Michael Burke, Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton, Receives the 2013 « Prix EDHEC »

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The Prix EDHEC has been awarded to deserving EDHEC alumni every year since 1983. The prize is awarded to alumni whose professional and personal activities best exemplify the values and the excellence of the EDHEC Business School education.  

Mr. Burke, graduated from EDHEC in 1980, started his career with in 1986. He led the U.S. branch of Christian Dior from 1986 to 1993 and then went on to manage Louis Vuitton's North American operations from 1993 to 1997. He was named CEO of Christian Dior in 1997.  

After Fendi was acquired by LVMH in 2003, Mr. Burke was named President of the brand, a fashion institution that he helped to transform and revitalize. In February 2012, Mr. Burke took over the direction of Bulgari. Less than a year later, in December 2012, he was named Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton.

Mr. Burke succeeds last year's prize winner, Philippe Léopold-Metzger, the CEO of Piaget and a 1997 EDHEC graduate.

" Michael Burke embodies the passion for excellence that we hope to instil in our graduates. Our Alumni are the best ambassadors we have as they exemplify the superior quality of the EDHEC Business School education and the values of responsibility and innovation our school has passed on to its graduates for more than 100 years," said Olivier Oger, Chairman and CEO of the EDHEC Group. "We are immensely proud of the positive contributions EDHEC alumni have made to the finance and management sectors."

EDHEC Alumni by the numbers

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At EDHEC our mission is to provide useful research and training for our corporate partners and to provide the finest management and finance education available to our students. Our motto, "EDHEC for Business," sums up our dedication to producing academic research that has real-world implications for our corporate partners, our students, and the society at large.

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