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Bernard Arnault

1949 - Today

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Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ̃ etjɛn aʁno]; born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman, investor, and art collector. He is the chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company. Arnault is one of the richest individuals in the world; as of May 2025, he has an estimated net worth of US$148.7 billion according to Forbes and US$155 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Born in Roubaix, Arnault was raised in a devoutly Catholic household. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Arnault is the 21st most popular businessperson (down from 16th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from France (down from 225th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Businessperson.

Bernard Arnault is a French billionaire businessman and the chairman and CEO of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), a multinational luxury goods conglomerate. He is one of the wealthiest people in the world and is known for his shrewd business acumen and his ability to build successful brands. Arnault is also a prominent philanthropist and has donated significant sums of money to various charitable causes.

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Among businesspeople, Bernard Arnault ranks 21 out of 847. Before him are Robert McNamara, Ingvar Kamprad, Jamsetji Tata, Florentino Pérez, Cosimo de' Medici, and Ferruccio Lamborghini. After him are Tim Cook, Fred Trump, William Boeing, Jeffrey Epstein, Estée Lauder, and Steve Ballmer.

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Among people born in 1949, Bernard Arnault ranks 18. Before him are Anna Wintour, Pedro Almodóvar, Ashraf Ghani, Richard Gere, Mark Knopfler, and Abdullah Öcalan. After him are Arsène Wenger, Lech Kaczyński, Sigourney Weaver, André Rieu, Maurice Gibb, and Joan Enric Vives Sicília.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard Arnault ranks 242 out of 6,770. Before him are Richard II of England (1367), Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Frédéric Mistral (1830), Louis X of France (1289), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), and Georges Seurat (1859). After him are Léon Foucault (1819), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), George Sand (1804), Gustave Le Bon (1841), Berthe Morisot (1841), and Roger Martin du Gard (1881).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Bernard Arnault ranks 2. Before him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863). After him are Jules Rimet (1873), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Louis Vuitton (1821), Christophe Plantin (1520), Pierre Bergé (1930), François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771).

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