A graduate of HEC School of Management, François-Henri Pinault joined the Pinault Group in 1987 where he carried out various duties in the Group’s main subsidiaries.

 

After having started as a salesman at the Evreux branch of Pinault Distribution, a subsidiary specialised in the import and distribution of wood, in 1988, he created this company’s purchasing unit for which he was in charge until September 1989.

 

Appointed CEO of France Bois Industries, the company comprising the industrial activities of the Pinault Group, he managed the 14 plants of this subsidiary until December 1990, date on which he returned to Pinault Distribution to become Chairman.

 

In 1993, he enlarged his responsibilities by being appointed Chairman of CFAO and a member of the Management Board of Pinault Printemps Redoute.

Four years later, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Fnac, a position which he held until February 2000. Then he was appointed Deputy CEO of Pinault Printemps Redoute in charge of developing the group’s Internet activities.

 

In 2001, he became co-managing director of Financière Pinault.

In 2003, he was appointed Chairman of the Artémis Group.

 

In 2005, he was first appointed Chairman of the Management Board and then Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of PPR.

Moreover, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bouygues S.A. since December 1998.