Influential CEO Bernard Arnault
He is a French businessman, investor, and art collector.
He is the Chairman and CEO of LVMH Moรซt Hennessy โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ป, the worldโs leading luxury products group.
โข One of the world's ultimate taste-makers, Bernard Arnault oversees an empire of 70 brands including Louis Vuitton and ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ.
โข He is the ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป in the world and the ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ.
โข His father made a small fortune in construction; Arnault got his start by putting up $15 million from that business to buy ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ in 1985.
โข Mr. Arnault is also President of the Board of Directors of Groupe Arnault S.E. (his family holding company).
โข In April 2017, Arnault bought out Christian Dior.
โข Arnault owns a 97.5% stake in Christian Dior, which controls 41.2% of LVMH.
โข Soon after, he bought ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ and funded the French designer, Christian Lacroix.
ON FORBES LISTS, He is -
#3 Billionaires 2021 and #56 Powerful People 2018
โข He has been awarded the ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ of Grand Officier de la Lรฉgion dโHonneur and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres.
โข Given a ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ at the ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ in 2011.
He is an art lover and patron.
โข In 2014, Arnault unveiled his $166 million Frank Gehry-designed Museum for the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris' Bois de Boulogne
In his word โ โ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ - ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.'
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