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Italian businessman (born 1940)

Giancarlo Giammetti (born 5 February 1942) is an Italian businessman, known for his professional and personal association with Valentino Garavani.

He is the founder with Valentino Garavani of the Valentino fashion house. He is the Honour President of Valentino. In 2006, he was inducted in the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.^[1]

Biography

Giancarlo Giammetti was born in Rome in 1942.

He attended liceo classico at the Collegio San Gabriele in Rome and studied at a local faculty of architecture.^[2]

He met Valentino Garavani in 1960, when he was 18 and Valentino 28, and the two created the fashion company Valentino that same year.^[2][3] In 1989, he created with Valentino the Valentino Academy, a cultural and art exhibition space located near Valentino's atelier in Rome.^[4] In 1998, the Valentino brand was sold to the Italian conglomerate Holding di Partec