Gildo Zegna on the past and future of his family’s menswear label – interview (opens in new tab)

When Gildo Zegna started to think about succession planning at the company that his grandfather founded in 1910, he knew he had big shoes to fill: his own. The grandson of Ermenegildo Zegna, Gildo is single-handedly responsible for turning a family-run menswear label that began as a textile mill in Northern Italy into a publicly listed global powerhouse. While Gildo decided to keep things in the family, he came up with an unusual structure by naming his two sons – Angelo and Edoardo – co-CEOs...