# Antoine Arnault
**Antoine Arnault** (born 1977) is a French businessman, the eldest son of LVMH chairman [Bernard Arnault](https://www.edgepedia.org/bernard-arnault), who serves as CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the family holding company Christian Dior SE, Director of Image & [Environment](https://www.edgepedia.org/environment) at LVMH, and a member of the LVMH Executive Committee since February 2026.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [2](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/arnault-appoints-son-antoine-to-lvmh-executive-committee) He previously ran the menswear house Berluti as chief executive for more than a decade and chaired the cashmere house [Loro Piana](https://www.edgepedia.org/loro-piana).[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1977, in France; educated at HEC Montreal and INSEAD[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [3](https://spearswms.com/wealth/whos-who-in-the-arnault-family/) |
| Entry into LVMH | Joined in 2005 in advertising; Louis Vuitton director of communications from 2007; LVMH board member from 2006[4](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/antoine-arnault/) • [5](https://www.businessinsider.com/bernard-arnault-lvmh-children-delphine-antoine-alexandre-frederic-jean-dior-2023-1) |
| Berluti | CEO from 2011 to the start of 2024, then Chairman of the Supervisory Board; revenues estimated to have multiplied about eightfold[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [6](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/new-berluti-ceo-antoine-arnault-mansvelt-1235938422/) |
| Loro Piana | Chairman from 2013 until 2025[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) |
| Christian Dior SE | CEO and Vice-Chairman since December 2022; the company holds 41 percent of LVMH[7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh) • [8](https://spearswms.com/wealth/arnault-family-luxury-game-of-gilded-thrones-succession/) |
| Family control | The Arnault family holds 48.6 percent of LVMH's share capital and 64.3 percent of voting rights[9](https://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/lvmh-luxury-industry-succession-planning/) |
| Recent mandates | LVMH Executive Committee from February 2026; Director of Paris FC via Agache Sport from November 2024[2](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/arnault-appoints-son-antoine-to-lvmh-executive-committee) • [1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) |
## Early life, education, and entry into LVMH
Antoine Arnault was born in France in 1977, and, after what LVMH's governance biography describes as a multicultural journey between France and the United States, graduated from HEC Montreal.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) In 2000 he founded a technology company specializing in domain-name registration, and he later completed an MBA at INSEAD in 2005.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault)
**Entering the family business.** He joined LVMH in 2005, working in its advertising department, and in 2007 was appointed director of communications at [Louis Vuitton](https://www.edgepedia.org/louis-vuitton).[4](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/antoine-arnault/) There he launched the "core values" campaigns featuring international figures including [Mikhail Gorbachev](https://www.edgepedia.org/mikhail-gorbachev), Muhammad Ali, Angelina Jolie, Bono, and [Keith Richards](https://www.edgepedia.org/keith-richards), photographed by Annie Leibovitz.[4](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/antoine-arnault/) • [10](https://observer.com/2023/11/antoine-arnault-steps-ceo-berluti-lvmh/) He became an LVMH board member in 2006.[5](https://www.businessinsider.com/bernard-arnault-lvmh-children-delphine-antoine-alexandre-frederic-jean-dior-2023-1)
## Roles at LVMH, Berluti, and Loro Piana
In 2011 he was appointed CEO of Berluti, the upscale menswear and shoe label, his first chief executive role.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [4](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/antoine-arnault/) In the same year he launched "Les Journées particulières," which opens the ateliers and workshops of the group's maisons to the public free of charge for three days.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault)
**Measurable results at Berluti.** Luxury analysts estimate that Berluti's revenues multiplied about eightfold during his tenure, approaching 300 million euros in 2023; a separate report puts the rise at $130 million from $45 million.[6](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/new-berluti-ceo-antoine-arnault-mansvelt-1235938422/) • [10](https://observer.com/2023/11/antoine-arnault-steps-ceo-berluti-lvmh/) He expanded the retail network almost threefold to 67 boutiques, acquired the Parisian tailoring house Arnys in 2012 to build a prêt-à-porter menswear offer, and grew headcount to near 1,100 from roughly 200 in 2010, with apparel about 20 percent of the business.[6](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/new-berluti-ceo-antoine-arnault-mansvelt-1235938422/) • [7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh) His more than a decade at Berluti are described as one of the longer stints for an Arnault scion in a single job at the group.[7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh)
In 2013, after LVMH purchased 80 percent of the luxury cashmere retailer Loro Piana, he became its chairman, a role he kept until 2025.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [4](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/antoine-arnault/) At group level he has held full responsibility for image, communication, and sustainable development since 2020 as Director of Image & Environment, and he was the architect of LVMH's partnership with the Paris 2024 Olympic and [Paralympic Games](https://www.edgepedia.org/paralympic-games).[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [11](https://www.lvmh.com/en/publications/appointments-to-the-lvmh-executive-committee)
