Valentino Hires Marketing Maestro Jacopo Venturini as New CEO

Though creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli is a certified hit with critics, Valentino has found it difficult to translate his well-received designs into dollar signs. This angle may have inspired the Valentino board's decision to recruit former Gucci executive Jacopo Venturini as the luxury house's new CEO.Venturini is returning to Valentino for a third time, having served under house founder Valentino Garavani in the early 2000s and co-designers Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri from 2008 to 20...