Didier Guillon

Didier Guillon is a French-Swiss art collector, entrepreneur and philanthropist.  He is the founder and CEO of the cosmetic company Valmont Group and The Valmont Fondation. 

Early life and education
Guillon was born on March 28, 1953 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.  His father was a businessman and his mother belonged to a family of art historians and sculptor. 

Career
Guillon started his career as a lawyer and thereafter worked at different marketing positions in France.  Later, he acquired a cosmetics company, Valmont and immigrated to Switzerland.  In 2001, he worked on developing a luxury cosmetics brand l’Elixir des Glaciers, featuring Switzerland's finest grown ingredients. 

In 2015, Guillon founded the Valmont Fondation, an institution to promote contemporary art and creation of emerging artists and exhibit his art collection. 

Art collection
Guillon art collection includes work of Frédéric Amat, Isao Artigas, Jane le Besque, Leonardo Cimolin, Yves Bélorgey, Judi Harvest, Jordi Artigas, Yves Lévêque and others. 

Exhibitions
2013
Le Jardin Suspendu – Verbier – Switzerland
MagicEvent: Benedicte Blanc Fontenille- Montréal – Canada
Plats d’Artistes – Hydra – Greece
55th Venice's Biennale – Glasstress – Venice – Italy

2014 
Collection d’Artistes – Hôtel Le Meurice – Paris – France
Collection d’Artistes – New-York – United States of America
Plats d’Artistes – Hong-Kong

2015
The Dialogue of Fire – 56th Venice's Biennale – Venice – Italy
Collection d’Artistes – Barcelona – Spain
Collection d’Artistes – Tokyo – Japan

2016
El Cuor No Se Vende – Hydra – Greece
Collection d’Artistes – La Maison Valmont, Berlin, Germany
The Room of Dreams, Judi Harvest – Barcelona, Spain
Yves Bélorgey – Kempinski Hotel – Geneva, Switzerland
Quentin Garel – Spa By Valmont – Verbier, Switzerland

2017
Iliodora Margellos – La Maison Valmont, Geneva, Switzerland
Beauty and the Beast – in the context of the 57th Biennale of Venice, Italy
El Bocho – in La Maison Valmont, Berlin, Germany

2018 
Elective Affinities – Nyon's castle, Nyon, Switzerland

References

Category:Living people
Category:1953 births