Delphine Arnault (born 4 April 1975) is a French businesswoman, director and executive vice president of
Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton (, ), is a French high-end luxury fashion house and company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label's LV monogram appears on most of its products, ranging from luxury bags and leather ...
(
LVMH Group).
Early life
Arnault is the oldest child of
Bernard Arnault
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (; born 5 March 1949) is a French business magnate, investor, and art collector. He is the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, the world's largest luxury ...
from his first wife, Anne Dewavrin. She has a younger brother,
Antoine Arnault. Between the ages of seven and 10, they lived in New York state where they attended a French-American school. She later earned degrees from the
London School of Economics
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and
.
Career
Arnault began her career working
McKinsey & Company for two years, and she joined
LVMH in 2000.
Since 2003, Arnault has been a member of the management board of the group LVMH, the first woman and youngest person to occupy that post.
Arnault is also a member of the board of directors for
Moët Hennessy
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (), commonly known as LVMH, is a French holding multinational corporation and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods, headquartered in Paris. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion hous ...
, and
M6, as well as a managing partner of a wealth management company.
In 2008, Arnault was named deputy chief of the designer
Christian Dior Couture, which she quit in 2013 to join Louis Vuitton as director and executive vice president.
In May 2014, Arnault started the ''LVMH Prize'', an international competition for young fashion designers. The objective of the LVMH group is discover the talents and creativity of new designers: "It is necessary to recognize the talent and creativity, as well as the ways in which we can best help the growth of their business", she confirmed.
Other activities
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Gagosian Gallery
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, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021)
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20th Century Fox
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, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2013)
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Céline
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** Antonio di Puccio Pucci (c. 1350–1416), Florentine politician and architect
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, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2007)
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Loewe, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2002)
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Ferrari
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, Member of the Board of Directors
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Havas
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, Member of the Board of Directors (2013–2019)
Personal life
Arnault married Alessandro Vallarino Gancia, heir to the Italian winemaker
Gancia
Gancia is an Italian wine-making company which produces a broad range of sparkling and still wines from the Piedmont region.
History
The company was founded in 1850 in Turin by Carlo Gancia. Carlo Gancia is known as the father of Italian spark ...
, on 24 September 2005. They divorced in 2010.
She lives with her partner, French businessman
Xavier Niel
Xavier Niel (born 25 August 1967) is a French billionaire businessman involved in the telecommunications and technology industry. He is best known as founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet service provider and mobile operator I ...
, with whom she has one daughter, Elisa, born on 17 August, 2012, and a son, Joseph, born on 20 September 2016.
References
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French businesspeople in fashion
1975 births
Living people
Delphine
Directors of LVMH
French art collectors
Women art collectors
French billionaires
French chief executives
French cosmetics businesspeople
Alumni of the London School of Economics
McKinsey & Company people
21st-century French businesswomen