Gregory Boutte

Grégory Boutté became Kering’s Chief Client & Digital Officer in December 2017. He is responsible for leading the Group’s digital transformation and driving the development of e-commerce, CRM and data management.

He began his career in fast-moving consumer goods, working in brand management at Procter & Gamble in Paris before moving to the tech sector, joining the French online auction start-up iBazar in 2000, which was acquired by eBay in 2001. He then became General Manager of eBay France, which quickly became one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in France. He went on to manage eBay Europe (excl. UK and Germany) in 2007 before moving to eBay Motors and Electronics divisions in San Jose, California in 2010. In 2013, Grégory Boutté joined Sidecar, the first short-distance, peer-to-peer ride-sharing platform, which was bought by General Motors in 2016. In 2015, Gregory joined Udemy, a start-up that provides 15 million students the opportunity to take online courses.

Grégory Boutté is a graduate of ESCP Europe.