Apple to Hire Former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve? [Update: Confirmed]

He looks like Phil Schiller! They'd be a perfect match for marketing

 

If true, it's a complete 180 from their John Browett choice.

(Big sigh of relief!)

 

missing that thing around his wrist.

 

Should've hired CEO of Louis Vuitton

 

The French half brother!

 

An iWatch so the US government can spy even more on me? No, thanks.

 

Or maybe Mr. Deneve will be forming a start-up with Jean-Louis Gassee?
N'est-ce pas?

 

I really hope you don't think the US government is "spying" on everyone with an iOS device. Even if they knew every keystroke or website I visited I really wouldn't care. I'm not paranoid enough to think they have enough time to pour though everything millions of people are doing in order to.... in order to do what....? Arrest you for checking out Grumpy Cat on Facebook? If they analyse every email, phone call and text message for terrorist activity and it keeps me safe at sporting events, on airplanes, in hotels, at work and at home, then let them. The government isn't too concerned that I have fetishes or what my 401k looks like or that I like to watch Most Extreme Elimination Challenge.

 

Perhaps this hire would support Apple's entry into wearable technology.

 

Can't innovate anymore, my ass!

 

You mean "Saint Laurent Paris"

 

Sounds probable.

 

Hope that works out with our British chief designer. Might cause some "tension"

 

Don't know this person, but from his background/credentials, he couldn't possibly be worse than Browett. He seems to have the 'je-ne-sais-quoi' and 'cachet' APPLE might be seeking. Even though it was before SJ's return, APPLE had seven years to evaluate him, so hopefully they got it right this time.

 

Bloomberg confirming this:

@satariano: Apple hires former CEO of the fashion house Yves Saint Laurent. Apple says he'll report to CEO Tim Cook on "special projects," not retail

Original Message:
http://twitter.com/satariano/status/352188515410382849

 

Why ? He worked for Apple before.

 

1. We don't know what he will be doing (or even if he'll be a SVP).
2. I think Ive is plenty busy in his current role so I doubt there will be tension.

 

iWatch.

 

Yep. Watches are fashion items. If they want to sell a fashion item they need expertise at the highest level of the fashion world. That would certainly qualify as a special project reporting to Tim Cook.

 

No no no no no no. Not all watches are fashion items. Some are more functional. I don't want a fashion led iWatch. I would absolutely not buy one if they went down that route. The iWatch is a portable computer you wear on your wrist and synch with your iPhone. It's NOT a watch. Go buy a fashion watch if that's what you want, but I hope Apple make it wearable tech rather than fashion.

 

Former Yves Saint Laurent CEO?

Although Apple is already an elegant brand, but it wouldn't hurt to have more class.. #Stylish

 

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Who cares what you want? The sector's profits are almost all in high-end fashion or luxury watches. Apple doesn't do low margin cheap looking but functional knockoffs of anything.

 

And who wants to wear a "functional" watch?