Bernard Arnault & family

Chairman And CEO, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
$185.8B
$3.4B (1.80%)

Real Time Net Worth

as of 11/29/23
#2 in the world today


Born Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault

                5 March 1949 (age 74)

                Roubaix, France

Source of Wealth   LVMH

Residence     Paris, France

Citizenship  France

Education    Bachelor of Arts/Science, Ecole Polytechnique de Paris

Title  Chairman and CEO, LVMH

                 Chairman, Christian Dior SE

Spouses  Anne Dewavrin

                      Hélène Mercier ​

Children  Delphine, Antoine, Frédéric, Jean,  Alexandre    

Relatives   Natalia Vodianova (daughter-in-law)

About Bernard Arnault & family

Bernard Arnault oversees the LVMH empire of 75 fashion and cosmetics brands, including Louis Vuitton and Sephora.

LVMH acquired American jeweler Tiffany & Co in 2021 for $15.8 billion, believed to be the biggest luxury brand acquisition ever.

Arnault's holding company Agache backs venture capital firm Aglaé Ventures, which has investments in businesses such as Netflix and TikTok parent company ByteDance.

His father made a small fortune in construction; Arnault got his start by putting up $15 million from that business to buy Christian Dior in 1984.

Arnault's five children all work at LVMH; in July 2022, he proposed a reorganization of his holding company Agache to give them equal stakes.

"I see myself as an ambassador of French heritage and French culture. What we create is emblematic. It's linked to Versailles, to Marie Antoinette."