{"id":526461,"date":"2025-08-21T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=526461"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:15:01","slug":"valentino-begins-a-new-chapter-with-riccardo-bellini-at-the-helm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/valentino-begins-a-new-chapter-with-riccardo-bellini-at-the-helm\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentino begins a new chapter with Riccardo Bellini at the helm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Roman maison is making a move. <strong>Riccardo Bellini<\/strong> will become <a href=\"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/valentino-revives-boho-with-garavani-nellcote-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valentino\u2019s<\/a> new CEO from 1 September 2025. The appointment follows Jacopo Venturini\u2019s departure in August, at a delicate moment for the brand, facing declining margins and the challenge of translating <strong>Alessandro Michele\u2019s<\/strong> creative vision into solid results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valentino presents the appointment as the strategic step the brand needed. <strong>\u201cRiccardo\u2019s arrival will drive our trajectory. His experience and leadership, together with Michele\u2019s creativity, will reinforce the maison\u2019s unique identity,\u201d<\/strong> Rachid Mohamed Rachid shared on LinkedIn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellini expressed his enthusiasm for the project, stating that he looks forward to working with Alessandro and the team to preserve Valentino\u2019s legacy and open a new chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellini\u2019s profile is textbook for these levels. <strong>With three decades in the luxury sector<\/strong>, he currently heads Mayhoola Investments \u2014 Valentino\u2019s main shareholder, also owner of Balmain, Pal Zileri, and the Beymen department stores in Istanbul. Previously, he led Maison Margiela and Chlo\u00e9, and built part of his career at Diesel and Procter &amp; Gamble. He has also been part of the <strong>Fashion Task Force<\/strong> of the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the European advisory board of <strong>Conservation International<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this move, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valentino.com\/es-es\/experience\/valentino-fall-2025-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valentino<\/a> aims to strengthen management under Riccardo Bellini while Michele continues to shape the maison\u2019s creative narrative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentino appoints Riccardo Bellini as its new CEO to lead the maison alongside Alessandro Michele and secure its future in the luxury sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":526459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[1611],"class_list":["post-526461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-en","tag-valentino-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin  - 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