1905-1990), Italian businessman and fashion designer(*) Guccio Gucci (1881-1953), Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of the fashion brand and fashion house Gucci; Mateo Gucci (1500-1550), Renaissance architect; Maurizio Gucci (1948-1995), Italian ...