François Jean Henri Pinault is a French businessperson who founded Pinault SARL and who has been at the head of 9 different companies. Currently, he occupies the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Kering SA, Chairman of Yves Saint Laurent SAS and Chairman at Sowind Group SA (both are subsidiaries of Kering SA), Chairman for The Kering Foundation and Chairman for Artémis SA.

He is also Member-Management Board at Société Civile du Vignoble de Chateau Latour and Managing Partner at Financière Pinault SCA and on the board of 13 other companies.

In his past career he held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Société Nouvelle du Theatre Marigny, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Boucheron Holding SA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Redcats International Holding SAS, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Gucci Group NV and Director at FNAC SA.

François Jean Henri Pinault received an undergraduate degree from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris.