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The Arnault Family Net Worth in 2026, and Who Inherits

Updated 28 Oct 2026
$116.5bn
Bernard Arnault & family · Forbes, 28 Oct 2026

Forbes puts Bernard Arnault and family at $116.5bn. No figure is published for any one child, and no successor has been named. All five work at LVMH.

LVMH stake
50.33% of capital, 66.27% of votesChristian Dior
Each child’s share
20% of Agache CommanditeFashionUnited
Board seats
Four of five on the LVMH boardFashionUnited
Planned buy-out
2.44% of Dior, at 95% of asset valueChristian Dior

Timeline

  1. Bernard Arnault buys Christian Dior, putting up $15m from his father’s construction business. Forbes

  2. Arnault turns the family holding company, Agache, into a joint-stock partnership to keep control of LVMH. The Business of Fashion

  3. LVMH tells Reuters that succession plans exist but are not made public. FashionUnited

  4. Asked who succeeds him, Arnault tells shareholders: “We will discuss all this again in seven or eight years”. FashionUnited

  5. Christian Dior says the family group plans to merge its holding companies into one listed company. Christian Dior

  6. Planned: shareholders of Christian Dior and Agache vote on the merger. Christian Dior

Changelog · last reviewed 28 Oct 2026
  1. Became a standing file.