Billionaire Arnault’s Children Take the Spotlight at LVMH’s AGM

Bernard Arnault speaks to shareholders at the LVMH annual general meeting in Paris on April 23.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg

Billionaire Bernard Arnault’s five children were all given a chance to say something at LVMH’s annual general meeting as the question of succession finds itself increasingly on investors’ minds.

For the first time in the company’s history, each of his offspring — who all have relatively important roles at the world’s largest luxury group — spoke at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE’s AGM on Thursday.