Roberto Vedovotto
Italian businessman
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Roberto Vedovotto is an Italian businessman, founder and CEO of Kering Eyewear since 2014.
Biography
Vedovotto holds a bachelor degree in economics from the Bocconi University (1989) and a master's degree in business administration from the London Business School (1994). After his bachelor's degree, Vedovotto was a managing director at Morgan Stanley Asset Management.[1][2]
In 2002, Vedovotto was named CEO of the eyewear manufacturing company Safilo, a year after it was delisted from the Milan stock exchange.[3] He was hired to clean Safilo's books and overhaul its finances.[1] Safilo was reintroduced in the Milan stock exchange in 2005.[3] Vedovotto left Safilo in November 2006 and became managing director and chairman of European luxury goods at Lehman Brothers.[2][4] He was, again, CEO of Safilo from November 2008[3] to October 2013.[5]
In 2013, Vedovotto joined Kering to pilot the development of the luxury group's eyewear division.[6][7] He launched Kering Eyewear the following year, which marked the first time a global luxury group internalized its eyewear production.[8][9] In March 2015, Vedovotto became a member of Kering's executive committee.[10] In 2017, he was joined by the luxury group Richemont in the shareholding of Kering Eyewear,[8] and then acquired the eyewear brands Lindberg in 2021 and Maui Jim in 2022.[11][12][13][14][15][16]
Distinctions
Further reading
- Never Never Never Give Up. Rizzoli. 2025. SKU 96683119.[20]
- Kering Eyewear. Harvard Business School. 2024.
