French businessman
Pierre-Yves Roussel
Born (1965-11-07 ) November 7, 1965 (age 59) Paris, France
Other names PYR Alma mater Occupation(s) CEO, Tory Burch LLC Years active 1990–present Spouse
Children 3
Pierre-Yves Roussel (born November 7, 1965) is CEO of Tory Burch LLC , a role he assumed in 2019.[ 1] He was previously the chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Fashion Group and a member of the LVMH Executive Committee before moving into an advisory role at the luxury conglomerate in 2018.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Early life and education
Roussel was born in Paris , France. He graduated from ESCP Europe with a degree in Economics.[ 5] He has a postgraduate degree from Brussels University (Solvay Business School) , which he earned during the time he worked at Crédit Commercial de France in Brussels.[ 6] Roussel has an MBA from Wharton Business School – University of Pennsylvania .[ 6]
Career
He began his career as a financial analyst at Crédit Commercial de France , now known as HSBC France after obtaining an MBA from Wharton , he joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company , where he had increasing responsibilities (France, New York, Hong Kong, Japan) before being elected partner in 1998, and then senior partner in 2004.[ 6]
In 2004, Roussel joined the LVMH executive committee as executive vice president, strategy and operations. In 2006, he was named chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Fashion Group, which includes Berluti , Céline , Donna Karan , DKNY , Givenchy , Kenzo , Loewe , Marc Jacobs , Pucci , Nicholas Kirkwood , Louis Vuitton , and J. W. Anderson.[ 6]
Pierre-Yves Roussel successfully repositioned and developed several fashion houses within LVMH[ 7] [ 8] by appointing and collaborating with very talented Artistic Directors:[ 9] Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy , Phoebe Philo at Céline ,[ 10] Carol Lim and Humberto Leon at Kenzo , J. W. Anderson at Loewe and, in 2015, Dao Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne at Donna Karan [ 11]
Memberships
Personal life
Roussel has three children from his first marriage.[ 6]
In January 2016, it was announced that Roussel is engaged to fashion designer Tory Burch , whom he had been dating since June 2014,[ 15] [ 16] and married in 2018.[ 17]
References
^ "Pierre-Yves Roussel CEO" . The Business of Fashion . 12 September 2023.
^ "Tory Burch Names Pierre-Yves Roussel CEO" . The Business of Fashion . 11 December 2018.
^ "Pierre-Yves Roussel, LVMH Fashion Group" . LVMH . Retrieved 4 January 2016 .
^ "Pierre-Yves Roussel" . The Business of Fashion . Retrieved 4 January 2016 .
^ "Pierre-Yves Roussel, Fashion Alchemist" . The Business of Fashion . 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-01-26 .
^ a b c d e Sibony, Olivier; Tochtermann, Thomas (Summer 2014). " 'The business of creating desire': An interview with the CEO of LVMH Fashion Group" (PDF) . Perspectives on Retail and Consumer Goods (3). McKinsey & Company : 20– 25. Retrieved 4 January 2016 .
^ "Roussel to the Rescue – AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW – Marion Hume" . Marion Hume . March 2010. Retrieved 2016-01-26 .
^ " 'The business of creating desire': An interview with the CEO of LVMH Fashion Group" . www.mckinsey.com . Retrieved 2016-01-26 .
^ Bizet, Carine (21 October 2013). "Les géants du luxe misent sur les jeunes créateurs" . Le Monde (in French).
^ Chapuis, Dominique (31 January 2013). "Céline s'affirme comme la nouvelle pépite de LVMH" . Les Échos (in French).
^ Friedman, Vanessa (29 April 2015). "DKNY Names 2 Creative Directors and Also Poaches From Apple" . The New York Times .
^ "ANDAM" . ANDAM . Archived from the original on 2014-08-30.
^ "Assemblée Générale / Fédération Française de la Couture" . Mode à Paris (in French). 1 July 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2016 .
^ "Marques'Almeida, lauréats du prix LVMH 2015" . Vogue (in French). 2015.
^ Payer, Allyson (4 January 2016). "Tory Burch Is Engaged to LVMH CEO Pierre-Yves Roussel" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2016-01-26 .
^ Friedman, Vanessa (2016-01-04). "Tory Burch and Pierre-Yves Roussel Become Fashion's Newest Power Couple" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-01-26 .
^ Friedman, Vanessa (2018-12-11). "When Your New C.E.O. Is Also Your New Husband" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-03-22 .
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