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Italian-American lawyer and CEO of Gucci (1994–2004) who partnered with creative director Tom Ford to execute one of the most dramatic luxury brand turnarounds in history, and famously blocked Bernard Arnault's hostile takeover attempt using a poison-pill employee stock ownership plan.
French executive who transformed Louis Vuitton from a luxury goods shop into a global brand in the 1970s and 1980s, then orchestrated the Moët Hennessy merger to form LVMH — before being outmaneuvered and ousted by Bernard Arnault, whom Racamier had invited in as an ally.