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Bernard Arnault Tops Zara's Ortega as World's Fourth-Richest Person

The chairman of LVMH is now worth $70.7 billion, the most of any European.
LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault | Source: Courtesy
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  • Bloomberg

PARIS, France — It has been a roller coaster ride for the planet's richest people this week as tariffs and tech roiled markets.

Bernard Arnault, chairman of luxury-goods maker LVMH, reached a new level of rich as his Christian Dior SE rose to a record Thursday, making him the fourth-wealthiest person, surpassing Spaniard Amancio Ortega on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The Frenchman is now worth $70.7 billion, the most of any European.

By Devon Pendleton, with assistance from Tom Metcalf; editors: Pierre Paulden and Peter Eichenbaum.

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