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Johann Rupert

Chairman, Richemont

The former South African banker founded the world’s third-largest luxury goods group which owns Alaïa, Chloé and Dunhill.

Johann Rupert
News & Analysis

Part 2: The Deal of a Lifetime

How did Federico Marchetti manage to strike the ‘deal of a lifetime’ with Richemont to get the YNAP merger done at such favourable terms?

News & Analysis

Part 2: The Deal of a Lifetime

How did Federico Marchetti manage to strike the ‘deal of a lifetime’ with Richemont to get the YNAP merger done at such favourable terms?


News & Analysis

Part 1: The Right of First Refusal

How did Natalie Massenet and Carmen Busquets find themselves in this situation, where a company they had built together could be sold from underneath their feet?

News & Analysis

Part 1: The Right of First Refusal

How did Natalie Massenet and Carmen Busquets find themselves in this situation, where a company they had built together could be sold from underneath their feet?


News & Analysis

The Secret Deal to Merge Net-a-Porter with Yoox

The untold story of how Compagnie Financière Richemont agreed to merge Net-a-Porter with Yoox behind the back of Natalie Massenet for a valuation much lower than what many believed the business to be worth.

News & Analysis

The Secret Deal to Merge Net-a-Porter with Yoox

The untold story of how Compagnie Financière Richemont agreed to merge Net-a-Porter with Yoox behind the back of Natalie Massenet for a valuation much lower than what many believed the business to be worth.


Financial Markets

Why Isn’t There an Italian LVMH?

As LVMH, Richemont and Kering enter a period of consolidation, there is no Italian conglomerate to take them on in the fight for ownership of Italy’s brands. Why?

Financial Markets

Why Isn’t There an Italian LVMH?

As LVMH, Richemont and Kering enter a period of consolidation, there is no Italian conglomerate to take them on in the fight for ownership of Italy’s brands. Why?


Luxury

Luxury Web Battle Looms as LVMH, Hugo Boss Develop E-Commerce

As department stores and publishers join the ranks of those offering luxury goods online, they’re running into a new breed of competitor.

Luxury

Luxury Web Battle Looms as LVMH, Hugo Boss Develop E-Commerce

As department stores and publishers join the ranks of those offering luxury goods online, they’re running into a new breed of competitor.


Luxury

Chanel Profit Beats Rivals and Makes Owners $3B Richer

The billionaire brothers who own Chanel have become almost $3 billion wealthier this year after the luxury company reported a 38 percent rise in annual profit.

Luxury

Chanel Profit Beats Rivals and Makes Owners $3B Richer

The billionaire brothers who own Chanel have become almost $3 billion wealthier this year after the luxury company reported a 38 percent rise in annual profit.


News & Analysis

Richemont CEOs Are Top-Paid Europe Executives After VW Boss

Richemont co-chief executive officers Richard Lepeu and Bernard Fornas are catching up with Volkswagen AG’s Martin Winterkorn as the top-paid executives in Europe, according to a study by HKP.

News & Analysis

Richemont CEOs Are Top-Paid Europe Executives After VW Boss

Richemont co-chief executive officers Richard Lepeu and Bernard Fornas are catching up with Volkswagen AG’s Martin Winterkorn as the top-paid executives in Europe, according to a study by HKP.


News & Analysis

Yoox Net-a-Porter Stake Up for Grabs as Milan Fashion Set Meets

Richemont chairman Johann Rupert’s best hope of finding a buyer for part of his company’s stake in Yoox Net-a-Porter may lie in the Italian city that, for the next few days, is the centre of men’s fashion: Milan.

News & Analysis

Yoox Net-a-Porter Stake Up for Grabs as Milan Fashion Set Meets

Richemont chairman Johann Rupert’s best hope of finding a buyer for part of his company’s stake in Yoox Net-a-Porter may lie in the Italian city that, for the next few days, is the centre of men’s fashion: Milan.


News & Analysis

The Fur Debate

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.

News & Analysis

The Fur Debate

BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Mobile Video, Richemont & LVMH, Silicon Valley

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.

Technology

Bits & Bytes | Mobile Video, Richemont & LVMH, Silicon Valley

Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.


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