The first place will have lasted a few hours. Frenchman Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury group LVMH (owner of Le Parisien – Today in France)and his family briefly took the lead on Wednesday in the Forbes ranking of the largest fortunes in the world, with 185 billion dollars, dethroning the American Elon Musk, boss of Tesla, SpaceX and now Twitter.
If the 73-year-old businessman was for a moment in first position in this ranking produced in real time and available online, it is because of a decline in the fortune of Elon Musk, due in particular to sharp decline in Tesla shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. But around 6:30 p.m., the American billionaire (with a fortune of 184.9 billion dollars) passed Bernard Arnault (184.7 billion).
The Indian businessman Gautam Adani (134.8 billion), at the head of a conglomerate, was in 3rd place, while Jeff Bezos (111.3 billion), founder of Amazon, was in 4th place square.
Jump in LVMH results
Bernard Arnault had already occupied first place in this ranking for a few hours in May 2021.
The fortune of the French billionaire has recently benefited from the jump in the results of LVMH, the world leader in luxury, whose net profit had reached 12 billion euros in 2021.
Elon Musk, whose fortune depends on the evolution of Tesla’s action, has recently been at the heart of multiple controversies since he bought the social network Twitter.