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== <b>Brief Overview</b> ==
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⚫ '''Mireille Guiliano''' (born April 14, 1946, in ], ]) is a French-American author and former corporate executive at LVMH.


==Education==
⚫ Mireille Guiliano (born on April 14, 1946 in Moyeuvre, France) is a French-American author and former CEO of Clicquot, Inc.
Mireille Guiliano was born in 1946 in ], France.<ref>{{cite book |page=32 |title=Breaking Out |first=John |last=Butman |year=2013 |publisher=Harvard Business Review}}</ref> She completed a year of her education as an exchange student in the United States and studied French and English literature at the ] (1966–1970) and received her master's degree. She also graduated as a translator/interpreter from the ] (ISIT).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_17/b3930137.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050419175149/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_17/b3930137.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2005 |title=Online Extra: Mireille Guiliano's Morsels Of Wisdom |publisher=Business Week |date=2005-04-24 |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref>


==Executive career==
Guiliano began her career as a multi-lingual translator, including work for the United Nations. In 1979 she left the translation industry and joined the Champagne News and Information Bureau where she first began working with ]. In 1984 the company asked her to create an American subsidiary, Clicquot, Inc.<ref name=Matasar /> where she would become CEO<ref name=Bloo>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2005-04-24/fat-times-for-a-french-woman | title=Fat Times for a French Woman | newspaper=Bloomberg.com | date=25 April 2005 }}</ref> in 1991. In this position she increased the market share of the wine from 1% 1984 and to 25% at the end of her tenure.<ref name=Matasar>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pbowDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|title=Women of Wine: The Rise of Women in the Global Wine Industry|first=Ann B.|last=Matasar|date=December 17, 2010|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=9780520267961|via=Google Books}}</ref> In 2005 she joined the board of the James Beard Foundation<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/dining/a-new-board-for-the-beard-foundation.html|title=A New Board for the Beard Foundation|first=Julia|last=Moskin|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 26, 2005}}</ref> and sat on the Executive Committee of Moet-Hennessy at LVMH.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/lvmh-aims-to-maximise-super-premium-growth-with-the-creation-of-moet-hennessy-usa-030305/|title=LVMH aims to maximise super-premium growth with the creation of Moët Hennessy USA - 03/03/05|date=March 3, 2005|website=The Moodie Davitt Report}}</ref> She retired from Clicquot in 2006 to become a full-time writer.<ref name=Wall />


==Writing career==
Her book ''French Women Don't Get Fat'' sold 450,000 copies between December 2004 and April 2005, and was translated into several dozen languages.<ref name=Bloo /> Overall it sold more than three million copies within ten years.<ref name=Wall /> She then published the book ''French Women for All Seasons'' in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Mireille-Guiliano-Stay-slim-and-drink-2483715.php|title=Mireille Guiliano / Stay slim -- and drink Champagne|first=Stacy|last=Finz|date=December 1, 2006|website=SFGate}}</ref> In 2009 she released the book ''Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility'', a life and career advice book that '']'' wrote uses "a sense of chic and fun absent in other leadership and career guides."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4165-8919-8|title = Nonfiction Book Review: Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility by Mireille Guiliano, Author. Atria $24.95 (261p) ISBN 978-1-4165-8919-8| date=October 2009 }}</ref>
In 2010 she then returned to the French Women series, releasing her book ''The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/7719380/The-French-Women-Dont-Get-Fat-Cookbook-How-to-eat-and-stay-slim.html|title=The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook: How to eat and Stay Slim|first=Xanthe|last=Clay|date=May 14, 2010|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> In 2013 she published the book ''French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude'', which focuses on "aging gracefully."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instyle.com/news/5-lessons-we-learned-mireille-guilianos-latest-book-french-women-don-t-get-facelifts|title=The Top Five Lessons We Learned From Mireille Guiliano's Latest Book, French Women Don't Get Facelifts|website=InStyle}}</ref> In 2014 she then released her book ''Meet Paris Oyster: A Love Affair with the Perfect Food'', in which she advocated for a greater diversity of diet,<ref name=Wall>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mireille-guiliano-still-wants-to-change-the-way-america-eats-1419614724|title=Mireille Guiliano Still Wants to Change the Way America Eats|first=Alexandra|last=Wolfe|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=December 26, 2014|via=www.wsj.com}}</ref> and specifically discusses the consumption of shellfish in French culture.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mireille-guiliano-writes-about-the-parisian-love-oysters-1.3381423| title = Mireille Guiliano writes about the Parisian love of oysters in new book {{!}} CBC News}}</ref>


