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Patrizio Bertelli

Chairman of the Board of Directors & Executive Director, Prada S.p.A.

After meeting his future wife Miuccia Prada at a Milanese trade show, he joined the brand and led its expansion into foreign markets and a successful IPO.

Patrizio Bertelli
Fashion Week

Questioning the 'Senators' of Italian Fashion

BoF's editor-in-chief Imran Amed reports from the recent press conference held by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana on the state of Italian fashion.

Fashion Week

Questioning the 'Senators' of Italian Fashion

BoF's editor-in-chief Imran Amed reports from the recent press conference held by the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana on the state of Italian fashion.


Fashion Week

Italian Luxury Goods Makers Unite to Promote Milan Fashion Week

MILAN, Italy — Prada SpA, Tod's SpA and more than a dozen Italian luxury goods makers pledged to work together to promote Milan fashion week amid

Fashion Week

Italian Luxury Goods Makers Unite to Promote Milan Fashion Week

MILAN, Italy — Prada SpA, Tod's SpA and more than a dozen Italian luxury goods makers pledged to work together to promote Milan fashion week amid


Fashion Week

Milan Seeks to Shed Malaise, Woo Italian Designers Back

MILAN, Italy — Burberry has packed up for London, abandoning Milan after a decade of menswear fealty. Giorgio Armani has scolded Italian designers

Fashion Week

Milan Seeks to Shed Malaise, Woo Italian Designers Back

MILAN, Italy — Burberry has packed up for London, abandoning Milan after a decade of menswear fealty. Giorgio Armani has scolded Italian designers


News & Analysis

Prada Plummets Most in a Year on Slower Growth

HONG KONG, China — Prada SpA, the Italian luxury-goods maker, fell the most in almost 12 months in Hong Kong trading after reporting first-quarter

News & Analysis

Prada Plummets Most in a Year on Slower Growth

HONG KONG, China — Prada SpA, the Italian luxury-goods maker, fell the most in almost 12 months in Hong Kong trading after reporting first-quarter


News & Analysis

Prada to Focus on Cost Control After Quarterly Profit Gains 14 Percent

MILAN, Italy — Prada SpA, an Italian maker of $3,500 pony-skin totes, said it will focus on cost control as it opens more stores after first-quarter

News & Analysis

Prada to Focus on Cost Control After Quarterly Profit Gains 14 Percent

MILAN, Italy — Prada SpA, an Italian maker of $3,500 pony-skin totes, said it will focus on cost control as it opens more stores after first-quarter


News & Analysis

Bertelli and Prada Discuss Success, Expansion and Why Miu Miu Won't Show in Milan

MILAN, Italy — "We dedicate a lot of time to understand markets, and at the basis there is Miuccia's work in creating product, which has an

News & Analysis

Bertelli and Prada Discuss Success, Expansion and Why Miu Miu Won't Show in Milan

MILAN, Italy — "We dedicate a lot of time to understand markets, and at the basis there is Miuccia's work in creating product, which has an


News & Analysis

Behind Prada's Astounding Results

While many other luxury brands reported slowing growth, Prada posted a remarkable net profit increase of 46 percent in the 2012 financial year. BoF examines the secret to the company's success.

News & Analysis

Behind Prada's Astounding Results

While many other luxury brands reported slowing growth, Prada posted a remarkable net profit increase of 46 percent in the 2012 financial year. BoF examines the secret to the company's success.


News & Analysis

Prada 2012 Sales Surge 29 Percent on European Demand for Luxury

MILAN, Italy -- Prada SpA, an Italian maker of $1,150 studded leather slippers, reported a 29 percent increase in full-year sales, led by demand in

News & Analysis

Prada 2012 Sales Surge 29 Percent on European Demand for Luxury

MILAN, Italy -- Prada SpA, an Italian maker of $1,150 studded leather slippers, reported a 29 percent increase in full-year sales, led by demand in


News & Analysis

CEO Talk | Pierre Mallevays, Founder and Managing Partner, Savigny Partners

Today, BoF brings you an exclusive interview with a key adviser to the private family trust which, as announced today, made an investment in Lanvin,

News & Analysis

CEO Talk | Pierre Mallevays, Founder and Managing Partner, Savigny Partners

Today, BoF brings you an exclusive interview with a key adviser to the private family trust which, as announced today, made an investment in Lanvin,


News & Analysis

Industry chatter | Prada's IPO

At a time when all fashion advertisements are beginning to look the same, you can always count on Miuccia Prada to keep things interesting. Her new

News & Analysis

Industry chatter | Prada's IPO

At a time when all fashion advertisements are beginning to look the same, you can always count on Miuccia Prada to keep things interesting. Her new


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