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Groupe Artémis

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Groupe Artémis
Company typePrivate
Industryactivités des sociétés holding Edit this on Wikidata
Founded1992; 33 years ago (1992)
FounderFrançois Pinault
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
François-Henri Pinault (president)
ParentFinancière Pinault (100%)
Websitewww.groupeartemis.com

Groupe Artémis is a French investment holding with a portfolio in fashion (Kering), wine (Artémis Domaines including Château Latour), art (Christie's, Pinault Collection), sports (Stade Rennais FC) and entertainment (Creative Artists Agency). Headquartered in Paris, France, Groupe Artémis was founded by François Pinault in 1992.

History

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In 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. Throughout the 1990s, he engaged in a series of prestigious acquisitions.[1]

The acquisition of Château Latour (Pauillac-Médoc) in 1993[2] was the first of a series under the Artémis Domaines [fr] label. Artémis Domaines was restructured in 2022 after the acquisition of Bouchard Père et Fils.[3]

Groupe Artémis bought the news magazine Le Point in 1997,[4] the auction house Christie's[5] and the Ligue 1 soccer team Stade Rennais FC in 1998,[6] and the book-publishing company Éditions Tallandier [fr] in 1999.[7]

In May 2003, François-Henri Pinault took over the presidency of Artémis.[8]

In 2005, Groupe Artémis acquired the Palazzo Grassi in Venice,[9] which reopened in 2006 as the first exhibition site of Pinault Collection.[10] Pinault Collection inaugurated the Punta della Dogana in Venice in 2009[11] and the Bourse de Commerce in Paris in 2021.[12]

Artémis acquired 40.9% of Courrèges in 2014 (100% in 2018)[13] and the luxury cruise operator Ponant in 2015.[14] In 2017, the group launched the tech investment company Red River West[15] and acquired the couture house Giambattista Valli.[16] In 2018, Artémis acquired the magazine Point de vue [fr] (royal family news).[17]

In 2019, the Pinault family, through Artémis, pledged to donate 100 million euros for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame de Paris after the fire.[18] In 2023, Artémis acquired a majority stake in the talent and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for an estimated $7 billion, "a deal that shows the ever-growing convergence of fashion and fame" according to The New York Times.[19]

Investments

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Groupe Artémis is headquartered in Paris, France, and is 100% owned by Financière Pinault. Its president has been François-Henri Pinault since 2003. Groupe Artémis invests in the following companies:

Sector Company Description
Luxury & Fashion Kering High-fashion luxury group
Puma Sportswear and athleisure
Courrèges[13] Couture house
Giambattista Valli Couture house
Art Christie's Auction house
Pinault Collection Art collection management company. 3 museums: Palazzo Grassi (Venice), Punta della Dogana (Venice), Bourse de Commerce (Paris)
Wine Artémis Domaines [fr] Château Latour (Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac AOC),[2] Domaine d'Eugénie (Vosne-Romanée),[20] Château Grillet (Condrieu AOC),[21] 1/10 of an acre of the Grand Cru Le Montrachet (Château de Puligny-Montrachet),[22] Eisele Vineyard (Calistoga),[23] Clos du Tart[24]
Tourism Ponant Luxury cruises
Printing press Le Point News magazine
Point de vue [fr][17] People and royal families news
Éditions Tallandier [fr] Book-publishing company
Sports Stade Rennais FC Ligue 1 football club
Entertainment Creative Artists Agency[19] Talent and sports agency
Technology Red River West[15] Tech investment company
Food Breizh Café Crêperie fusion Brittany-Japan

Artémis developed a portfolio of tech startups specialized in fashion (1stDibs,[25] Goat[26]), news (Brut [fr][27]), music (Deezer[28]).

References

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  1. ^ "From timber merchant to corporate axeman". The Guardian. 1999-04-03. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  2. ^ a b "Pinault s'offre château-latour". Les Échos (in French). 1993-07-01. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  3. ^ Saverot, Denis (2024-05-29). "Frédéric Engerer (Artémis Domaines) : "Avec Bouchard Père & Fils, nous savons où nous allons"". La Revue du vin de France (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  4. ^ "Groupe Artémis Acquires Le Point". mergr.com. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  5. ^ "Christie's sold to French - May 18, 1998". money.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-04. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  6. ^ Adrian Vremera, 10 Richest Football Club Owners in Europe, Alux.com, 2 July 2014
  7. ^ (in French) Qui sommes-nous, Tallandier.com
  8. ^ Tagliabue, John (2003-11-08). "With a Fortune Riding on Gucci, A French Scion Steps Forward". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  9. ^ Jennifer Allen, Pinault Buys Controlling Interest in Palazzo Grassi; Leipzig's New Gallery Mile; Checking Out the Sharjah Biennial, Artforum.com, 2 May 2005
  10. ^ Herbert Muschamp, The Grassi is Greener, Nytimes.com, 30 April 2006
  11. ^ Silvia Aloisi, Pinault wins battle to build new Venice art venue, Reuters.com, 7 April 2007
  12. ^ (in French) Report de l’ouverture de la Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection, Connaissancedesarts.com, 17 April 2020
  13. ^ a b "Artémis Acquires Courrèges". The Business of Fashion. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  14. ^ Tom Stieghorst, Ponant sold to French luxury goods firm, Travelweekly.com, 27 July 2015
  15. ^ a b "Artémis met Red River West sur les rails avec 100 M€". Les Échos (in French). 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  16. ^ Megan Doyle, Why Artémis, Not Kering, Invested in Giambattista Valli, Businessoffashion.com, 6 July 2017
  17. ^ a b Diderich, Joelle (2018-07-06). "Consortium Including Artémis Buys French Weekly Point de Vue". WWD. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  18. ^ France, Vogue (2019-04-16). "Fire at Notre-Dame in Paris: Artemis and the Pinault family will donate 100 million euros". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  19. ^ a b Hirsch, Lauren; Friedman, Vanessa (2023-09-07). "Head of Luxury Goods Maker Kering Buys Majority Stake in Talent Agency CAA". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  20. ^ Domaine d'Eugenie - Winery Information Page, Wine-searcher.com
  21. ^ Jane Anson, Francois Pinault buys Chateau Grillet, Decanter.com, 15 March 2011
  22. ^ Alexandre Abellan, François Pinault achète 1 million d’euro l’ouvrée de Montrachet, Vitisphere.com, 3 July 2012
  23. ^ MaryAnn Worobiec, Napa's Araujo Estate Winery Bought by Owners of Bordeaux's Chateau Latour, Winespectator.com, 25 July 2013
  24. ^ Rupert Millard, Latour's owner buys Clos du Tart, Thedrinksbusiness.com, 27 October 2017
  25. ^ Loizos, Connie (2019-03-29). "1stdibs, the high-end online marketplace, just nabbed $76 million in Series D funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  26. ^ McDonald, Samantha (2021-01-19). "GOAT's Newest Investor Is Luxury Conglomerate Kering's Owner". Footwear News. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  27. ^ Beech, James (2021-07-02). "FB Roundup: Groupe Artemis, News Corp, HM Group". campdenfb.com. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
  28. ^ "Deezer prépare son entrée en Bourse, surfant sur un marché porteur" (in French). 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2025-01-10.
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