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François Pinault
François Henri Joseph Pinault is a French billionaire businessman, founder of the luxury group Kering and the investment holding company Groupe Artémis. In the early 1960s, Pinault started a timber-trading business. His company Pinault S.A. was taken public in 1988, and renamed Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) during the 1990s after it had turned into an important retail and distribution company. I…
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business · French billionaire businessman (born 1936) · businessperson · art collector · also François Pinault, Francois Pinault, Pinault
Born 21 August 1936 · Q1451167
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 3,430 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.2× the usual 476, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Salma Hayek is officially a grandma after stepson François Pinault Jr. welcomed first baby” (Yahoo).
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2024· 1 entry
Forbes estimated Pinault's net worth at $31
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2023· 1 entry
His art collection contained approximately 10,000 works
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2022· 4 entries
Pledged to contribute 500,000 euros to restore the chapel Saint-Michel of Brasparts in Monts d'Arrée, and the butte on which it stands on, after it had been ravaged by fire
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In 2022, the primary school of Trévérien where Pinault was a pupil from 1941 to 1947, was officially renamed École primaire François Pinault.
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The primary school of Trévérien where Pinault was a pupil from 1941 to 1947, was officially renamed École primaire François Pinault
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Pledged to finance the restoration of the Chapelle Saint-Michel on top of the Monts d'Arrée that was deteriorated by a wildfire and bought the villa Bel-Esbat located a few hundred meters away from Villa Greystones in
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2021· 1 entry
Bought the hôtel particulier Hôtel de Cavoye in the 7th arrondissement of Paris for 80 million euros
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2019· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $29.7B (as of 2019).
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2018· 1 entry
Pinault made a significant contribution to the restoration of Victor Hugo's house, the Hauteville House, in Guernsey
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy (2016).
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Pinault and the city of Paris announced their plan to turn the Bourse de commerce in the center of Paris (1st arrondissement) into a new, Pinault Collection-branded contemporary art museum
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2015· 1 entry
In memory of his friend the writer (and Picasso biographer) Pierre Daix who died in 2014, Pinault created the Pierre Daix Prize to reward an outstanding book on modern and contemporary art every year
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2014· 1 entry
François Pinault launched, through the Pinault Collection, an artist residency program in Lens (Northern France) which opened in 2015
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2013· 1 entry
Pinault achieved the third chapter of his cultural project in Venice with the renovation and transformation of the Teatrino, an open-air theater in ruins
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2012).
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Bought the Villa Greystones in Dinard, France, designed by Michel Roux-Spitz (monument historique in 2019)
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2007).
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2005· 1 entry
François Pinault bought the company Palazzo Grassi SpA which operated the Palazzo Grassi in Venice
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2003· 1 entry
Passed on the management of his companies to his elder son François-Henri
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2000· 3 entries
Provided a significant financial assistance to help the islands in Brittany affected by the oil spill following the sinking of the Erika
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Balenciaga in 2001, and the British fashion house Alexander McQueen
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Pinault bought the Théâtre Marigny which was fully renovated from 2013 to 2018
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1998· 1 entry
Acquired the auction house Christie's for 1
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1997).
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The auction house Christie's in 1998, and the luxury cruise company Ponant in 2015
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1992· 1 entry
Pinault manage the Pinault family's investments
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1990· 2 entries
Bought Piet Mondrian's Losangique II for $8
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Following a fire in the Paimpont forest in Brittany, Pinault immediately financed the reforestation project
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1988).
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And renamed Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) during the 1990s after it had turned into an important retail and distribution company
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1970· 1 entry
Pinault married Maryvonne Campbell, an antique trader
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1956· 1 entry
Enlisted in the military during the Algerian war
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-08-21.
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