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Bernard Arnault

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Bernard Arnault
Arnault in 2017
Born
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault

(1949-03-05) 5 March 1949 (age 76)
Roubaix, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique, Palaiseau
Occupation(s)Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH
Chairman of Christian Dior S.A.
Spouse(s)
Anne Dewavrin
(m. 1973; div. 1990)

Hélène Mercier
(m. 1991)
Children5

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (French: [bɛʁnaːʁ aʁno]; born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman, an investor, and art collector.[1][2][3]

Arnault is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods company. He is the richest person in World according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth of $192.1 billion, as of May 2021.[4]

His mother, Marie-Josèphe Savinel, had a "fascination for Dior". His father, manufacturer Jean Léon Arnaul, owned the civil engineering company Ferret-Savinel.[6]


In April 2018, he became the richest person in fashion, beating Zara's Amancio Ortega.[5]

References

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  1. Louis Vuitton, LVMH Moët Hennessy (28 May 2021). "Bernard Arnault & family". Forbes. Forbes Media LLC. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. Galloni, Alessandra (5 March 2009). "Being LVMH's Bernard Arnault – WSJ. Magazine". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. "Being Bernard Arnault". Nndb.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. "Forbes World's Billionaires List Real Time". Forbes.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. "LVMH's CEO Bernard Arnault Is Now The Richest Person in Fashion". Highsnobiety. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.