Jochen Zeitz
Jochen Zeitz
Born on April 6, 1963 in Mannheim, Germany, Jochen Zeitz is the Director and Chairman of the board’s sustainable development committee of Kering after having been the CEO of the Sport & Lifestyle division and Chief Sustainability Officerof Kering since 2010. Prior to this, Zeitz served 18 years as Chairman and CEO at Puma...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth6 April 1963
CountryGermany
happening mind open society time
Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.
deeply rooted sports
Puma is a brand deeply rooted in sporting lifestyle.
believed design founder function performance
Puma was all about function and not at all about design. The founder of the company always believed functionality and performance were the only ingredients that could make Puma successful and design never mattered.
difficult gone joined sports time
When I joined in 1990, as they say in the sport of sailing, Puma was in the doldrums. It was a difficult time, and Puma had gone to sleep.
bring heritage sports trying
We always try to reinterpret sport in an innovative, fashionable way, and when we do fashion, we're always trying to bring our sports heritage into the fashion world.
nature producing raw ways
We have to find alternative ways of producing our raw materials without asking nature to do it for us.
african among believe best brand
We believe that African football is among the best in the world and very much characterized the Puma brand mentality, which is to win.
less meat
We should eat less meat - all of us - and we should use less leather. I mean, that's reality.
business model trying
We're trying to find a tourism model that allows communities to thrive while business prospers.
came discussion electric future harley sound
When it came to the discussion about would Harley do an electric bike, I said, 'Absolutely - this is a no-brainer.' Let's define the sound of the future.
local signs unless
Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.
bush came feels kenya
Walking out into the bush still feels the same as when I first came to Kenya in 1989, on the day the Berlin Wall came down.
age became people
When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.
became
When I became CEO, Puma was bankrupt on paper.