Bernard Arnault is a French businessman, investor, and art collector

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is born 5 March 1949

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He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton

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the world's largest luxury goods company

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Arnault has an estimated net worth of US$187.6 billion as of October 2023, according to Forbes

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making him one of the wealthiest people in the world

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In 1971, he graduated from the École Polytechnique, France's leading engineering school, and began work for his father's company

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Three years later, after he convinced his father to shift the focus of the company to real estate

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Ferret-Savinel sold the industrial construction division and was renamed Ferinel

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Fill in some Following the acquisition of a textile company and relocation of its headquarters, the company renamed the real estate branch to the George V Group

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