Antoine Arnault Net Worth

What Is Antoine Arnault's Net Worth?

Antoine Arnault is a French businessman who has a net worth of $500 million. Antoine Arnault is the CEO and vice-chairman of Christian Dior SE. His father, Bernard Arnault, controls LVMH and is one of the wealthiest men in the world with a net worth that has topped $200 billion at times. Antoine served as the CEO of Berluti from 2011 to 2023, and he became the chairman of Loro Piana in 2013. As CEO of Berluti, he helped the business grow from $45 million to $130 million a year in just three years. Berluti is a subsidiary brand of LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and manufactures menswear, including the leather from calves, kangaroos, and alligators, to make shoes and boots as well as belts, bags, and wallets. Loro Piana specializes in high-end luxury cashmere and wool products. Arnault started out in advertising working for Louis Vuitton and was nominated to the board of directors and also became director of communications. In 2012, he created the "Core Values" campaign with Mikhail Gorbachev, Muhammad Ali, and more.

Early Life

Antoine Arnault was born Antoine Bernard Jean Arnault on June 4, 1977, in Roubaix, France. He is the son of Anne Dewavrin and billionaire Bernard Arnault, the founder of the luxury goods company LVMH. Antoine has a sister named Delphine, and his parents divorced in 1990. Bernard married concert pianist Hélène Mercier in 1991, and Antoine has three half-brothers, Frédéric, Alexandre, and Jean, from that marriage. Delphine is the CEO of Christian Dior Couture, Frédéric is the CEO of LVMH Watches, Alexandre is the executive vice president of Tiffany & Co., and Jean is the director of marketing and development in Louis Vuitton's watch division. Antoine attended HEC Montréal and the business school INSEAD.

In a 2012 interview with The Guardian, Antoine stated, "I was taught fashion very early, from the age of 12 when my father bought and created [LVMH]. We spent all our weekends in stores, speaking about brands, discussing advertising – I remember watching the adverts for [top-selling Dior perfumes] Poison, for Dolce Vita… is the music right? The edit? I had a couple of rebellious years when I didn't want to be bothered with it, but I very naturally came back to it. It's not a burden, you know? You're going to work in fashion, surrounded by creativity and beautiful people, beautiful objects – or work in banking. Well, you know… OK, I choose fashion. It was really a road that I was happy to drive down. The fact that we were initiated into it very early gave me and my sister Delphine a headstart. We feel things, brands, streets, we know where it's going to happen maybe a tiny bit before the others, so we use that."

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Career

Arnault began his career at Louis Vuitton, where he worked in the advertising department. In 2005, he was selected for the company's board of directors, and two years later, he became the director of communications. In 2012, he created the "Core Values" campaign, which featured public figures such as Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Francis Ford Coppola, Sean Connery, and Keith Richards. In 2008, Antoine was nominated for a position on the French newspaper Les Echos' editorial independence committee, and the following year, he was named a Young Global Leader Honouree. He launched LVMH "Special Days" in 2011 to communicate about the company's expertise, and he repeated the event in 2013, doubling the amount of workshops that were available to the public. From 2011 to 2023, Arnault served as the CEO of Berluti, which manufactures leather menswear. LVMH acquired the brand in 1993, and after Antoine became Berluti's CEO, he opened shops in New York City, California, and Dubai. He has invested €100 million into the development of Berluti, and in just three years, the company's annual sales grew from $45 million to $130 million. In 2013, Arnault became the chairman of the luxury fashion brand Loro Piana, one of the world's largest purveyors of cashmere. In late 2022, he became the chief executive of Christian Dior SE. Antoine has served on LVMH's board of directors, and in 2012, he joined the board of Comité Colbert, a French association whose mission is to "promote the concept of luxury." In 2013, he became a board member of Madrigall, a holding company that controls the French publishing company Gallimard.

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Personal Life

In 2011, Antoine met Russian model/philanthropist Natalia Vodianova. The couple married on June 21, 2020, and the wedding took place at a Paris registry office because the COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of their planned ceremony at Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers Abbey. Antoine and Natalia have two sons together, and Arnault is stepfather to Vodianova's three children from her marriage to Justin Portman. In a 2017 interview with W magazine, Antoine said of his family, "Going from zero to five kids in two and a half years is the most wonderful thing in the world. Not only having our own, but her kids as well. Natalia is much more mature as a mother than she was when she had her first babies. And it's a bit selfish, but the older ones are a great help with the little ones!"

Real Estate

In 2022, Arnault reportedly paid €17.5 million (approximately $18.8 million) for a home in Saint-Tropez. The main house measures 3,767 square feet, and a swimming pool sits on the 43,000-square-foot property. The home is located in a gated community called Les Parcs.

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