In 1988 he brought into the group an investor called Bernard Arnault, aged 39.
The French luxury powerhouse LVMH, helmed by billionaire Bernard Arnault, was the clear favorite.
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Both protests aimed to influence Bernard Arnault, a luxury-goods tycoon who is France's richest man but to very different ends.
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Meanwhile, a pair of activist investors, including Bernard Arnault, France's richest man, bought a big stake in the French-based retail chain.
Three months ago France's richest man, Bernard Arnault, announced plans to relocate to Belgium although he denied it was for tax reasons.
Pleased with Galliano's efforts, Bernard Arnault, lvmh's chairman, and Yves Carcelle, his fashion chief, decided to move Galliano to its lagging Dior brand.
Ten months ago, things were looking very awkward for Bernard Arnault, the debonair billionaire chairman and CEO of French luxury powerhouse LVMH.
Bernard Arnault, the man behind Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey, saw his stock fall last year, dragging him down from fourth spot to 10th.
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Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, credited strong brand appeal, consumer attraction to artisanal products and simple business strategy with prompting the growth.
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In applying for Belgian citizenship, Bernard Arnault acted logically and predictably.
Bernard Arnault, the chairman of France's luxury-goods group LVMH , proposed merging his company's wine and spirits business with those of Guinness and Grand Metropolitan .
And Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, best known as the house of Louis Vuitton, has decamped to neighboring Belgium, which has lower taxes.
Back in 1998 Bernard Arnault, then and now the CEO of LVMH, put his finger on a peculiar cultural phenomena of our time: Let's call it hyper-affluence syndrome.
By happenstance, just two weeks later, French fashion magnate Bernard Arnault disclosed that his company, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, acquired a 17 percent stake in Hermes International.
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In 2010, luxury goods giant LVMH, led by French billionaire Bernard Arnault, began purchasing what is now a 22.28% stake in the firm (as of the 2011 Hermes annual report).
Bernard Arnault has now joined Eduardo Saverin as two wealthy individuals who are being vilified by politicians, the media, and the general public for engaging in perfectly legal and logical tax planning.
Adding to the number fleeing France as a result of the recent tax hikes Bernard Arnault has announced that he is indeed transferring his wealth and himself into Belgium.
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Colony Capital, an American investment fund which specialises in property, and Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, a French luxury goods firm, banded together last year to invest in Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer.
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There's not a trace of the backstage machinations--like those yielding his sly victory in 2001 over rival French billionaire Bernard Arnault for control of Gucci--that have punctuated his 50-year career and captivated the international business press.
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But Mr Sarkozy said he could not understand why the paper's journalists had gone on strike several times to try to block the recent takeover of their publication by his friend Bernard Arnault, France's richest man.
Bernard Arnault, the Chairman and CEO, at a meeting to announce the results, said that he was pleased with the excellent growth in fashion and leather goods at Louis Vuitton, from Dior perfumes, and from several others.
It was then that he caught the attention of LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault, who throughout the 1990s was creating an empire by buying out distressed family-owned fashion houses that were running out of cash to grow their businesses.
Bernard Arnault, LVMH chairman and CEO, said at the time LVMH would continue to buy more shares but did not intend to take control, to make a public offer for the company nor to seek seats on the board.
"It is a message to Bernard Arnault that it will be useless to pursue a takeover attempt because the family has relinquished its right to sell, " says Patrick Albaladejo, executive vice president for strategic development and image and close adviser to Thomas.
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