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Maurizio Gucci (26 September 1948 – 27 March 1995) was an Italian businessman and the one-time head of the Gucci fashion house. He was the son of actor Rodolfo Gucci, and grandson of the company's founder Guccio Gucci. On 27 March 1995, he was shot and killed by a hitman hired by his former wife Patrizia Reggiani.
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In 1994, she officially divorced Gucci. As part of the divorce settlement, Gucci agreed to pay Patrizia an annual alimony of $1.47 million. [15] By law, she was no longer allowed to use the Gucci surname, but she continued to do so anyway, stating, "I still feel like a Gucci – in fact, the most Gucci of them all." [16] [17] [18]
In 2003, François-Henri Pinault, son of the founder François Pinault, became general manager of Artémis, the family holding company that controlled Pinault-Printemps-Redoute. In 2005, he was named president and CEO of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, [12] a year after the group had reached a 99.4% ownership of Gucci. [13]
Kering, the company behind Gucci and Saint Laurent, is no different. The luxury company was founded by Francois Pinault, current CEO François-Henri Pinault’s father, in the 1960s.
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François-Henri Pinault (French: [fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃ʁi pino]; born 28 May 1962 [1]) is a French businessman, the son of billionaire François Pinault.François-Henri took the reins of his father's retail conglomerate Pinault-Printemps-Redoute in 2005, and turned it into the luxury group Kering (Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta) in 2013.
Patrizia — now known as the Black Widow — was sentenced to 26 years in prison. Patrizia’s time in jail was even more peculiar than her trial. “I slept a lot,” she recalled to the Guardian.