[1][2] The CEO and president of the Ralph Lauren Corporation[3][4][5] since July 2017,[6][7][4] began his career at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in 1989,[8] where he held numerous executive roles across Northeast Asia,[9] North America, and Europe.
[2] He spent four years of his childhood in Princeton, New Jersey with his family as a result of his father heading the U.S. subsidiary of a French chemical company.
[10] In March[12] 2008 he transferred to Geneva, Switzerland[10] as vice president of future strategy and growth for the global prestige products unit of P&G.
[14] In this role, he oversaw 12 brands in the global beauty unit, including Head & Shoulders, Pantene,[3] Olay,[19] and Old Spice, which generated about $11.5 billion in combined revenue in 2016.
Founder Ralph Lauren stepped down as CEO in 2015 and remains as executive chairman and chief creative officer.
[5] Louvet stated plans to retire from P&G on June 30,[1] with P&G saying it would name a successor to lead its beauty division at a later time.