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
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.
deeply rooted sports
Puma is a brand deeply rooted in sporting lifestyle.
contract greatest history
Some of the greatest stars in the history of football have been under contract with Puma.
based business collateral commerce damages ends future generating good help justifies justifying means profits serve shift tool
The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits.
good longer
Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It's about doing more good.
cold
I'm a curious person, and I always like to test new waters, and I've always jumped into the cold water and then started to think about how to swim.
maybe producing sound
It may sound crazy, but maybe there's an economic way of producing a leather-like product in the laboratory.
next
If you look at the state of our planet, the next generations won't be around if we consider sustainability as a gimmick.
environmental equivalent met money rather recreate
Let's recreate the equivalent of the Met Ball in Europe and, rather than for the museum, give the money to environmental causes.
accelerate opportunity practices
Governments have a unique opportunity to incentivise corporations so that they can accelerate their evolution to a more sustainable economy through more sustainable practices and products.
imagine move
I can well imagine making acquisitions so long as these are complementary to Puma and move it forward.
agenda business needs push rather
Business needs to push the agenda rather than waiting for it to happen.
till time
Every time a new CEO came, I got a promotion till I was made CEO myself.
cent dedicate gives per time
Being able to dedicate 100 per cent of my time to impacting more businesses without being operational, it just gives me a bigger platform.