Bernard Arnault
French businessman
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| 2025 | Arnault attended the second inauguration of Donald Trump. |
| December 31 2023 | Received the Grand Cross of the Légion d'Honneur (France) on the last day of the year. |
| April 2023 | Reached peak net worth, becoming the richest person in the world and surpassing Elon Musk. |
| February 1 2023 | Delphine Arnault became the chief executive officer of the luxury brand Dior. |
| 2022 | Changed the legal structure of Agache from a Societas Europaea (SE) to a joint-stock partnership to ensure long-term family control over LVMH. |
| October 2022 | Arnault stated that LVMH sold its private jet (a Bombardier Global 7500 registered F-GVMA) after a Twitter user began tracking its flights, and he switched to renting private aircraft for personal and business travel. |
| August 5 2021 | Regained status as the wealthiest man in the world, with his net worth climbing to $198.4 billion, driven by luxury goods sales in China and Asia. |
| January 2021 | Completed the purchase of Tiffany & Co., further expanding LVMH's portfolio and market presence. |
| October 2020 | After initial complications and legal disputes, agreed to the Tiffany & Co. takeover at a slightly reduced price of nearly $16 billion, with the price per share reduced from $135 to $131.50. |
| January 2020 | Again briefly became the richest person in the world. |
| December 2019 | Briefly surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the richest person in the world. |
| November 2019 | Planned to acquire Tiffany & Co. for approximately US$16.2 billion. |
| July 2019 | Became the second-richest man in the world with a net worth of $103 billion. |
| January 2018 | Led LVMH to record sales of €42.6 billion in 2017, a 13% increase from the previous year, with net profit increasing by 29%. |
| 2017 | Awarded the Medal of Pushkin by Russia. |
| 2017 | Bernard Arnault publicly supported Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the French presidential election. |
| April 2017 | Announced the acquisition of Christian Dior's haute couture, leather, men's and women's ready-to-wear, and footwear lines, fully integrating the Christian Dior brand within LVMH. |
| 2015 | Arnault sold his converted research vessel Amadeus. |
| October 20 2014 | The Louis Vuitton Foundation held its grand opening at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris, marking a significant milestone in Arnault's art patronage. |
| March 2014 | Presented with The Museum of Modern Art's David Rockefeller Award in March. |
| February 2014 | Entered a joint venture with Italian fashion brand Marco De Vincenzo, taking a minority 45% stake in the firm. |
| April 10 2013 | Bernard Arnault announced the withdrawal of his Belgian citizenship application, emphasizing his commitment to staying in France and paying taxes, and dispelling perceptions of potential tax evasion. |
| 2012 | Honored as an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (UK). |
| 2011 | Received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship. |
| 2011 | Invested $641 million in establishing LCapitalAsia. |
| December 2011 | Transferred a 31 percent stake in Groupe Arnault, valued at €6.5 billion, to Pilinvest before François Hollande took office as President of France. |
| March 7 2011 | Announced the acquisition of 50.4% of family-owned shares in Italian jeweler Bulgari, initiating a tender offer for the remaining publicly owned shares, with the transaction valued at $5.2 billion. |
| 2010 | Began serving as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Malaysian 1MDB fund, a position he held until 2013. |
| 2010 | Arnault's daughter Delphine began a relationship with Xavier Niel, a French billionaire businessman in telecommunications and technology. |
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