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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

People walk past Christmas decorations outside a store of Swiss luxury watchmaker Rolex along a shopping street in Beijing on December 15. Photo: AFP

China economy

Opinion | How China’s home-grown luxury labels took on Western brands

Chinese brands are gaining ground at home and worldwide as domestic consumers increasingly turn to labels with Chinese imagery and values.

31 Dec 2025 - 4:32PMvideocam

China consumption

Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products?

30 Nov 2025 - 4:00PMvideocam

Timepieces

How horology fan Wei Koh made the watchmaking show he’d been wanting to see

17 Oct 2025 - 3:17PM

Fashion

Who are the late Giorgio Armani’s heirs, and what will happen to his brand?

Its future will likely be decided by Giorgio Armani’s nieces and nephews, and close associates such as Leo Dell’Orco.

5 Sep 2025 - 12:24PM

Giorgio Armani (centre) with Armani execs Leo Dell’Orco (right) and Gianluca Dell’Orco (left) at Milan Fashion Week in 2024. Photo: Reuters

Luxury brands

Century of excellence: Loro Piana, the original quiet luxury brand, turns 100

Loro Piana’s attention to textile quality has won it fans across the globe, with even Hermès and Fendi relying on it for their raw materials; the house is now helmed by LVMH’s Frédéric Arnault.

18 Jul 2025 - 12:28PM

Fashion

Loro Piana Knit Design Award 2025 showcases innovative linen designs

Morgan Rachel Boyce from Ireland and Italian Simone Rizzato were named the winners in Milan, while the jury included Anna Dello Russo, Kimberly Drew, Damien Bertrand and Antonio Mancinelli.

15 May 2025 - 10:02AM

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

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

Paris Fashion Week

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

The 2025 LVMH Prize semi-finalists were welcomed by Arnault at a presentation during Paris Fashion Week, attended by Jaden Smith and Lily James, among others.

10 Mar 2025 - 3:23PM

Fashion

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

Lady Gaga and Cate Blanchett are fans of the Swedish designer – meanwhile, Duran Lantink, who’s dressed Beyoncé and Doja Cat, and Standing Ground’s Michael Stewart, were also honoured at the ceremony.

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

Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, during a company news conference in Paris, France, on July 24. Photo: Bloomberg

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

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

Shoppers line up outside the Louis Vuitton shop in a Shanghai mall on the day LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault visited. Photo: Handout

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

Arnault is being accompanied by Louis Vuitton CEO Pietro Beccari and Delphine, his daughter who heads Christian Dior Couture. Photo: AFP

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

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

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

A Rodeo Drive street sign stands on the corner of the site of the proposed Cheval Blanc Hotel from LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, on May 23. Photo: AFP

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

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

Head of French multinational corporation LVMH Bernard Arnault (centre) and his wife Hélène (second from right), surrounded by their children Frédéric, Delphine, Antoine and Alexandre during a ceremony marking Paris’ iconic department store La Samaritaine reopening after 16 years of closure in Paris, in June 2021. Photo: AFP

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

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

Bernard Arnault’s kids, from Frédéric, Alexandre and Antoine to Delphine and Jean, are all working for LVMH and its branches. Photos: @frederic.arnault, arnaultjean/Instagram; BFA.com; AFP

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

Frenchman Bernard Arnault just became the first non-American to amass a wealth of more than US$200 billion. Photo: AFP

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

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

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.css-1m2rp1p{color:#34b8b5;}Opinion | How China’s home-grown luxury labels took on Western brands

Chinese brands are gaining ground at home and worldwide as domestic consumers increasingly turn to labels with Chinese imagery and values.

Why do Chinese no longer feel the need to boycott Japanese products?

How horology fan Wei Koh made the watchmaking show he’d been wanting to see

Who are the late Giorgio Armani’s heirs, and what will happen to his brand?

Its future will likely be decided by Giorgio Armani’s nieces and nephews, and close associates such as Leo Dell’Orco.

Century of excellence: Loro Piana, the original quiet luxury brand, turns 100

Loro Piana’s attention to textile quality has won it fans across the globe, with even Hermès and Fendi relying on it for their raw materials; the house is now helmed by LVMH’s Frédéric Arnault.

Loro Piana Knit Design Award 2025 showcases innovative linen designs

Morgan Rachel Boyce from Ireland and Italian Simone Rizzato were named the winners in Milan, while the jury included Anna Dello Russo, Kimberly Drew, Damien Bertrand and Antonio Mancinelli.

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.

.css-sioo19{color:#c79a00;}Q&A | LVMH Prize founder Delphine Arnault on the award for young designers

The 2025 LVMH Prize semi-finalists were welcomed by Arnault at a presentation during Paris Fashion Week, attended by Jaden Smith and Lily James, among others.

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

Lady Gaga and Cate Blanchett are fans of the Swedish designer – meanwhile, Duran Lantink, who’s dressed Beyoncé and Doja Cat, and Standing Ground’s Michael Stewart, were also honoured at the ceremony.

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

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’

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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?

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

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

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

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

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?

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?

Opinion | How China’s home-grown luxury labels took on Western brands

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