Leonardo Ferragamo studies Business Administration and Finance at IMEDE in Lausanne and at Columbia University in New York. He began his career at Salvatore Ferragamo in the Leather Production sector at the age of twenty, then founded the Men's Shoes division in 1976 and subsequently the Men's Division in 1981 (also introducing accessories and clothing), which he presided over until 1986. In 1986, he was appointed to oversee the company's international development and served as Chief Executive Officer of the Europe/Asia Division until 2000. Since 2000, he has been the Managing Director of Palazzo Feroni Finanziaria (one of the two family holdings, which deals with real estate and diversified activities). He has been President of Lungarno Alberghi since 1995. Since April 2021, he has been President of Salvatore Ferragamo, a Board Member of Ferragamo Finanziaria, and Executive Vice President of the Ferragamo Foundation. From 2000 to 2009, he was the president of the Altagamma Foundation, promoting it internationally and expanding it with the “International Honorary Council” to foreign companies and institutions. Since 2009, he has been Honorary President. He has supported and continues to support the promotion of art and culture in Florence and Italy around the world, as President of the Partners Palazzo Strozzi Association, which merged in 2019 into the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, of which he is now Honorary President. He is the President of Sawa holding, which controls Nautor Swan, of which he is president, Camper & Nicholsons Yachts, and La Marina di Scarlino.
Salvatore Ferragamo is an Italian fashion house founded in Florence in 1927 by the shoemaker designer Salvatore Ferragamo.
About ten years after the company's founding, the founder, who had previously emigrated to the United States, internationalizes the brand by opening stores in London and New York. Upon his death in 1960, a reorganization at the top of the company takes place under the leadership of his wife Wanda Ferragamo Miletti and their six children. Since 1965, the company has expanded its production to bags, clothing, and men's silk accessories, which have met with great success. Today, production also includes eyewear, fragrances, watches, and jewelry. Since 1989, Salvatore Ferragamo has begun an expansion in the East with stores in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Seoul.
In 2006, Ferruccio Ferragamo succeeded his mother as president, and the manager Michele Norsa was appointed CEO.
In 2011, the company was listed on the stock exchange and released 48% of its shares to the market (the remaining shares remain in the hands of the Ferragamo family through the holding company Palazzo Feroni Finanziaria).
Today, the Group's distribution network consists of more than 600 stores worldwide.
Over the years, among the brand's admirers have been stars such as Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Andy Warhol, Evita Perón, Margaret Thatcher, and Princess Diana. The maison has also collaborated on the production of various Hollywood films, from The Ten Commandments to Evita and Australia.
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