Bernard Arnault Surpasses Warren Buffet as World's Third Wealthiest Person
With a net worth of $83.1 billon USD.
Bernard Arnault, CEO of the LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton group, has surpassed Warren Buffet in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of $83.1 billion USD.
Placing third on the list, Arnault’s rivals are Bill Gates in second place with $98.3bn USD and Jeff Bezos in first, with a net worth of $140bn USD. Bloomberg reports Arnault increased his fortune by $14.5bn USD this past year, expected news given LVMH’s record-breaking sales of $53.4bn USD in 2018.
Arnault entered the luxury goods industry in 1984, buying out the bankrupt company which owned Christian Dior – of which he now holds a 96.5% stake in – and sold the company’s other businesses to purchase a majority stake in the LVMH group.
This is the first time Arnault has been in the top three since the Bloomberg Billionaire Index launched in 2012. With only $100,000,000 USD between Arnault and Buffet making or breaking the third spot, only time will tell where LVMH’s sales take Arnault next.
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