Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Bernard Arnault, currently the world’s richest person, has spent decades grooming his children to run his globe-spanning luxury goods company, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.⁠ ⁠ As they grew up, he drilled them in math and brought them along on business trips and negotiations. Today, Arnault is tightening the family’s grip on LVMH, parachuting his adult children into senior roles.⁠ ⁠ The 74-year-old built LVMH, valued at $480 billion, by hunting rival luxury firms for corporate takeovers while also nurturing generations of fashion designers. His rivals call him the “wolf in cashmere.”⁠ ⁠ His eldest child, Delphine Arnault, 48, appeared to many in the fashion world to pull ahead of the pack in January when her father made her chief executive of Christian Dior, the group's second-largest brand. Paris was also buzzing weeks earlier when her brother Antoine Arnault, 45, became CEO of the listed company that holds the family’s stake in LVMH.⁠ ⁠ Nipping at their heels are three sons from the business magnate’s second marriage. Alexandre Arnault, 30, is the executive vice president of Tiffany & Co., with a high-powered network that includes Jay-Z and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. Frédéric Arnault, 28, runs the Tag Heuer watch brand, while Jean Arnault, 24, is director of marketing and development at Louis Vuitton’s watches division. All three studied at top engineering schools, a qualification their father has called crucial to his own success.⁠ ⁠ Bernard Arnault has given no indication whom he will choose as his successor, saying only that it will be based on merit. When asked about the matter in January, he drew a parallel between his recent decision to raise the retirement age of LVMH’s chairman and CEO to 80 and French President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious push to raise the nation's retirement age to 64.⁠ ⁠ “As to succession, you may also have noticed that the retirement age—which is very much in vogue—has been extended,” he said.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Lewis Joly/SIPA/AP」4月24日 3時00分