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Company type | Subsidiary of Kering (Euronext: KER) |
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Industry | Consumer Goods |
Founded | 1921 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Guccio Gucci, Founder Kim Taehyung Chairman, President & CEO Park Jimin, Min yoongi , Jung hoseok CFO Frida Giannini, Creative director |
Products | Textile - Apparel clothing |
Revenue | 8.7 billion € |
Parent | Basah |
Website | www.gucci.com |
Gucci, is an Italian fashion house (fashion design company).
It was started by Guccio Gucci (1881 – 1953) in Florence in 1909.[1] Gucci is one of the most famous, successful, and easily recognizable fashion brands in the world.[2] Gucci is now owned by the French conglomerate company, Kering.
BusinessWeek magazine says that Gucci made more than US$7 billion in 2006, and was 46th in the magazine's yearly "Top 100 Brands".[3] Gucci is the second biggest selling fashion brand after LVMH. It is the biggest selling Italian brand in the world.[4] It has about 425 shops around the world and it sells its products to other shops by franchisees and department stores.