Biography

Luca de Meo has 30 years of experience in the automotive sector, in 12 countries and more than 10 brands. Born in Milan in 1967, he graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University, of which he is Alumnus of the Year. He began his career at Renault in 1992, before moving to Toyota Europe, then to the Fiat Group, where he was responsible for Lancia, Fiat, and Alfa Romeo, CEO of Abarth, and Chief Marketing Officer of the Fiat Group. In 2009, he joined the Volkswagen Group as Group and Brand Marketing Director, and in 2012 he took on the role of Member of the Board of Directors for Sales and Marketing at AUDI AG. From November 2015 to January 2020, he was President of SEAT and CUPRA, a member of the Supervisory Boards of Ducati and Lamborghini, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Volkswagen Group in Spain. From July 2020 to July 2025, he served as CEO of the Renault Group and the Renault brand. From April 2021 to October 2022, he was a member of the Board of Directors of TIM. From December 2022 to December 2024, he was President of the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers'​ Association). Since September 15, 2025, he has been CEO of Kering.

Brand

Kering S.A. is an international luxury goods group headquartered in Paris. It owns brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin, and Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté. Kering has been listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange since 1988 and has been a component of the CAC 40 index since 1995.

The company was founded in 1963 and operated in the wood retail sector. In the 1990s, it transitioned into retail, marked by the company's name change: Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, or PPR. Over the following decade, the group entered the luxury goods sector through several acquisitions, becoming one of the leading luxury groups today.

Publications

Dictionnaire amoureux de l'automobile

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