Grégory Boutté

Grégory Boutté was appointed Chief Digital Business & Client Insights Officer of Gucci in September 2024, and continues to lead Kering’s innovation practice as the Group’s Chief Innovation Officer.

Prior to joining Gucci, Grégory was Kering’s Chief Client and Digital Officer since 2017, where he led a comprehensive digital transformation, to drive e-commerce, CRM, data science and innovation for Kering.

Grégory Boutté, 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 which provides 15 million students the opportunity to take online courses.

Grégory Boutté is a graduate of ESCP Europe.