TOP FIVE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 1. $6.5 B. Bernard Arnault. Bernard Arnault is a French billionaire businessman and the chairman and CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton SE, commonly referred to as LVMH, a multinational luxury goods conglomerate. With an estimated net worth of over $170 billion, he is considered to be one of the richest people in the world. However, Arnault's success did not come overnight. It is the result of his entrepreneurial spirit, hard work, and determination. Bernard Arnault was born on March 5, 1949, in Roubaix, a town in northern France. His father, Jean Leon Arnault, owned a construction company, which was later inherited by Bernard's older brother, and his mother, Marie-Josèphe Savinel, was a seamstress. Arnault showed an interest in business from a young age and, at the age of 13, he began selling Christmas decorations from his family's apartment. After completing his education, Arnault joined his father's company, Ferret-Savine...
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