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Bernard Arnault

1949 - Today

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Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɑ̃ etjɛn aʁno]; born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman, investor and art collector. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company. Arnault is the richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$233 billion as of April 2024, according to Forbes.Arnault was raised in a devoutly Catholic household, with a strong inclination towards music and education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Arnault has received more than 15,708,442 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Bernard Arnault is the 16th most popular businessperson (up from 20th in 2019), the 225th most popular biography from France (up from 306th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Businessperson.

Bernard Arnault is a French billionaire businessman and the chairman and CEO of LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), a multinational luxury goods conglomerate. He is one of the wealthiest people in the world and is known for his shrewd business acumen and his ability to build successful brands. Arnault is also a prominent philanthropist and has donated significant sums of money to various charitable causes.

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  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

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  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bernard Arnaults by language

Over the past year Bernard Arnault has had the most page views in the with 4,350,723 views, followed by French (1,181,754), and German (547,468). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Central Bicolano (1,660.88%), Azerbaijani (1,067.74%), and Mongolian (361.74%)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Bernard Arnault ranks 16 out of 847Before him are Jeff Bezos, Vince McMahon, Warren Buffett, Ingvar Kamprad, George Soros, and Aristotle Onassis. After him are Levi Strauss, Florentino Pérez, Tim Cook, Jeffrey Epstein, Cosimo de' Medici, and Ludwig Erhard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bernard Arnault ranks 10Before him are Caitlyn Jenner, Haruki Murakami, Niki Lauda, Meryl Streep, Pedro Almodóvar, and Mark Knopfler. After him are Lech Kaczyński, Anna Wintour, Sigourney Weaver, Arsène Wenger, Richard Gere, and Maurice Gibb.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard Arnault ranks 225 out of 6,770Before him are Pope Innocent VI (1282), Gustave Le Bon (1841), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900), Gustave Doré (1832), and Léon Foucault (1819). After him are François Boucher (1703), Pope Urban VI (1318), Philip V of France (1293), Christian Dior (1905), Antoine Meillet (1866), and John II of France (1319).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Bernard Arnault ranks 2Before him are Pierre de Coubertin (1863). After him are Jules Rimet (1873), Liliane Bettencourt (1922), Louis Vuitton (1821), Christophe Plantin (1520), François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), Eugène Schueller (1881), Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), Pierre Bergé (1930), and Louis Réard (1897).