Guillaume Cerutti

Guillaume Cerutti (born 20 March 1966) is a French business executive and former senior civil servant. He has been the chairman of Christie's auction house since 2023. In 2025, he succeeded François Pinault as president of the Pinault Collection; in March 2026 he stepped down from that role.

He was managing director of the Centre Georges Pompidou from 1996 and 2001. From 2002 to 2004, he served as chief of staff for the French Minister of Culture Jean-Jacques Aillagon, and afterwards worked in France's Finance Ministry. He was the chief executive officer of Sotheby's France from 2007 to 2011 and deputy chairman of Sotheby's Europe until 2015, and CEO of Christie's from 2017 to 2025.

Early life and career Guillaume Cerutti was born on 20 March 1966 in La Ciotat, France. He studied in Paris, attending the Institut d’Études Politiques and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. Early in his career, he held a number of administrative positions. He was the managing director of the Centre Georges Pompidou Cerutti took a role in the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, serving as head of the executive office for consumerism and competition from 2008 until 2011.

In August 2015, Les Echos reported that he would become president of Christie's for London, Continental Europe, the Middle East, India, and Russia taking the post in 2016 after a non-compete clause expired. Upon becoming CEO, Cerutti implemented a restructuring. One of his first actions was closing Christie's lower-value outlet in South Kensington and scaling back Christie's operations in Amsterdam. He redirected funds to newer facilities in Asia and Los Angeles. breaking the price record for artwork sold at auction. which sold for $1.6 billion that November, making it the biggest sale in world auction history. In 2021, Cerutti oversaw the sale of Beeple's Everydays: the First 5000 Days, After overseeing the sale of other NFTs through Christie's, including several Cryptopunks, He stepped down as president in March 2026. He was on the audit committee of Flamel Technologies, a pharmaceuticals company, as of late 2016. He has published articles on cultural politics in publications such as Commentaire, Le Monde, Les Échos, and L'Opinion.

Personal life Cerutti is married with three daughters,

Publishing history Cultural policy, a challenge of the 21st century - twenty proposals (12 October 2016), Odile Jacob,