Bernard Arnault

Bernard Arnault

Esquire.com (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008

Chairman and CEO of LVMH, the alpha and omega of the global luxury industry, 59 · Paris

Quinault sold to LVMH's Arnault

Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Bordeaux Chateau Quinault has been sold to billionaires Bernard Arnault and Albert Frère.

LVMH Chief Plans $140 Million Art Museum

Luxist (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008

Filed under: Art Bernard Arnault (right), the billionaire chairman of Louis Vuitton parent LVMH and France's richest man, plans to open a $140 million art museum in Paris within the next 2-3 years despite the grim economic forecast. "It's a way of showing that luxury, which often has an arrogant, elitist, egotistical image, can be generous," Arnault's arts advisor Jean-Paul Claverie...

Picasso Returns to the Grand Palais

Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008

... Jacqueline de Ribes, Bernadette Chirac and Dennis Hopper, who later supped with exhibit sponsor Bernard Arnault of LVMH in the shadow of his treasured Richard Serra. During a brief pre-dinner speech, Arnault remarked on how odd it felt viewing such artistic riches on a disastrous day for global markets. His takeaway? “I guess Picasso is a good investment,” he said, to much...

Matthew Williamson bows out of Pucci with final Milan collection

The First Post (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008

... LMVH seemingly stayed away from Williamson’s final collection at Milan Fashion Week, with Delphine Arnault-Gancia – the daughter of LVMH chief executive Bernard Arnault, with a seat on Pucci’s board - nowhere to be seen. Williamson will be succeeded by the Norwegian designer Peter Dundas.

Audebert launches new Cheval des Andes, Terrazas

Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

Audebert launches new Cheval des Andes, TerrazasSeptember 25, 2008Selena MassonCheval des Andes winemaker Nicolas Audebert has just launched the latest vintages of his wines – atop an Argentine polo pony.Audebert was at Ham polo club in south west London to launch the new Cheval des Andes and Terrazas de los Andes wines from the Mendoza, Argentina estate, owned by LVMH boss Bernard Arnault...

EU warns online music stores: change or be changed

iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008

... in Europe.Those present at the meeting were Ben Verwaayen of technology company Alcatel-Lucent, Bernard Arnault from luxury goods group LVMH, eBay's John Donahoe, John Elkann from Fiat, music label EMI's Roger Faxon, musicianSir Mick Jagger, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Bernard Miyet of French performing rights association SACEM, and Peter Vicary Smith from UK consumer organisation...

Buzz: Montenegro as the “Monaco of the Balkans”

The Informed Traveler (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008

... A group of billionaire investors including Oleg Deripaska (Russia’s richest man) and LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault are backing a scheme to turn Tivat, a derelict port and ex-Yugoslav naval base in the former communist country of Montenegro, into the next playground for the megarich. Porto Montenegro, aka “Monaco of the Balkans,” will be home to a “marina for the oversized yachts of...

LVMH Chief and Russia's Richest Man Want to Make Montenegro the Next Monaco

Luxist (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Filed under: Journeys , Real Estate Developments A group of billionaire investors including Oleg Deripaska (Russia's richest man) and LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault are backing a scheme to turn Tivat , a derelict port and ex-Yugoslav naval base in the former communist country of Montenegro , into the next playground for the megarich. The site's former naval dockyard fronting the Adriatic...

LVMH's bid for Les Echos kicks off protest

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008

Plans by French billionaire Bernard Arnault to buy newspaper Les Echos from British publisher Pearson has kicked off a wave of protests by the paper's journalists

Château Quinault L'Enclos, Cheval Blanc and Opera

Bordeaux-Undiscovered (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

Jane Anson over at The New Bordeaux Blog has reported that the Saint Emilion grand cru Chateau Quinualt L'Enclos , owned by Alain Raynaud has been sold to Bernard Arnault and Albert Freres, co-owners of Chateaux Cheval Blanc , Yquem and La Tour du Pin . They purchased La Tour du Pin in 2006. Since Pierre-Olivier Clouet took over - and having tasted the 06 and 07 vintages during my week...

• Quinault sold to LVMH's Arnault - Decanter.com

LVMH buys maker of customised yachts

Financial Time (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

The widening gulf between the haves and the have-yachts has prompted LVMH, the world's biggest luxury goods group, led by Bernard Arnault, to enter an exclusive agreement to buy Royal van Lent, the Dutch builder of Feadship customised motoryachts, which measure 50m or more

Château Quinault Sold (Wine Spectator)

Wine Spectator (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008

European business titans Bernard Arnault and Albert Frères buy St.-Emilion estate

Celine Taps Phoebe Philo

Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

PARIS — Bernard Arnault has netted another fashion star for his luxury universe, naming Phoebe Philo as the new creative director of Celine.The British designer — widely credited for catapulting Chloé into the big leagues with her hip and feminine clothes and accessories — is to start in October. She will present her first Celine collection next March for the fall-winter 2009 season,...

Indians top Forbes' list of likely billionaire-inheritors

MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008

... of inheriting the business as well as a piece of the estate. Leading that group is Delphine Arnault-Gancia, the daughter of Bernard Arnault, the world's 13th-richest man, who heads the $50 billion luxury goods behemoth LVMH. Another one poised to inherit and lead is Marta Ortega Perez, daughter of Spanish retailer Amancio Ortega. She could choose to live a life of idle pleasures...