Italian luxury fashion house Giorgio Armani has appointed Giuseppe Marsocci as its new CEO, effective immediately, following the death of its founder and namesake in September 2025.
Marsocci, who previously held the roles of deputy managing director and global chief commercial officer, has also joined the company’s board of directors.
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Giorgio Armani served as both chairman and CEO of the Italian luxury fashion house he established in Milan, Italy, in 1975.
Marsocci will oversee the company’s transition in accordance with the founder’s succession plan, which includes the planned sale of an initial 15% stake within the next 18 months.
He will report to the board of directors, chaired by Pantaleo Dell’Orco, while Silvana Armani, the niece of the company’s founder, becomes vice-president.
Marsocci has more than three decades of international experience in the fashion and luxury industries, including 23 years with the Armani Group.
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By GlobalDataSince joining the company in 2003, he has held several senior roles including that of commercial director of Armani Collezioni, CEO of the group’s Swiss operations and global director of diffusion and wholesale lines.
He spent more than ten years in the US, where he served as CEO of the Giorgio Armani Corporation Americas between 2014 and 2019.
Before joining Armani, Marsocci worked at Turin-based GFT Group, a licensee for brands including Valentino, Dior, Ungaro, Stone Island and Armani.
In August 2025, the Italian Competition Authority fined Giorgio Armani and its unit GA Operations €3.5m (then $4m) for engaging in deceptive commercial practices.
The sanction followed the authority’s investigation into the companies’ claims about their ethical and social responsibility, which it found to be inconsistent with the actual conditions at the suppliers and subcontractors to which production of the majority of Armani-branded leather bags and accessories was outsourced.
