Antoine Arnault
| Antoine Arnault | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antoine Arnault 4 June 1977 Roubaix, France |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Alma mater | HEC Montréal, INSEAD |
| Occupation | Businessman in fashion |
| Title | CEO of Berluti and chairman of Loro Piana |
| Partner(s) | Natalia Vodianova (2011–present) |
| Children | 1 |
Antoine Arnault was born in Roubaix on the 4th of June 1977. He is the CEO of Berluti and is also chairman of Loro Piana.
Early life and education
Arnault is a HEC Montréal and INSEAD graduate.[1]
Career
Arnault started his career in the advertising department of Louis Vuitton. In 2005 he was nominated to the board of directors and became director of communications in 2007.[2]
He created the “Core Values” campaign in 2012 featuring political figures (Mikhail Gorbachev), professional athletes (Muhammad Ali, Zinedine Zidane) and celebrities (Sean Connery, Francis Ford Coppola, Keith Richards).[3]
In 2008 he was nominated to the editorial independence committee of Les Echos, a major French daily journal.[4]
In 2009 he made the Young Global Leader Honourees list.[5]
In 2011 Arnault launched the LVMH “Special Days”, the aim of which is to communicate about the workshops and expertise of the group. In 2013 he repeated the initiative and doubled the number of workshops opened to the public, bringing the total to 42. The objective was to showcase the fact that the technical know-how was continually being passed on from skilled craftsmen unto the next talented generation.[6][7]
Since 2011 he is the CEO of Berluti and has worked to develop this LVMH brand through the opening of shops in California, Dubai and New York.[8] He hired the designer Alessandro Sartori in order to expand from a colourful shoemaker household to a full-on menswear luxury brand name.[9] Antoine Arnault has invested €100 million in developing the brand and its colourful footwear and classic modern fit clothes.
Under his guidance, in three years Berluti's business has grown from around $45 million to approximately $130 million a year in sales.[10]
In 2013 he became chairman of Loro Piana, global leader in high-end cashmere and other fabrics, following the acquisition of the brand by LVMH. [11][12]
Arnault gave several speeches on the subject of the luxury industry and its future. During the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference in 2015, he highlighted consumers’ use of digital tools in daily life that encourages luxury brands to reach consumers through such technologies.[13] But he stated that the luxury industry specific features lie in non-obsolescence and giving physical experience, as he underlined during his speech at Stanford University in 2004. [14]
Board membership
Arnault is on the board of directors of LVMH an has been a board member in the Comité Colbert since November 2012.[15] He has been a board member at Madrigall, the holding company controlling family-owned French publisher Gallimard, since November 2013.[16]
Private life
Arnault is the son of Bernard Arnault and his first wife, Anne Dewavrin. He is younger brother of Delphine Arnault and has three step-brothers from his father's second marriage to canadian pianist Hélenè Mercier; he's a contemporary art enthusiast.[17]
Since 2011, he is in a relationship with the top model and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova, early lady Portman, with whom he has a son, Maxim, born on 2 May 2014.[18]
References
- ↑ Antoine Arnault - Bloomberg biography, Bloomberg
- ↑ Antoine Arnault biography - Investing BusinessWeek, Investing BusinessWeek
- ↑ Vuitton’s New Great, Vogue UK, June 13, 2012
- ↑ Bernard Arnault nomme son fils au comité éditorial des Echos, Rue 89, May 6, 2008
- ↑ Young Global Leader Honorees 2009, We forum
- ↑ Antoine Arnault relance les Journées particulières LVMH, Who's Who
- ↑ “Le luxe, c'est le made in savoir-faire”, Madame - le Figaro, June 9, 2013
- ↑ Antoine Arnault: prince of luxury, The Guardian, october 27, 2012
- ↑ Antoine Arnault Biography - Business of Fashion, Business of Fashion
- ↑ Turning Point | At Berluti, Antoine Arnault Puts Business Before Pleasure, T Magazine - NY Times, septembre 12, 2013
- ↑ LVMH appoints Antoine Arnault as chairman of Loro Piana, Reuters, December 5, 2013
- ↑ LVMH Widens Antoine Arnault’s Responsibilities With Loro Piana, Bloomberg, December 5, 2013
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- ↑ Fashion at Stanford: Antoine Arnault, Arts Institute
- ↑ Comité Colbert's 2012 Annual Report, Comité Colbert, 2012
- ↑ LVMH : Buys 9.5% Stake in French Book Publisher Gallimard, 4-traders, October 30, 2013
- ↑ Un panda à Paris, le Figaro, January 1, 2014
- ↑ Supermodel Natalia Vodianova Welcomes Her Fourth Child, e Online, May 6, 2014
