Who Is Bernard Arnault, the World’s Richest Person?
The LVMH boss has a fortune estimated at $170.8 billion, exceeding Elon Musk’s personal net worth.
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The world’s richest person doesn’t tweet.
Bernard Arnault, the French tycoon behind luxury-goods powerhouse LVMH, surpassed Twitter owner Elon Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Tuesday, marking the first time he’s topped the list of the wealthiest people. Never before has anyone from France — or Europe as a whole — laid claim to having the largest fortune on the planet.