John S. Galantic is an American-Swiss business executive of Italian origin, born in Boston in 1961 to Ivan Galantic, a professor of art history, and Elizabeth Joyce Galantic, a professor of English literature. He took a bachelor's degree at Tufts University and an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1990.
He began his career at Procter & Gamble in Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, was head of marketing at SmithKline Beecham from 1995 to 2000, and became president of Coty Beauty in the US. In 2006 he joined Chanel Inc. as president and chief operating officer, responsible for Chanel's fashion, accessories, watches, fine jewellery, beauty and fragrance business in the United States, as well as its wholesale and boutique networks. In sixteen years there he led the development of Chanel's digital capabilities, increased its directly owned distribution, moved its wholesale business to a concession model and backed initiatives such as Chanel Community and the Racial Justice Fund. He left in June 2023.
In September 2024, after L Catterton, backed by LVMH, had taken Tod's off the Milan stock exchange in a deal worth €1.4 billion, he was named chief executive of the Tod's Group, succeeding Diego Della Valle, who stayed on as chairman. He moved to Milan and joined the board. He left at the end of April 2026, for personal reasons according to the company, during a downturn in luxury demand and after Milan prosecutors had opened an investigation into alleged labour abuses in the group's supply chain.
A lifelong supporter of AS Roma, on whose board he sat from 2014 to 2020, he was appointed the club's chief executive by its owners, the Friedkin family, on 29 July 2026, during its centenary year. He also sits on the boards of Ferrari and Bacardi.
English Wikipedia says he resigned from Tod's in May 2026; Drapers and Modaes, citing Bloomberg, say he left at the end of April.