'']'' called Guiliano's work "eminently level headed" and noted that she included "reasonable thoughts about nutrition with a general endoresement of joie de vivre."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtvM80TldgsC&pg=PA68|title=Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas|first=John|last=Butman|date=April 30, 2013|publisher=Harvard Business Review Press|isbn=9781422191408|via=Google Books}}</ref> Others have criticized her work for promoting a stereotype of French women, failing to cite scientific literature on the causes of obesity in the United States, and promoting unhealthy attitudes towards food.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Kate |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2005/02/french_women_do_too_get_fat.html |title=French women do too get fat |work=Slate.com |date=2005-02-23 |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Joshua |last=Melvin |url=http://www.thelocal.fr/20140122/women-plump-beauty-queen-french-get-fat |title='French Women Do Get Fat': Curvy Beauty Queen - The Local |publisher=Thelocal.fr |date=22 Jan 2014 |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Zoe |last=Williams |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/15/french-women-facelifts-mireille-guiliano-review |title=French Women Don't Get Facelifts by Mireille Guiliano – review &#124; Books |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref> ] specifically criticized Guiliano's catchphrase "la moitié, s'il vous plaît" ("just give me half of that, please").<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/25/france.fashion|title=Zoe Williams on why British women should not aspire to be French|first=Zoe|last=Williams|newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 March 2008|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> In 2007, ] ran an article consisting of anonymous employees of Guiliano's that criticized her management style and behavior.<ref>{{cite news|first=Emily |last=Gould |url=http://gawker.com/242709/new-yorks-worst-bosses-mireille-guiliano |title=New York's Worst Bosses: Mireille Guiliano |publisher=Gawker.com |date=March 8, 2007 |access-date=2014-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426234049/http://gawker.com/242709/new-yorks-worst-bosses-mireille-guiliano |archive-date=2014-04-26 }}</ref> The '']'' called her first book "a blueprint for building a healthy attitude toward food and exercise," and '']'' stated it was "beautifully written."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/72747/french-women-dont-get-fat/|title=French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano|website=Penguin Random House Audio}}</ref>
== <b>Biography</b> ==


⚫ ==Personal==
Guiliano' husband ], is the President Emeritus of the ]. She is the co-founder of the Guiliano Global Fellowship Program with her husband.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.stonybrook.edu/alumni/guiliano-global-fellowships-connect-seawolves-with-the-world/|title=Guiliano Global Fellowships Connect Seawolves With the World &#124;|first=Hayley Rein '19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service &#124; Stony Brook Matters|last=says|date=November 16, 2018|website=SBU News}}</ref>


⚫ ==Books==
Born in Provence, Mireille Guiliano fell in love with the English language as a young girl in school. She was chosen to study as a foreign exchange student in Weston, MA for her senior year of high school. While living in the U.S., she also fell in love with chocolate chip cookies and other American processed foods, gaining enough weight that when she returned home to France; her father told her she looked like ‘a sack of potatoes.’ Fortunately, her family physician, dubbed by Mireille in her best-selling book as “Dr. Miracle,” came to the rescue. Reintroducing her to classic principles of French gastronomy plus time-honored tricks of the local women, he helped restore her shape with a fresh understanding of food, drink and living. This story is the basis of her first novel, <I>French Women Don’t Get Fat</I>.
*''French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure''
*''French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes and Pleasure''
*''Women, Work & The Art of Savoir Faire''
*''The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook''
*''French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude''
*''Meet Paris Oyster: A Love Affair with the Perfect Food''


==See also==
A native of France, she grew up amidst cooks, chefs and restaurateurs in provincial France and was educated in Paris, where she studied French and English literature at the Sorbonne and languages at the <I>Institut Supérieur d'Interprétariat et de Traduction</I>. Mireille holds the French equivalent of a master's degree in English and German and a certification as a translator/interpreter. She also has a command of Italian and several other languages.
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==References==
Prior to becoming a full-time author, Mireille Guiliano was for over 20 years the spokesperson for Champagne Veuve Clicquot and a senior executive at LVMH as well as CEO of Clicquot, Inc., the US firm she helped found in 1984 and was its first employee.
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==External links==
* - website to accompany the ''French Women'' books.
* – author's website


