Bernard Arnault

Trump hosts LVMH boss as tariffs threaten luxury goods

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump hosted the head of luxury giant LVMH, Bernard Arnault, at the White House on Tuesday (May 6) as the group confronts a dent in sales from Trump’s tariffs.

A series of management reshuffles had fuelled speculation that Bernard Arnault, who has five children, was preparing his succession plans – especially as all of them now have key positions in the conglomerate.

Bernard Arnault hints at leading LVMH until age 85

LVMH will seek to raise the age limit for the chief executive officer and chairman to 85 from the current 80 at next month’s annual general meeting

The S&P 500 has lost 6.4 per cent since Trump took office, as mass layoffs of government employees and the president’s back-and-forth on tariffs have roiled equities.

Billionaires at Trump’s swearing-in have since lost US$209 billion

The companies behind the inauguration attendees’ fortunes have been some of the biggest losers, dropping a combined US$1.39 trillion in market value since Jan 17

Bernard Arnault (centre), chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH, leaves after a hearing to testify in the trial of France's former spy chief Bernard Squarcini, at the courthouse in Paris.

Arnault denies knowing about blackmail plot against him at ex-top spy’s trial

BERNARD Arnault denied knowing anything about a blackmail plot against him over an alleged extramarital affair, as he gave evidence at the trial of a former French spy chief who faces several accusati...

Alexandre Arnault, 32, has held a position responsible for product and communications at Tiffany since 2021, when LVMH completed its takeover of the US jewellery brand.

LVMH moves Alexandre Arnault to HQ, fueling succession talk

LVMH appointed new divisional leaders in a reshuffle that returns one of billionaire founder Bernard Arnault’s sons to the luxury conglomerate’s Paris headquarters from New York-based jeweller Tiffany...

For the first time since the second quarter of 2020, when the world went into lockdown, LVMH’s fashion and leather goods unit posted a drop in quarterly organic sales.

Bernard Arnault’s US$37 billion wealth loss comes as luxury dims in China

EIGHTEEN months ago, LVMH shares were trading at a record high and the group’s controlling shareholder, Bernard Arnault, was the world’s wealthiest person.

LMVH chief Bernard Arnault’s net worth soared on Thursday by US$17 billion to US$201 billion, his third-largest one-day increase ever.

LVMH chief Arnault wins big on China stimulus with US$17 billion wealth surge

BERNARD Arnault entered Thursday (Sep 26) having lost more wealth this year than any other billionaire, with his luxury-goods fortune slumping by US$24 billion.

This year’s Olympic medals, which contain an inset made of iron from the Eiffel Tower, were made by the LVMH-owned jeweller Chaumet.

When Olympic sponsors go rogue

WHEN French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH agreed to pay about US$175 million to underwrite the organising committee for the Paris Olympics, the company, owned by France’s richest person, Bernard Arna...

The decline in Arnault’s fortune is rooted in the economic malaise in China, a market the luxury industry has long relied upon.

Bernard Arnault has lost more wealth than any billionaire in 2024

FRENCH tycoon Bernard Arnault’s net worth has plunged this year by more than anyone else’s on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as demand for luxury goods continues to sour.

The Hotel Bauer, located on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, has attracted bids of more than 275 million euros (S$399.4 million).

Billionaire Arnault said to join race for Signa’s Venice hotel

BILLIONAIRE Bernard Arnault has joined the chase to purchase a storied Venice hotel, one of the trophy assets put on the market in the messy fallout from the implosion of Rene Benko’s Signa Group.