What is François Pinault?
{{Infobox person | name = François Pinault | image = François Pinault Stade rennais - Le Havre AC 20150708 44.jpg | caption = François Pinault in 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|8|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Les Champs-Géraux]], [[Côtes d'Armor]], [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]], France | children = 3, including [[François-Henri Pinault]] | occupation = Businessman | net_worth = {{US$|33.4 billion}}<br>(October 2019)<ref name=Forbes>{{cite web|title=Francois Pinault & family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/francois-pinault/|publisher=Forbes|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref> }} '''François Pinault''' (born 21 August 1936) is a French billionaire businessman. He is the founder of the luxury group [[Kering]] and the investment company [[Groupe Artémis|Artémis]]. Pinault started his business in the timber industry in the early 1960s. In 1988, he invested in a retail company called PPR. Pinault is one of the world's leading contemporary art collectors. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinault, Francois}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:French businesspeople]]