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⚫ == <b>Books</b> ==


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Her first book, <I>French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure</I> (Knopf 2005) became a runaway best seller around the globe. In less than six months, well over 1 million copies of the book were printed, and sales drove it to the top of the bestseller charts in many countries, including the United States. A cultural phenomenon that inspired cartoons in the New Yorker and a host of imitations, it has been translated into 37 languages, and continues to be read widely. In her book, Guiliano recommends bread, Champagne, chocolate and romance as key ingredients to a balanced diet and lifestyle. Called the ultimate non-diet book, <I>French Women Don't Get Fat</I> unlocks the simple secrets of the “French paradox.” By emphasizing freshness, variety, balance and above all, pleasure, Mireille demonstrates how virtually anyone can learn to enjoy food while staying slim.
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In the fall of the subsequent year, Mireille followed up with <I>French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes and Pleasure</I> (Knopf 2006). Devoted to <I>l’art de vivre</I> (the art of living), the book contains 100 additional simple and appetizing recipes that feature French staples such as leeks and chocolate. While her first book enabled readers to enjoy a healthier relationship with food, <I> French Women for All Seasons</I> enabled readers to enjoy a healthier relationship with life. In both, through her personal stories and illustrations, she espouses living life to the fullest by embracing quality, sensitivity, seasonality and pleasure while maintaining a healthy equilibrium.
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== <b>Current Projects</b> ==
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On March 11, 2008, Atria Books announced the publication of a new book by Mireille Guiliano, scheduled for the fall of 2009. The book is a guide for women in business, exploring issues of balancing career and personal life, risk taking, career advancement, leadership, branding, etiquette, mentoring, communication skills, and personal relationships. It draws on the insights and experiences Guiliano garnered over her thirty-year career in business, including a long stop as CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (LVMH).

Also due out in 2010 is a cookbook by Guiliano, another follow-up to her successful French Women series.



== <b>Career and Media Highlights</b> ==


Mireille has appeared on <I>Oprah, The Today Show, CBS' The Early Show, NBC's Dateline, CNN and Night Talk</I> on Bloomberg TV. She has been profiled in <I> The New York Times, USA Today, TIME, Newsweek, The Robb Report, Business Week, Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine</I> and dozens of other publications.

She frequently contributes articles on food, wine, travel and lifestyle to a wide range of publications, including <I> Town & Country</I> and The Quarterly Review of Wines. She has authored essays for <I> Newsweek, Bon Appétit</I>, and <I> Nespresso</I> magazines, as well as the third chapter of <I> Parisiennes</I> (Flammarion 2007).

Mireille has been called a champion of women in business, belongs to the Committee of 200 and works with groups promoting business opportunities and education for women. She frequently presents nationally and internationally on business topics, especially related to the luxury goods sector, as well as on wine and gastronomy.


⚫ == <B>Personal Life</b> ==

Mireille currently resides in Manhattan with her husband, Edward, president and CEO of New York Institute of Technology, and makes frequent trips to their homes in Paris and Provence for business and pleasure.

Latest revision as of 06:58, 16 December 2024

French-American author
Mireille Guiliano
BornApril 14, 1946 (1946-04-14) (age 78)
Moyeuvre-Grande, Moselle, France
Occupation(s)Author
Businessperson
SpouseEdward Guiliano

Mireille Guiliano (born April 14, 1946, in Moyeuvre-Grande, France) is a French-American author and former corporate executive at LVMH.

Education

Mireille Guiliano was born in 1946 in Moyeuvre-Grande, France. She completed a year of her education as an exchange student in the United States and studied French and English literature at the Sorbonne Nouvelle (1966–1970) and received her master's degree. She also graduated as a translator/interpreter from the Institut Supérieur d'Interprétariat et de Traduction (ISIT).

Executive career

Guiliano began her career as a multi-lingual translator, including work for the United Nations. In 1979 she left the translation industry and joined the Champagne News and Information Bureau where she first began working with Veuve Clicquot. In 1984 the company asked her to create an American subsidiary, Clicquot, Inc. where she would become CEO in 1991. In this position she increased the market share of the wine from 1% 1984 and to 25% at the end of her tenure. In 2005 she joined the board of the James Beard Foundation and sat on the Executive Committee of Moet-Hennessy at LVMH. She retired from Clicquot in 2006 to become a full-time writer.

