Giancarlo Giammetti (born 5 February 1942) is an Italian businessman, known for his professional and personal association with Valentino Garavani.
He attended liceo classico at the Collegio San Gabriele in Rome and studied at a local faculty of architecture.
[6][7] Giammetti eventually left the Valentino group in 2007 after its acquisition by British private equity group Permira, as the structure had evolved into a corporate giant and he felt his days were over.
[8] A party was hosted in Milan by Italian Vogue editor Franca Sozzani to celebrate the book's release, which was attended by Anna Wintour, Georgia May Jagger, Joan Smalls, Olivia Palermo.
[7] In 2021, he put up for sale, at Christie's, Jean-Michel Basquiat's In any case (1983) for $50 million, which he had purchased in 2007 from the Gagosian.