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Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault
The latest news on Bernard Arnault, founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH, including global luxury brand news and updates.
Born
5 Mar 1949
Industry
Business, Fashion
Job Title
Businessman
last updated:
7 October, 2024
LVMH Prize 2024 winner Ellen Hodakova Larsson and award winners Duran Lantink and Michael Stewart with presenters Natalie Portman, Robert Pattinson and Ana de Armas. Photo: @lvmhprize/Instagram
Fashion

LVMH Prize 2024: Ellen Hodakova Larsson takes top fashion award in Paris

Lady Gaga and Cate Blanchett are fans of the Swedish designer – meanwhile, Duran Lantink, who’s dressed Beyoncé and Doja Cat, and Standing Ground’s Michael Stewart, were also honoured at the ceremony.

Millionaires and billionaires

10 richest beauty billionaires of 2023 – net worths, ranked

Fashion

LVMH just became a premium sponsor of the 2024 Paris Olympics

Timepieces

Interview: Tag Heuer CEO Frédéric Arnault on his strategy for the brand

The son of LVMH boss Bernard Arnault on how the Swiss watchmaker has seen ‘double-digit growth’, ahead of its New York flagship and Carrera Skip launch party

Tag Heuer CEO Frédéric Arnault. Photo: Handout
Fame and celebrity

Why did football star Cristiano Ronaldo invest in watch marketplace Chrono24?

The world’s leading luxury watch resale platform has scored some major star power in athlete-turned-investor Cristiano Ronaldo – here’s why Chrono24’s CEO Tim Stracke was keen to snap him up

China's border reopening

French fashion tycoon’s visit shows importance of China’s huge luxury market

Since mainland China dropped all its travel curbs, the heads of the world’s most recognisable luxury brands have been making a beeline there, with French billionaire Bernard Arnault, the chairman and CEO of LVMH, the latest to make a high-profile visit.

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China's border reopening

LVMH’s Bernard Arnault in China to woo all-important Chinese consumers

Arnault kicked off his tour of China with a visit to a high-end shopping centre, with the billionaire’s efforts to woo Chinese consumers coinciding with the government’s push to build ties with foreign companies.

Arnault is being accompanied by Louis Vuitton CEO Pietro Beccari and Delphine, his daughter who heads Christian Dior Couture. Photo: AFP
Millionaires and billionaires

What happened when the world’s two richest men met for lunch?

‘Power lunch’ may have a whole new meaning after the world’s two richest people dined in Paris … here’s everything you need to know about Elon Musk’s meeting with Bernard Arnault

Luxury CEOs

LVMH chief Bernard Arnault is set to visit China in June, after Elon Musk

LVMH chief and the world’s richest man Bernard Arnault is set to visit China this summer as the region bounces back amid post-Covid-19 recovery – here’s what we know so far

Millionaires and billionaires

Beverly Hills residents vote against Bernard Arnault’s luxury hotel project

LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault will scrap a plan to build an ultra-luxury hotel on Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills – but why the change of plans?

A Rodeo Drive street sign stands on the corner of the site of the proposed Cheval Blanc Hotel from LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, on May 23. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Johnny Depp just signed the biggest men’s fragrance deal ever with Dior

The face of Dior Sauvage for 3 more years, Depp will take home US$20 million – and LVMH’s Bernard Arnault even credited him for the scent’s success

Johnny Depp, a long-time face of Dior’s Sauvage fragrance, reportedly just signed another multimillion-dollar deal with the brand. Photo: Dior
Millionaires and billionaires

Inside the rise of Bernard Arnault, LVMH boss and the world’s richest man

With a net worth of US$212 billion, the luxury goods mogul is the world’s richest man … but how did he go from studying engineering to heading up the luxury giant?

Millionaires and billionaires

How did French luxury giant LVMH’s market value exceed US$500 billion?

The market value of French luxury giant LVMH has exceeded US$500 billion, making it the first European company to reach that milestone … so how did it happen?

Fashion

Inside Bernard Arnault’s private work lunches with his 5 ‘nepo baby’ kids

The world’s richest man and billionaire CEO of LVMH has monthly strategy meetings with his kids Delphine, Frédéric, Antoine, Alexandre and Jean – but will any of them actually succeed him?

