Domenico De Sole

Domenico De Sole (born 1944) is an Italian businessman, chairman of Tom Ford International, current director of Acamar Partners, former chairman of Sotheby's, and former president and CEO of Gucci Group.

Early life Domenico De Sole was born in Rome, Italy in 1944, the son of a Royal Italian Army General. He graduated from the Sapienza University of Rome in 1970 with a law degree, and then received a scholarship for Harvard Law School, where he received an LLM degree in 1972. During his tenure De Sole guided the brand from near bankruptcy to a luxury conglomerate that included Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, and Sergio Rossi. De Sole has been chairman of Tom Ford International since the company was founded in 2005. De Sole stepped down November 2019 following the sale of the company.

De Sole serves on the Boards of Pirelli and Ermenegildo Zegna. He has previously served as a director of Gap Inc., Telecom Italia, Bausch & Lomb, Delta Air Lines, Newell Brands, and Procter & Gamble.

In 2016, the De Soles sued the Knoedler gallery, New York, for selling them a fake Mark Rothko painting.

In popular culture In the 2021 film House of Gucci, directed by Ridley Scott, De Sole was portrayed by actor Jack Huston.