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 goods, luxury fashion house and company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton (designer), Louis Vuitton. The label's LV monogram appears on most of its produc ...

(

LVMH 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 house ...

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 Antoine Arnault (born 4 June 1977) is a French businessman; the vice-chairman and former CEO of Christian Dior SE. He is the son of Billionaire and CEO of Louis Vuitton, Bernard Arnault. Early life and education Arnault was born in Roubaix, the ...

. 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 , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 milli ...

and EDHEC Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord).

Career

Arnault began her career working

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

for two years, and she joined

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, 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

Gagosian Gallery Gagosian is a contemporary art gallery owned and directed by Larry Gagosian. The gallery exhibits some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. There are 16 gallery spaces: five in New York City; three in London; two in P ...

, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021) *

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...

, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2013) *

Céline Céline, sometimes spelled Celine, is a French female first name of Latin origin, coming from ''Caelīna'', the feminine form of the Roman cognomen ''Caelīnus'', meaning "heavenly".

, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2011) * Pucci, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2007) * Loewe, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2002) *

Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...

, Member of the Board of Directors *

Havas Havas SA is a French multinational advertising and public relations company, headquartered in Paris, France. It operates in more than 100 countries and is one of the largest advertising and communications groups in the world. Havas consists of ...

, 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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