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Fortune
Prarthana Prakash

Jérôme Lambert took an unlikely career step down from Richemont CEO to leading one of its 29 brands. He said he just wanted to return to ‘the job I love’

Jerome Lambert (Credit: Jeff Spicer—Getty Images for Montblanc)

We’ve seen boomerang CEOs and bosses shift to board roles. But in Jérôme Lambert’s case, moving on looked more like a return to his roots as he went from leading sprawling watch major Richemont to overseeing a single brand under the Swiss company.

Lambert spent nearly six years as group CEO at the watchmaking giant until last May. He was then made group COO in June 2024, and then, from January, was appointed CEO of Richemont’s Jaeger-LeCoultre brand. 

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