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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
Anthony Souza, the godson of late fashion designer Valentino Garavani, and pallbearers carry the coffin of Valentino Garavani outside the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and Martyrs in Rome on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Italy

Stars of fashion and film bid farewell to haute couture ‘emperor’ Valentino

Mourners included Vogue’s Anna Wintour, actresses Anne Hathaway and Elizabeth Hurley and designers Donatella Versace and Tom Ford.

China economy

Opinion | How China’s home-grown luxury labels took on Western brands

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China consumption

Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products?

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Timepieces

How horology fan Wei Koh made the watchmaking show he’d been wanting to see

The Revolution magazine founder hosts the documentary series about the inspiring, often enigmatic characters behind independent watch brands.

Wei Koh, founder of Revolution magazine and host of the Man of the Hour documentary series, which follows the lives of independent watchmakers. Photo: Handout
Fashion

Who are the late Giorgio Armani’s heirs, and what will happen to his brand?

Its future will likely be decided by Giorgio Armani’s nieces and nephews, and close associates such as Leo Dell’Orco.

Luxury brands

Century of excellence: Loro Piana, the original quiet luxury brand, turns 100

Loro Piana’s attention to textile quality has won it fans across the globe, with even Hermès and Fendi relying on it for their raw materials; the house is now helmed by LVMH’s Frédéric Arnault.

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Fashion

Loro Piana Knit Design Award 2025 showcases innovative linen designs

Morgan Rachel Boyce from Ireland and Italian Simone Rizzato were named the winners in Milan, while the jury included Anna Dello Russo, Kimberly Drew, Damien Bertrand and Antonio Mancinelli.

Simone Rizzato from Italy and Morgan Rachel Boyce from Ireland – two students at Italy’s Accademia Costume & Moda – are the winners of the ninth edition of the Loro Piana Knit Design Award. Photo: Handout
France

France’s ex-spy chief gets 4 years’ jail in influence-peddling trial

He was charged for using his security contacts for private gain including by obtaining confidential information for luxury giant LVMH.

Paris Fashion Week

Q&A | LVMH Prize founder Delphine Arnault on the award for young designers

The 2025 LVMH Prize semi-finalists were welcomed by Arnault at a presentation during Paris Fashion Week, attended by Jaden Smith and Lily James, among others.

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.

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
Millionaires and billionaires

10 richest beauty billionaires of 2023 – net worths, ranked

Beauty is big business, generating around US$430 billion in revenue last year … meet the brand owners who made the most cash, from LVMH boss Bernard Arnault to L’Oréal’s Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

Beauty brand billionaires Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Bernard Arnault. Photos: Getty Images; @fentyxriri, @kimkardashian/Instagram; Bloomberg
Fashion

LVMH just became a premium sponsor of the 2024 Paris Olympics

The world’s biggest luxury group allowed Games organisers to practically reach their funding target of US$1.4 billion – but Antoine Arnault says LVMH ‘didn’t want to just be a financial partner’

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

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

Chrono24 CEO Tim Stracke and Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: @tim_stracke/Instagram
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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Shoppers line up outside the Louis Vuitton shop in a Shanghai mall on the day LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault visited. Photo: Handout
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.

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

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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

Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, is set to visit China in June. Photo: AP
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?

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

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?

French luxury group LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault (pictured) is the world’s richest man, surpassing Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in 2023. Photo: AFP
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?

Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH, has just witnessed his company’s market value exceed US$500 billion. Photo: Bloomberg
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?

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?

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

Then-CEO of Louis Vuitton Michael Burke attends the opening of Dior and Louis Vuitton’s creative perfume workshop “Les Fontaines Parfumées” in Grasse, in September 2016. Photo: AFP
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

Bernard Arnault’s kids, from Frédéric, Alexandre and Antoine to Delphine and Jean, are all working for LVMH and its branches. Photos: @frederic.arnault, arnaultjean/Instagram; BFA.com; AFP
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

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?

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