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Antoine Arnault and family are the definitive global
fashion family. Groupe Arnault is the majority
shareholder in Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH),
the luxury goods conglomerate which runs Givenchy, Marc
Jacobs, Donna Karan, Fendi, Veuve Clicquot, Tag Heuer and
Guerlain to name but a few of the 60-plus brands that fall under
its famed umbrella.
As the son of Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH, Antoine
has big shoes to fill. It is fitting that his first chief executive role
is at Berluti, where he is in the process of recasting the luxury
shoemaker into a global luxury world renownedmenswear
label.
Antoine started in the advertising department at Louis Vuitton
in 2005 and worked his way up to head of communications.
He is credited with conceiving the wildly successful Vuitton
ad campaign featuring Gorbachev, Muhammad Ali and Bono,
using the iconic luggage in extraordinary settings.
Often forced to justify his accelerated ascension through the
company he describes himself simply, “We work hard. We
were raised with real values about the importance of work and
respect for the people.”
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