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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
A Labubu toy hangs from a bidder’s Hermes bag at an auction by Yongle International Auction in Beijing in June last year. Photo: Reuters
China consumption

China sales hold up as European luxury brands warn of Iran war impact

While LVMH, Hermes and Prada recorded increased sales in Chinese market, Kering reported a decline.

Cinema

Already seen DWP2? Then here’s 3 fashion documentaries to check out

Italy

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

China economy

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

Chinese brands are gaining ground at home and worldwide as domestic consumers increasingly turn to labels with Chinese imagery and values.

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People walk past Christmas decorations outside a store of Swiss luxury watchmaker Rolex along a shopping street in Beijing on December 15. Photo: AFP
China consumption

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

A seismic shift in the market has resulted in people preferring Chinese fashion, locally branded appliances and domestically made cars.

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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.

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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.

Giorgio Armani (centre) with Armani execs Leo Dell’Orco (right) and Gianluca Dell’Orco (left) at Milan Fashion Week in 2024. Photo: Reuters
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.

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.

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.

Former French intelligence head Bernard Squarcini (right) with lawyer Dominique Mattei for a hearing of his Paris trial in November 2024 in which he is accused with nine others of spying on French newspaper Fakir and its owner for French luxury group LVMH. Photo: AFP
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.

Dior CEO and LVMH Prize founder Delphine Arnault photographed at the 2025 edition of the LVMH Prize in Paris. Photos: handout
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, billionaires and trillionaires

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

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’

Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, during a company news conference in Paris, France, on July 24. Photo: Bloomberg
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, billionaires and trillionaires

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, billionaires and trillionaires

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, billionaires and trillionaires

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, billionaires and trillionaires

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, billionaires and trillionaires

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, billionaires and trillionaires

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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