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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

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

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.

7 Mar 2025 - 8:16PM

Paris Fashion Week

Q&A | LVMH Prize founder Delphine Arnault on the award for young designers

10 Mar 2025 - 3:23PM

Fashion

LVMH Prize 2024: Ellen Hodakova Larsson takes top fashion award in Paris

11 Sep 2024 - 6:00PM

Millionaires and billionaires

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

10 Aug 2023 - 12:10AM

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’

25 Jul 2023 - 3:28PM

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

25 Jul 2023 - 7:00AM

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

16 Jul 2023 - 10:54PM

Chrono24 CEO Tim Stracke and Cristiano Ronaldo. Photo: @tim_stracke/Instagram

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.

2 Jul 2023 - 2:31PMvideocam

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.

28 Jun 2023 - 5:10PM

Millionaires and billionaires

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

19 Jun 2023 - 4:40PM

The world’s two richest people, Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault, met up recently. Photos: Bloomberg, AFP

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

6 Jun 2023 - 10:42AM

Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, is set to visit China in June. Photo: AP

Millionaires and billionaires

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?

30 May 2023 - 4:16PM

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

15 May 2023 - 12:46PM

Millionaires and billionaires

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?

28 Apr 2023 - 12:10AM

French luxury group LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault (pictured) is the world’s richest man, surpassing Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in 2023. Photo: AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

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?

26 Apr 2023 - 4:20PM

Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH, has just witnessed his company’s market value exceed US$500 billion. Photo: Bloomberg

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?

23 Apr 2023 - 12:00PM

Millionaires and billionaires

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?

19 Apr 2023 - 6:00PM

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

18 Apr 2023 - 10:01AM

Then-CEO of Louis Vuitton Michael Burke attends the opening of Dior and Louis Vuitton’s creative perfume workshop “Les Fontaines Parfumées” in Grasse, in September 2016. Photo: AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

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

15 Apr 2023 - 1:00AM

Millionaires and billionaires

Bernard Arnault just became the third person ever worth over US$200 billion

The world’s richest man just got richer thanks to his ownership of the world’s top luxury brands, boosted by smart collabs with K-pop stars and China’s luxury spending post-Covid

6 Apr 2023 - 4:42PM

Timepieces

The most expensive watches of the world’s 7 richest billionaires, ranked

From tech billionaires Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison, to investment guru Warren Buffett and luxury titan Bernard Arnault – who has the priciest timepiece?

4 Apr 2023 - 12:05AM

The world’s richest men include tech billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison – so whose watch is the most expensive? Photos: @OracleCloud, TNS, NTB

Celebrity children

12 up-and-coming nepotism babies in 2023 – from Apple Martin to Ashley Lin

It’s no secret that some of Hollywood’s brightest stars come from privileged, well-connected backgrounds – so who are the latest ‘nepo babies’ to look out for in 2023?

18 Mar 2023 - 12:10AM

Madonna with her son David Banda, Gwyneth Paltrow with her daughter Apple Martin and Mimi Kung’s daughter Ashley Lin. Photos: @madonna, @gwynethpaltrow, @kaening/Instagram

Louis Vuitton

Luxury giant LVMH reveals record sales and profit highs for 2022

Despite the world’s currently uncertain geopolitical and economic environment, LVMH saw record sales in 2022 – and is expecting continued growth into 2023, states the conglomerate

30 Jan 2023 - 3:50PM

Celebrity children

Who is Bernard Arnault’s daughter Delphine, the new CEO of Dior?

The French heiress to the world’s biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH has just been appointed the top job at Christian Dior – here’s what you need to know about the fashion boss

13 Jan 2023 - 12:10AM

Fashion

LVMH luxury empire’s Bernard Arnault names daughter Delphine to head Dior

The eldest child of the world’s richest man moves from Louis Vuitton to head Dior, with chief executive of Dior Pietro Beccari moving to the same role at LV.

11 Jan 2023 - 6:28PM

Delphine Arnault, daughter of LVMH luxury empire chief Bernard Arnault, is stepping up from vice-president of Louis Vuitton to chief executive of Dior. Photo: AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

Will Bernard Arnault’s son Antoine succeed his billionaire dad at LVMH?

Bernard Arnault’s son Antoine has just been promoted to CEO and vice-chairman of Christian Dior SE – but the LVMH head isn’t going anywhere any time soon

12 Dec 2022 - 3:12PM

LVMH’s CEO Bernard Arnault (left) just elevated his son Antoine to a bigger role, prompting discussion about succession plans. Photo: AFP

Millionaires and billionaires

Dodge-a-Sweeney: here’s how celebrities avoid being jet-tracked on Twitter

Jack Sweeney has created a myriad of Twitter accounts that track private jets, prompting many celebrities to now either fly incognito or rent planes instead

5 Nov 2022 - 1:00AM

Millionaires and billionaires

World’s second richest man sells private jet so Twitter can’t track him

Bernard Arnault, head of luxury empire LVMH and the world’s second richest man after Elon Musk, recently revealed the group had sold its private jet to stop Twitter accounts posting about his travels and the pollution they cause.

18 Oct 2022 - 11:15AM

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