In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.

I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.

I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.

What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it's the opposite.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.