Kering owns Balenciaga (and Bottega Veneta, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent).
CEO is François-Henri Pinaulthusband ofSalma Hayek, and founder of Artemis Group/Groupe Artemis (owner of Christie's auction/money laundering house, and others)
https://www.groupeartemis.com/en/
>Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek Jiménez was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Her father, Sami Hayek Domínguez, is ofLebanesedescent. His ancestors hail from the city of Baabdat, Lebanon, a city Salma and her father visited in 2015 to promote her movie Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. He owns an industrial-equipment firm and is an oil company executive in Mexico; he once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos. Her mother, Diana Jiménez Medina, is an opera singer and talent scout; she is ofSpanishdescent.
>Christie's auction/money laundering house
>owned by Groupe Artemis
(Christie's)
"Commissions:
From 2008 until 2013, Christie's charged 25 per cent for the first $50,000; 20 per cent on the amount between $50,001 and $1 million, and 12 per cent on the rest. From 2013, it charged 25 per cent for the first $75,000; 20 per cent on the next $75,001 to $1.5 million and 12 per cent on the rest."
"In 2017, theSalvator Mundiwas sold for $400 million at Christie's in New York, at the time the highest price ever paid for a single painting at an auction."
>Andre Balazs/Standard Hotel
Partner(s)
Uma Thurman (2004–2007, 2015–2016)
Chelsea Handler (2011–2013)
and ya'll know the other witch
>groupe artemis
also owns Ponant, worldwide luxury yacht excursions