Head of French multinational corporation LVMH Bernard Arnault (centre) and his wife Hélène (second from right), surrounded by their children Frédéric, Delphine, Antoine and Alexandre during a ceremony marking Paris’ iconic department store La Samaritaine reopening after 16 years of closure in Paris, in June 2021. Photo: AFP
Millionaires and billionaires

Move over, Elon Musk: who’s the richest billionaire in 2023?

Elon Musk lost his No 1 spot to LVMH’s Bernard Arnault last year in a record-breaking wealth loss, but who else is on 2023’s list of world’s richest people?

Mukesh Ambani, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among the world’s richest people in 2023. Photos: @mukesh.ambaniii, @thisisbillgates/Instagram; TNS; AFP; Getty Images
Louis Vuitton

Former Louis Vuitton CEO Michael Burke is a front runner to head LVMH

A new report states that Michael Burke, the former CEO of Louis Vuitton, is set to become a front runner to lead Bernard Arnault’s fashion giant LVMH

Millionaires and billionaires

LVMH boss Bernard Arnault’s kids – the biggest nepo babies in luxe fashion?

Forget Hollywood nepo babies – here’s what it’s like to be the heir to the multibillion-dollar fortune of the world’s richest person, and filling top positions of the LVMH empire

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Millionaires and billionaires

Bernard Arnault just became the third person ever worth over US$200 billion

The world’s richest man just got richer thanks to his ownership of the world’s top luxury brands, boosted by smart collabs with K-pop stars and China’s luxury spending post-Covid

Frenchman Bernard Arnault just became the first non-American to amass a wealth of more than US$200 billion. Photo: AFP
Timepieces

The most expensive watches of the world’s 7 richest billionaires, ranked

From tech billionaires Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison, to investment guru Warren Buffett and luxury titan Bernard Arnault – who has the priciest timepiece?

Celebrity children

12 up-and-coming nepotism babies in 2023 – from Apple Martin to Ashley Lin

It’s no secret that some of Hollywood’s brightest stars come from privileged, well-connected backgrounds – so who are the latest ‘nepo babies’ to look out for in 2023?

Louis Vuitton

Luxury giant LVMH reveals record sales and profit highs for 2022

Despite the world’s currently uncertain geopolitical and economic environment, LVMH saw record sales in 2022 – and is expecting continued growth into 2023, states the conglomerate

A Dior logo is seen outside a Dior store in Paris, France, in January 2020. Photo: Reuters
Celebrity children

Who is Bernard Arnault’s daughter Delphine, the new CEO of Dior?

The French heiress to the world’s biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH has just been appointed the top job at Christian Dior – here’s what you need to know about the fashion boss

Delphine Arnault, daughter of Bernard Arnault, has been appointed CEO of Christian Dior Couture, the group LVMH announced on January 11. Photo: AFP
Fashion

LVMH luxury empire’s Bernard Arnault names daughter Delphine to head Dior

The eldest child of the world’s richest man moves from Louis Vuitton to head Dior, with chief executive of Dior Pietro Beccari moving to the same role at LV.

Millionaires and billionaires

Will Bernard Arnault’s son Antoine succeed his billionaire dad at LVMH?

Bernard Arnault’s son Antoine has just been promoted to CEO and vice-chairman of Christian Dior SE – but the LVMH head isn’t going anywhere any time soon

Millionaires and billionaires

Dodge-a-Sweeney: here’s how celebrities avoid being jet-tracked on Twitter

Jack Sweeney has created a myriad of Twitter accounts that track private jets, prompting many celebrities to now either fly incognito or rent planes instead

Elon Musk and a G650ER in the air. Photos: AFP; Luxurylaunches
Millionaires and billionaires

World’s second richest man sells private jet so Twitter can’t track him

Bernard Arnault, head of luxury empire LVMH and the world’s second richest man after Elon Musk, recently revealed the group had sold its private jet to stop Twitter accounts posting about his travels and the pollution they cause.

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LVMH’s Bernard Arnault on board the group’s private jet. He recently revealed it had sold the plane to stop Twitter accounts from posting about his travels. Photo: Getty Images
Fashion

Why is Richemont telling shareholders to vote against Francesco Trapani?

Bluebell has proposed that former Bulgari CEO Francesco Trapani join the board of Richemont, but why has the idea caused such a stir?

Fashion

Only Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos are richer: Bernard Arnault, his life and wealth

Bernard Arnault is the world’s third-richest person, with a net worth of US$137 billion. Only Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are richer. Arnault controls luxury giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

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