Writing career

Her book French Women Don't Get Fat sold 450,000 copies between December 2004 and April 2005, and was translated into several dozen languages. Overall it sold more than three million copies within ten years. She then published the book French Women for All Seasons in 2006. In 2009 she released the book Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility, a life and career advice book that Publishers Weekly wrote uses "a sense of chic and fun absent in other leadership and career guides." In 2010 she then returned to the French Women series, releasing her book The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook. In 2013 she published the book French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude, which focuses on "aging gracefully." In 2014 she then released her book Meet Paris Oyster: A Love Affair with the Perfect Food, in which she advocated for a greater diversity of diet, and specifically discusses the consumption of shellfish in French culture.

The New York Times called Guiliano's work "eminently level headed" and noted that she included "reasonable thoughts about nutrition with a general endoresement of joie de vivre." Others have criticized her work for promoting a stereotype of French women, failing to cite scientific literature on the causes of obesity in the United States, and promoting unhealthy attitudes towards food. Zoë Williams specifically criticized Guiliano's catchphrase "la moitié, s'il vous plaît" ("just give me half of that, please"). In 2007, Gawker.com ran an article consisting of anonymous employees of Guiliano's that criticized her management style and behavior. The San Francisco Chronicle called her first book "a blueprint for building a healthy attitude toward food and exercise," and The Daily Telegraph stated it was "beautifully written."

Personal

Guiliano' husband Edward Guiliano, is the President Emeritus of the New York Institute of Technology. She is the co-founder of the Guiliano Global Fellowship Program with her husband.

Books

  • French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
  • French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes and Pleasure
  • Women, Work & The Art of Savoir Faire
  • The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook
  • French Women Don't Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style and Attitude
  • Meet Paris Oyster: A Love Affair with the Perfect Food

See also

References

  1. Butman, John (2013). Breaking Out. Harvard Business Review. p. 32.
  2. "Online Extra: Mireille Guiliano's Morsels Of Wisdom". Business Week. 2005-04-24. Archived from the original on April 19, 2005. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  3. ^ Matasar, Ann B. (December 17, 2010). Women of Wine: The Rise of Women in the Global Wine Industry. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520267961 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Fat Times for a French Woman". Bloomberg.com. 25 April 2005.
  5. Moskin, Julia (October 26, 2005). "A New Board for the Beard Foundation". The New York Times.
  6. "LVMH aims to maximise super-premium growth with the creation of Moët Hennessy USA - 03/03/05". The Moodie Davitt Report. March 3, 2005.
  7. ^ Wolfe, Alexandra (December 26, 2014). "Mireille Guiliano Still Wants to Change the Way America Eats". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
  8. Finz, Stacy (December 1, 2006). "Mireille Guiliano / Stay slim -- and drink Champagne". SFGate.
  9. "Nonfiction Book Review: Women, Work & the Art of Savoir Faire: Business Sense & Sensibility by Mireille Guiliano, Author. Atria $24.95 (261p) ISBN 978-1-4165-8919-8". October 2009.
  10. Clay, Xanthe (May 14, 2010). "The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook: How to eat and Stay Slim" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  11. "The Top Five Lessons We Learned From Mireille Guiliano's Latest Book, French Women Don't Get Facelifts". InStyle.
  12. "Mireille Guiliano writes about the Parisian love of oysters in new book | CBC News".
  13. Butman, John (April 30, 2013). Breaking Out: How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN 9781422191408 – via Google Books.
  14. Taylor, Kate (2005-02-23). "French women do too get fat". Slate.com. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  15. Melvin, Joshua (22 Jan 2014). "'French Women Do Get Fat': Curvy Beauty Queen - The Local". Thelocal.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  16. Williams, Zoe (15 January 2014). "French Women Don't Get Facelifts by Mireille Guiliano – review | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  17. Williams, Zoe (25 March 2008). "Zoe Williams on why British women should not aspire to be French". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  18. Gould, Emily (March 8, 2007). "New York's Worst Bosses: Mireille Guiliano". Gawker.com. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  19. "French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano". Penguin Random House Audio.
  20. says, Hayley Rein '19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service | Stony Brook Matters (November 16, 2018). "Guiliano Global Fellowships Connect Seawolves With the World |". SBU News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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