## The 2022–2024 reshuffle and the family holding
In December 2022 he was named CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Christian Dior SE, replacing Sidney Toledano.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault) • [7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh) Christian Dior SE holds 41 percent of LVMH and is the vehicle through which the family controls the group; the role oversees the heart of the Arnault family's wealth.[8](https://spearswms.com/wealth/arnault-family-luxury-game-of-gilded-thrones-succession/) • [7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh) The appointment came in tandem with the conversion of [Financière Agache](https://www.edgepedia.org/financiere-agache), Bernard Arnault's main holding company, into a limited joint-stock partnership, further locking in family control over LVMH.[6](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/new-berluti-ceo-antoine-arnault-mansvelt-1235938422/) Under the restructuring, each of the five children holds a 20 percent stake in the partnership and cannot sell shares for 30 years without unanimous board approval.[8](https://spearswms.com/wealth/arnault-family-luxury-game-of-gilded-thrones-succession/)
**Leaving Berluti.** In November 2023 his step-back from Berluti management was announced, effective January 1, 2024, when Chaumet CEO Jean-Marc Mansvelt succeeded him as Berluti CEO and Charles Leung of Fred succeeded Mansvelt at Chaumet.[7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh) In early January 2024 he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Berluti.[1](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault)
## Siblings and the succession question
The five Arnault children hold equal stakes in the family holding.[3](https://spearswms.com/wealth/whos-who-in-the-arnault-family/) [Delphine Arnault](https://www.edgepedia.org/delphine-arnault) is chairman and CEO of Christian Dior Couture; her promotion came less than a month after Antoine's appointment at the holding company, which some interpreted as kicking off a succession battle within a company then valued at $418 billion (£340 billion).[7](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh) • [12](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/14/succession-struggle-rages-for-luxury-giant-lvmh-bernard-arnault) Alexandre Arnault became deputy CEO of the wines and spirits division [Moët Hennessy](https://www.edgepedia.org/moet-hennessy) on February 1, 2025.[13](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/lvmh-roles-held-by-bernard-arnaults-children-2024-11-14/) In June 2024 Frédéric Arnault was named managing director of the family holding company Financière Agache.[14](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/lvmhs-frederic-arnault-named-managing-director-family-holding-financiere-agache-2024-06-06/)
Bernard Arnault does not talk publicly about his succession plan, but because the holding is equally owned by his five children, they could collectively decide to remove him from leadership.[15](https://cmgpartners.ca/content/uploads/2023/09/CMG-Mastering-the-business-of-the-business-and-the-business-of-the-family.pdf) The Guardian explicitly compares the situation to the Murdoch dynasty, noting that Arnault is 18 years [Rupert Murdoch](https://www.edgepedia.org/rupert-murdoch)'s junior and 10 times wealthier.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/14/succession-struggle-rages-for-luxury-giant-lvmh-bernard-arnault)
## Wealth, by the numbers
Forbes valued the Arnault family fortune at $233 billion in its 2024 billionaires ranking, the richest family in the world by that measure.[3](https://spearswms.com/wealth/whos-who-in-the-arnault-family/) The family owns 48.6 percent of LVMH's capital and 64.3 percent of voting rights, with Christian Dior SE holding 41 percent of the group.[9](https://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/lvmh-luxury-industry-succession-planning/) • [8](https://spearswms.com/wealth/arnault-family-luxury-game-of-gilded-thrones-succession/)
## References
1. [Antoine Arnault, Image & Environment – LVMH governance biography](https://www.lvmh.com/en/our-group/governance/antoine-arnault)
2. [LVMH Adds Antoine Arnault to Executive Committee as Family Role Expands – Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/arnault-appoints-son-antoine-to-lvmh-executive-committee)
3. [Who's who in the Arnault family? – Spear's](https://spearswms.com/wealth/whos-who-in-the-arnault-family/)
4. [Antoine Arnault – BoF 500, Business of Fashion](https://www.businessoffashion.com/people/antoine-arnault/)
5. [Billionaire Tycoon Bernard Arnault's 5 Children Are All Nepo Babies – Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/bernard-arnault-lvmh-children-delphine-antoine-alexandre-frederic-jean-dior-2023-1)
6. [Luxury Scion Antoine Arnault to Relinquish CEO Role at Berluti – WWD](https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/new-berluti-ceo-antoine-arnault-mansvelt-1235938422/)
7. [What Antoine Arnault's departure from Berluti could mean for LVMH – Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/what-antoine-arnaults-departure-from-berluti-could-mean-for-lvmh)
8. [Inside the Arnault family: who will succeed Bernard Arnault? – Spear's](https://spearswms.com/wealth/arnault-family-luxury-game-of-gilded-thrones-succession/)
9. [What can LVMH teach us about succession planning in the luxury industry? – Warwick Business School](https://www.wbs.ac.uk/news/lvmh-luxury-industry-succession-planning/)
10. [Antoine Arnault Steps Down as CEO of Berluti in LVMH Shakeup – Observer](https://observer.com/2023/11/antoine-arnault-steps-ceo-berluti-lvmh/)
11. [Appointments to the LVMH Executive Committee – LVMH](https://www.lvmh.com/en/publications/appointments-to-the-lvmh-executive-committee)
12. [Battle for succession in house of Dior – The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/14/succession-struggle-rages-for-luxury-giant-lvmh-bernard-arnault)
13. [Factbox: LVMH roles held by Bernard Arnault's children – Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/lvmh-roles-held-by-bernard-arnaults-children-2024-11-14/)
14. [LVMH's Frederic Arnault named managing director of family holding Financiere Agache – Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/lvmhs-frederic-arnault-named-managing-director-family-holding-financiere-agache-2024-06-06/)
15. [The Bernard Arnault Family – CMG Partners](https://cmgpartners.ca/content/uploads/2023/09/CMG-Mastering-the-business-of-the-business-and-the-business-of-the-family.pdf)
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