Antoine Arnault Biography
Antoine Arnault is a Businessman from France who has an MBA from INSEAD and graduated from HEC Montreal. Since 2012, he has been CEO of Berluti, a Paris-based company that makes high-end men’s shoes, accessories, and ready-to-wear.
Antoine Arnault Age
He is 45 years old as of 2022. He was born on 4 June 1977 in Roubaix, France. He celebrates his birthday on 4 June every year.
Antoine Arnault Family
Arnault was the son of Bernard Arnault and his first wife, Anne Dewavrin, and was born in Roubaix. From his father’s second marriage to a Canadian pianist, he is the younger brother of Delphine Arnault and has three half-brothers.
Antoine Arnault Wife
He has been dating Russian model and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova since 2011. They have two sons, Maxim, who was born on May 2, 2014, and Roman, who was born on June 4, 2016. On December 31, 2019, Vodianova made the engagement announcement. Their wedding at Saint-Pierre Hautville’s Abbey on June 27, 2020, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they were married in a Paris registry office on June 21, 2020.
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Antoine Arnault Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $500 Million.
Antoine Arnault Career
Arnault started his career in Louis Vuitton’s advertising department. He was elected to the board of directors in 2005, and in 2007, he was promoted to director of communications. In 2012, he developed the “Core Values” campaign, which featured prominent celebrities (Sean Connery, Francis Ford Coppola, and Keith Richards), professional athletes (Muhammad Ali, Zinedine Zidane), and political figures (Mikhail Gorbachev).
He was named to Les Echos’ editorial independence committee in 2008, and in 2009, he was named to the Young Global Leader Honorees list. Arnault launched LVMH’s “Special Days” in 2011 with the intention of promoting the group’s expertise. He continued the initiative in 2013 and doubled the number of public workshops, bringing the total to 42. The idea was to show that skilled artisans were constantly passing on their knowledge to the next generation of talented people.
He has been Berluti’s CEO since 2011 and has worked to grow the LVMH brand by opening stores in California, Dubai, and New York City. He hired the designer Alessandro Sartori to transform the colorful shoemaker’s business into a full-fledged men’s luxury brand. The brand’s colorful footwear and classic, modern-fit clothing are the results of a €100 million investment by Antoine Arnault.
Berluti’s business has increased from approximately $45 million to approximately $130 million annually in just three years under his leadership. In 2013, he was appointed chair of Loro Piana, the global leader in high-end cashmere and other fabrics, following LVMH’s acquisition of the brand.
Arnault delivered a number of speeches on the luxury industry and its prospects. He talked about how consumers’ use of digital tools in everyday life encourages luxury brands to reach consumers through these technologies at the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference in 2015. However, as he emphasized in his 2004 speech at Stanford University, he stated that non-obsolescence and providing a physical experience are the specific characteristics of the luxury industry.
Arnault has been a member of the Comité Colbert board since November 2012, when he joined the LVMH board. Since November 2013, he has been a board member at Madrigall, the holding company that controls the Gallimard family-owned French publisher.