Double for France: Bernard Arnault, CEO of the world number one luxury LVMH, and Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, heiress of L’Oréal, are, with their family, the richest man and woman in the world, a “first” , according to the Forbes annual ranking for 2023, published this Tuesday, April 4.
In 2023, the fortune of Bernard Arnault is estimated at 211 billion dollars. The boss of LVMH dethrones Elon Musk, 180 billion dollars. The Tesla boss saw his shares melt after the takeover of Twitter. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, 114 billion, now occupies the third place of the podium.
As for Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, eleventh richest in the world with 80.5 billion dollars, she becomes for the third consecutive year the richest woman on the planet. Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, who succeeded her mother, Liliane, at the head of the L’Oréal empire.
Forbes makes its ranking based on stock market prices and exchange rates. This double performance testifies to the vigor of the French economy, despite the crisis, specifies the magazine. Moreover, France brings together a nice bunch of billionaires, including François Pinault, founder of the luxury group Kering or the brothers Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, the bosses of Chanel.