Paul Marciano was born around 1952 in Debdou, French Morocco to a Jewish family and raised in Marseille, France with his four siblings, Georges, Armand, Maurice and Jacqueline.
From ages 8–15, Paul, along with his brothers, was a member of the Éclaireurs israelites de France, a Jewish boy scout group which was located in the same complex.
[6] Marciano worked in his family's clothing company, MGA (which stood for Maurice Georges Armand), with shops in French Riviera.
The Marciano brothers, Paul, Georges, Armand, and Maurice, visited Southern California during an extended leave in 1977, and developed an appreciation for the area.
[8] The joint venture soured[9] and in 1989, a California superior court jury found that the Nakashes had fraudulently lured the Marcianos into the transaction.
[13] In June 2018, Paul Marciano stepped down as the CEO of Guess following allegations of sexual assault by Kate Upton and four other women which were settled for $500,000.
[16] In 2013, the Maurice and Paul Marciano Art Foundation paid $8 million to buy the former Scottish Rite Masonic Temple on Wilshire Boulevard,[17] which the two brothers plan to turn into a private museum designed by architect Kulapat Yantrasast.
[20] In order to avoid any conflicts of interest with Maurice Marciano's subsequent co-chairmanship of MOCA, the project was temporarily put on hold.