Bernard Arnault The Rich Man: Photo, Biography

French Businessman, President Group Company Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy

Date of birth: 05.03.1949

Real Time Net Worth in 2022 ; 175.6 Billion Dollars


Bernard Arnault is a French businessman, President of the Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy. He owns about 70 brands, including Dom Perignon, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Sephora and Tag Heuer, as well as almost 3900 retail stores. He is the richest man in France and the third richest person in the world according to Forbes. On February 2021, Bernard Arno's wealth was estimated at $ 156.5 billion.

Place of birth

Education. Bernard Arno was born on March 5, 1949 in the French city of Ruby. His father Jean Leon Arno, a graduate of École Centrale Paris, was a manufacturer and owner of Ferret-Savinel construction company.

After graduating from Maxence Van Der Meersch on Ruby, Arno was admitted to the Polytechnic School, which he graduated with an engineer degree in 1971.

Business

In 1971, Bernard Arno started working at his father Ferret-Savinel. In 1976, he convinced his father to liquidate the company's construction unit by 40 million French francs and change the company's orientation to real estate. In 1974, Bernard Arno became a director of development, and in 1977 he was appointed CEO. In 1979, he changed his father as the President of the company.

In 1984, with the help of Antoine Bernheim, Senior Partner Lazard Frères et Cie, Arno purchased Financière Agache, a luxury production company. He became the CEO of Financière Agache, and then took control of Boussac, a textile company. Boussac belonged to Christian Dior, LE BON Marché department store, retail network. He sold almost all assets of the company, retaining only the prestigious Christian Dior brand and Le Bon Marché department store.

In 1989, 40-year-old Bernard Arno, with the help of a bank loan, bought the LVMH shares for $ 1.8 billion and won 24% of the package. The following year, he concentrated 43% of the shares.

In July 1988, Arno purchased Celine. In 1993, LVMH purchased Berluti and Kenzo. In the same year, Arno bought the French economic newspaper La Tribune. The newspaper has not achieved the desired success, despite the investment of 150 million euros, and it sold it in November 2007 to buy another French economic newspaper Les échos for 240 million euros.

In 1994, LVMH purchased Guerlain perfume. In 1996, Arno bought Loewe. After Marc Jacobs and Sephora in 1997. These brands were also included in the group: Thomas Pink in 1999, Emilio Pucci in 2000 and Fendi, Dkny and La Samaritaine in 2001.

Bernard Arno is the owner of the LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) control package. Now Bernard Arno owns the houses of Dior, Givenchy, Selin, Lacroix, Kenzo, Frank Et Fils and Le Bon Marche, the most famous vineyard Chateau D'YQUEM with four age history. 

It owns Guerlain and a network of well -known SEFORA perfume boutiques. Arno is the owner of famous alcoholic brands, such as Hennessy Cognac, MOHT & Chandon Champagne, Dom Perignon, Pommery, Veuve Clicquot, Krug.

In 2012, the Businessman was chosen by the Belgian Citizenity. Although Arnoe states that he is a derivative to display the investment in Belgia, many of them. Many people think that this is a ban on the release of traffic after the French French French Germany Rechil to introduce 75% of the faces for the faces, which revenue is overwhelmed by Millin Euro in the hour.

Forty 

Bernard Arno Drogie Gods is one of the bogly people of France, by the Soglas ratings, published by Forbes magazine. In 2011-2012, the businessman was raised on the 4th position of the list of the most goddary people of the world, Imeya Capital $ 41 billion.

In 2013, the otrassl survived the meaningful fall and this blessed Bernard Arno: his capital scaled to $ 29 billion, he rolled into the very cone of the first ten.

2014-2016 was a good luck for Bernard Arno. In the beginning of 2017, the Finance of the Predatornator returned to the "docrisis" wore of $ 41 billion, but it brought only the 11th line of the rating.

In April 2017, he was found in $ 55.9 billion. It became the most bogus man in France and the eighth bogus man in the world on the version of Forbes.

In the spring of 2018, he became a bogus man in Europe, according to the version of the agency Bloomberg, with the full 81 Milliard Euro. Also occupied the 4th place in the world in the mold of the Sotonian, after Jeffa Bezos, Bill Gates Bill.

On the Danny for 2020 h in $ 107 billion, the 2nd place in the world in the size of the Lyarian dripping bloomberg rating.

On the Febral of 2021, Bernard Arno was found in $ 156.5 billion. It will fall off the 3rd place in the list of Bogate people of the world by the Forbes version.

Patron and collector

Bernard Arno is also known as a patron and a collector, founder of the Louis Vuitton Museum in Paris. Arno is known for his contemporary collection, which includes Picasso's canvases, Iv Klein, Henry Moore and Andy Warhol. He also played an important role in the creation of LVMH as the main patron saint of art in France. The LVMH group created the Young Fashion Designer Award. It is an international competition open to students from the schools of fine arts. Every year the winner receives a grant to support the creation of his label and the year of study.

Rewards

Commander of the Order of Honorary Legion.

Family

Twice married (last marriage - 1991), the father of five children. Married with his first wife Anna Davren, they had two children: Antoine and Delphin. The second wife, pianist Ellen Merie, gave birth to three sons.

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