Groupe Artémis S.A. is a holding company with a portfolio of investments in fashion, wine, luxury, art, tourism, publishing, sports, food, and technology. Headquartered in Paris, France, Groupe Artémis was founded by François Pinault in 1992 as a family investment vehicle.[1]
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | activités des sociétés holding  |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | François Pinault |
| Headquarters | , France |
Key people | François Pinault (Chairman) |
| Parent | Financière Pinault (100%) |
| Website | to www |
History
editIn 1992, the French entrepreneur François Pinault transferred his majority stake in Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR, renamed Kering in 2013) to his new company, Groupe Artémis, created as a family investment vehicle.[2] Throughout the 1990s, he engaged in a series of prestigious acquisitions.
The 1993 Château Latour acquisition was the first of a series under the Artémis Domaines label.[3] Artémis acquired the winery René Engel (Vosne-Romanée, renamed Domaine d'Eugénie) in 2006,[4] the Château Grillet (Condrieu AOC) in 2011,[5] 1/10 of an acre of the Grand Cru Le Montrachet vineyard from Château de Puligny-Montrachet in 2012,[6] the Napa Valley Araujo Estate Wines (Calistoga, renamed Eisele Vineyard) in 2013,[7] and the Clos du Tart in 2017.[8]
Groupe Artémis has controlled the auction house Christie's since 1998.[9] Artémis bought the news magazine Le Point in 1997,[10] the Stade Rennais F.C. in 1998,[11] the History-focused publisher Tallandier in 1999,[12] the luxury cruise operator Ponant in 2015[13] and the Brittany-Japan fusion Breizh Café. The group launched the tech-focused investment fund Red River West in 2017.[14] Groupe Artémis is an important shareholder in the couture houses Giambattista Valli since 2017[15] and Courrèges since 2018,[16] and in the magazine Point de Vue (royal family news) since 2018.[17]
Groupe Artémis acquired the Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 2005,[18] which reopened in 2006 as the first exhibition site of the Pinault Collection,[19] and the Punta della Dogana, also in Venice, in 2009.[20] Both buildings were renovated and remodeled by the Japanese architect Ando Tadao.[21] In August 2016, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and Groupe Artémis jointly announced the relaunch of Bourse de Commerce, located in Paris, into a Pinault Collection-branded contemporary art museum.[22] The new museum contains 32,000 square feet of exhibition floor remodeled by Tadao Ando. It opened in Autumn 2021.[23]
In September 2023, it was announced Groupe Artémis had agreed to acquire a majority stake in Los Angeles-headquartered talent and sports agency, Creative Artists Agency from American private equity firm TPG.[24]
Investments
editGroupe Artémis invests in fashion, art, tourism, publishing, sports, food, technology and entertainment.
As of February 2024, Groupe Artémis invests in the following companies:
| Sector | Company | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luxury & Fashion | Kering | High-fashion luxury group |
| Puma | Sportswear and athleisure | |
| Courrèges | Couture house | |
| Giambattista Valli | Couture house | |
| Auction | Christie's | Auction house |
| Tourism | Ponant | Luxury cruises |
| Wine | Artemis Domaines | Château Latour (Premier Grand Cru Classe Pauillac AOC) Domaine d’Eugénie (Vosne-Romanée) Clos de Tart (Grand Cru Monopole in Morey St. Denis ) |
| Press | Le Point | News magazine |
| Point de Vue | People and royal families news | |
| Publishing | Tallandier | History publishing house |
| Sports | Stade Rennais F.C. | Ligue 1 football club |
| Food | Breizh Café | Crêperie fusion Brittany-Japan |
| Technology | Red River West | Investment fund |
| Entertainment | Creative Artists Agency | Talent agency |
References
edit- ^ "Company Overview of Groupe Artémis". Businessweek. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013.
- ^ Joseph Randazzo, Billionaires on Planet Earth, Elohim Inc, 2019 (ISBN 9781545750520)
- ^ (in French) Pinault s'offre château-latour, Lesechos.com, 1 juillet 1993
- ^ Domaine d'Eugenie - Winery Information Page, Wine-searcher.com
- ^ Jane Anson, Francois Pinault buys Chateau Grillet, Decanter.com, 15 March 2011
- ^ Alexandre Abellan, François Pinault achète 1 million d’euro l’ouvrée de Montrachet, Vitisphere.com, 3 July 2012
- ^ MaryAnn Worobiec, Napa's Araujo Estate Winery Bought by Owners of Bordeaux's Chateau Latour, Winespectator.com, 25 July 2013
- ^ Rupert Millard, Latour's owner buys Clos du Tart, Thedrinksbusiness.com, 27 October 2017
- ^ Christie's sold to French, Cnn.com, 18 May 1998
- ^ Le Point, Eurotopics.net
- ^ Adrian Vremera, 10 Richest Football Club Owners in Europe, Alux.com, 2 July 2014
- ^ (in French) Qui sommes-nous, Tallandier.com
- ^ Tom Stieghorst, Ponant sold to French luxury goods firm, Travelweekly.com, 27 July 2015
- ^ Fleut Burler, Kering Partners With Media Business 'The Explorers', Yahoo.com, 15 November 2019
- ^ Megan Doyle, Why Artémis, Not Kering, Invested in Giambattista Valli, Businessoffashion.com, 6 July 2017
- ^ Kristina Ezhova, Artémis Acquires Courrèges, Businessoffashion.com, 18 September 2018
- ^ Joelle Diderich, Consortium Including Artémis Buys French Weekly Point de Vue, Wwd.com, 6 July 2018
- ^ Jennifer Allen, Pinault Buys Controlling Interest in Palazzo Grassi; Leipzig's New Gallery Mile; Checking Out the Sharjah Biennial, Artforum.com, 2 May 2005
- ^ Herbert Muschamp, The Grassi is Greener, Nytimes.com, 30 April 2006
- ^ Silvia Aloisi, Pinault wins battle to build new Venice art venue, Reuters.com, 7 April 2007
- ^ Francois Pinault Opens The New Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Centre in Venice, Artdaily.com, 6 June 2009
- ^ New Paris museum to house billionaire's modern art collection, Theguardian.com, 27 April 2016
- ^ (in French) Report de l’ouverture de la Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection, Connaissancedesarts.com, 17 April 2020
- ^ "François-Henri Pinault to acquire majority stake in CAA". Vogue Business. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-08.