
A few days ago, the famous Forbes magazine published the updated list of the world's billionaires.
At the top of this list, with $223.1 billion, is Bernard Arnault, who has left behind, even by a large margin, names that have been at the top of the Forbes list for years, often switching places with each other .
However, now Elon Musk sees himself 37 billion dollars away from the first place, even though he ranks second. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, ranks third, but by a wide margin.
Currently, his fortune is calculated at $125.1 million, far from the first place or even from Musk who is second. One of the most vocal people is Bill Gates, whose fortune is estimated at 109.9 billion dollars, but he holds the fifth place.
But who is Bernard Arnault?
He owns the group of luxury products and services LVMH Moet Hennessy, is the owner of the fashion houses Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Fendi and Christian Dior, as well as more than 70 other businesses of jewelry, perfumes and cosmetics, or even services hotel industry, having a very diversified portfolio.
Thus, the man at the head of the largest luxury conglomerate has an indelible mark on the fashion industry and has written history with his successes.
Bernard Arnault was born in Roubaix on March 5, 1949. Arnault graduated from the Institut Supérieur de Commerce in Neuilly, where he studied economic engineering. His career began in his father's company, Jean Leon Arnault. Later, he bought Christian Dior in 1985 and started building together with Mark Jacobs the new brand, Dior Homme.
In 1987, he created LVMH, a group of companies that includes some of the most famous luxury brands in the world, such as Dior, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Bulgari, Givenchy, Sephora. In the 1990s, Arnault became France's highest earner, campaigning to make LVMH a world leader in the luxury goods market.
He is known as an innovator in the fashion market and has done a lot to build an image of his brand as a symbol of elegance and style.