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Meet Alexandre Arnault, the hunky son of LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest man: he’s worked with Beyoncé and Blackpink’s Rosé, and Kanye West performed at his wedding

Alexandre Arnault, son of the head of LVMH group, is an executive at Tiffany & Co. Photos: @alexandrearnault/Instagram, Reuters
Alexandre Arnault, son of the head of LVMH group, is an executive at Tiffany & Co. Photos: @alexandrearnault/Instagram, Reuters

  • The 30-year-old was at Rimowa before Tiffany & Co., working with Jay-Z, Eileen Gu and Patek Philippe – Pharrell Williams and Roger Federer were at his wedding too
  • His siblings also work within the empire that owns Dior, Celine and Fendi: Delphine and Jean at Louis Vuitton, Frédéric at Tag Heuer, Antoine in LVMH marketing

Europe’s richest man Bernard Arnault oversees the LVMH empire, but he also luckily gets by with the help of his five kids, who have their own corners in the world’s biggest luxury conglomerate.
Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Photo: Bloomberg
Bernard Arnault, billionaire and chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Photo: Bloomberg

Among his equally competent offspring is Alexandre Arnault – his third child and his first with his second wife, concert pianist Hélène Mercier-Arnault. Alexandre has already made a mark as a young chief executive of the high-end luggage brand Rimowa. Since 2021, he’s taken up a new challenge at the iconic jewellery brand Tiffany & Co.

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Alexandre Arnault is the former CEO of Rimowa. Photo: Financial Times Live
Alexandre Arnault is the former CEO of Rimowa. Photo: Financial Times Live

So, who exactly is the 30-year-old son of LVMH’s chairman, and does he have what it takes to inherit the keys to his father’s kingdom?

He’s shaking things up at Tiffany & Co.

Alexandre Arnault and Blackpink’s Rosé have worked together with the luxury jewellery brand to launch the ROSÉ x Tiffany HardWear Collection. Photos: Tiffany and Co.; @alexandrearnault/Instagram
Alexandre Arnault and Blackpink’s Rosé have worked together with the luxury jewellery brand to launch the ROSÉ x Tiffany HardWear Collection. Photos: Tiffany and Co.; @alexandrearnault/Instagram

After being named Rimowa’s CEO when he was only 25, Arnault rose to the challenge of transforming a 120-year-old luggage brand by pairing up with global designers and introducing limited-edition suitcases and accessories that attracted the celebrity and millennial jet-set crowd.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z for Tiffany & Co. Photo: @tiffanyandco/Instagram
Beyoncé and Jay-Z for Tiffany & Co. Photo: @tiffanyandco/Instagram
Now, as the EVP of production and communication of Tiffany and Co., Arnault is giving the American jeweller a makeover by scoring big names such as Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Blackpink’s Rosé and Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu, and launching exciting products such as the Patek Philippe Tiffany Blue Nautilus.

Like mother, like son