About Arie L. Kopelman
Arie Leonard Kopelman was an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as the President and COO of Chanel from 1986 until 2004, when he retired and was succeeded by former Banana Republic President Maureen Chiquet. He remained at Chanel as Vice Chairman of the Board until 2008. Kopelman was the recipient of the Fragrance Foundation (FiFi) Hall of Fame Award in 2005, and was awarded three CFDA awards. As such, he put together its five-year multi-platform endorsement deal with Nicole Kidman as the face of the perfume, for which the director Baz Luhrmann created television advertisements. Frank Kopelman, a Harvard Law School graduate whose family emigrated from Lithuania, practiced law, was a professor at Boston University, and was the youngest judge appointed in the state's history when he was appointed to a judgeship in Boston.
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