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Article: Giancarlo Giammetti: new vistas for Valentino. (Valentino Garavani SpA) (company profile)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- April 4, 1989
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GIANCARLO GIAMMETTI New Vistas For Valentino
ROME -- "Our ultimate goal," declares Giancarlo Giammetti, the charismatic and driven chief executive officer of Valentino Garavani, SpA, "is to take this company from a fashion house -- a one-man show -- and turn it into a diversified international corporation."
In truth, he's well on his way. Valentino, which this year is expected to rack up over $600 million in wholesale sales for itself and its licensees, is hardly a mere fashion house and far from a one-man show.
For over 25 years, the Valentino company has depended for its growth as much on the aggressive business style of the debonair and ...