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
people wear wearing
The problem is you can't wear your old shoes too often because people say, 'You're still wearing that shoe?'
allow people within
We allow people to be creative. We set a direction, we set the vision, we set the strategy, but within that framework, we allow our people to be as creative as they want to be.
difficult gone joined sports time
When I joined in 1990, as they say in the sport of sailing, Puma was in the doldrums. It was a difficult time, and Puma had gone to sleep.
We need to engage rather than educate people.
happening mind open society time
Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.
bush came feels kenya
Walking out into the bush still feels the same as when I first came to Kenya in 1989, on the day the Berlin Wall came down.
In the long term, Greece is an important market for us.
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.
although based considered corporate english felt german global rather
I never felt that although we were based in Germany, Puma was and should be considered as a German brand. So we restructured it in a way that positioned us as a global brand, with English being the corporate language, rather than us looking at it from a German perspective.
trying
I'm trying to go beyond the traditional cliches of an African safari.
I haven't been hunting for years. It is just a tradition I grew up with.
I'm building Segera to promote a different way of doing tourism.
I'm a virtual worker. I'm not tied to an office.
alongside flourish survive
If we bring together the right people, communities can flourish and wildlife can survive alongside them.