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Louis Vuitton owner Bernard Arnault has surpassed Amazon's Jeff Bezos as the richest man in the world.
Arnault, who has been chairman of Louis Vuitton since he acquired a 44% stake in the brand conglomerate in the late 1980's, is worth $196 billion as of Thursday. That's slightly more than Jeff Bezos' net worth of about $186 billion, according to Forbes.
Combined with a family holdings company, Arnault now owns 47% of Louis Vuitton, which had a total market value of $416 billion as of Thursday. The company, which owns brands including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Bulgari, Tag Heuer, Sephora, and Hennessy, has seen its stock price soar more than 30% year-to-date.
Louis Vuitton owner Bernard Arnault supplants Jeff Bezos as the richest man in the world
Arnault has been chairman of Louis Vuitton since he acquired a 44% stake in the brand conglomerate in the late 1980s.

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This shows how misplaced priorities za watu are, how is a fashion company so big? Tech , manufacturing, all those are industries expected to make billionaires, but fashion?
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