Ermenegildo Zegna
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| Industry | Fashion (menswear) |
| Founded | Trivero (1910) |
| Founder | Ermenegildo Zegna |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
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Number of locations
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550 boutiques |
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Key people
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Paolo Zegna (Chairman) Gildo Zegna (CEO) |
| Products | Men's suits, fabric, accessories, shoes, small and large leathergoods |
| Services | Made to measure suits, overcoats, shirts, ties |
| Revenue | €1.3 billion (2013) |
| Owner | Zegna family |
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| Website | www |
Ermenegildo Zegna (Italian pronunciation: [eɾmeneˌʤildo ˈʣeɲɲa]) (often abbreviated and known simply as Zegna) is an Italian luxury fashion house that makes men's clothing and accessories. Founded in 1910 when Ermenegildo bought his father's textile looms, it is now managed by the fourth generation of the Zegna family and remains in family ownership. As well as producing men's suits for its own labels, it also manufactures suits for Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Dunhill and Tom Ford. As one of the biggest global producers of fine fabrics (2.3 million metres per year), Zegna has been active in promoting improvements in wool production around the world. Zegna is the largest menswear brand in the world by revenue.Alessandro Sartori oversees creative direction for all departments of the brand.
Prior to the founding of the company, founder Ermenegildo Zegna’s father Angelo owned a wooden mill and looms in the Alps located above Piedmont, Italy. Ermenegildo Zegna founded the company in 1910 in Trivero in the Biellese prealps, utilizing his father’s looms and assets. The original name of the company was changed to Fratelli Zegna di Angelo in 1915.
Zegna quickly gained a reputation for producing fine quality fabrics for suits, and by the end of the 1930s, the wool mill employed 1,000 workers. In 1938 the Zegna Woollens Corporation was set up in New York although exports were not helped by the privations of war. When Ermenegildo Zegna's sons Aldo (born 1920) and Angelo (born 1924) joined the company in 1942, it was renamed Ermenegildo Zegna and Sons.
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