歐洲首富伯納德·阿諾特成功躋身世界頂級富豪俱樂部，成為繼杰夫·貝佐斯和比爾·蓋茨之后，又一位身家超過千億美元的世界富豪。

阿諾特是奢侈品集團(tuán)路威酩軒的董事長。6月18日，路威酩軒的股價(jià)上漲2.9%，至每股368.8歐元的歷史最高點(diǎn)，幫助阿諾特躋身千億富翁行列。今年他的個(gè)人凈值幾乎增長了320億美元，是彭博億萬富翁指數(shù)中漲幅最大的一位。

在彭博2019年富翁排行榜上，法國億萬富翁的財(cái)富增幅居歐洲之首。除了阿諾特，開云集團(tuán)的老板弗朗索瓦·皮諾和歐萊雅的繼承人弗朗索瓦絲·貝當(dāng)古·邁耶斯的個(gè)人資產(chǎn)共計(jì)增加了400多億美元。與此同時(shí)，總部設(shè)在巴黎的香水和時(shí)尚產(chǎn)品集團(tuán)香奈兒披露了2018年業(yè)績后，品牌所有者杰拉德和阿蘭·韋特海默兄弟的身家在6月中旬猛增98億美元。

阿諾特目前的財(cái)富為1004億美元，超過法國GDP的3%，凸顯了法國的貧富差距——今年法國抗議者一直要求富人出錢為民眾謀福利。盡管貿(mào)易緊張局勢不斷升級，中國消費(fèi)者對路易威登手包和軒尼詩干邑的需求仍然為路威酩軒的業(yè)績注入了動力，該集團(tuán)的其他產(chǎn)品還包括唐培里儂香檳和泰格豪雅手表。今年路威酩軒的股價(jià)已經(jīng)上漲43%，在法國CAC 40指數(shù)中排名第三。

今年4月巴黎圣母院在大火中嚴(yán)重?fù)p毀后，一批奢侈品大亨承諾為重建捐款逾6.5億美元，其中就包括70歲的阿諾特及其家人。路威酩軒的總部設(shè)在巴黎，阿諾特通過家族持股公司控制著該集團(tuán)的約一半股份。同時(shí)，1949年出生的阿諾特還擁有迪奧97%的股權(quán)，而該時(shí)尚品牌的創(chuàng)立時(shí)間比他的出生時(shí)間還要早三年。

阿諾特通過收購一家擁有迪奧品牌的紡織集團(tuán)進(jìn)入了奢侈品市場。1988年，他轉(zhuǎn)讓了該紡織集團(tuán)的所有其他業(yè)務(wù)，并用所得資金拿下了路威酩軒的控股權(quán)。

微軟的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人蓋茨已經(jīng)向比爾及梅琳達(dá)·蓋茨基金會捐款350多億美元。今年年初和麥肯齊·貝佐斯協(xié)議離婚后，亞馬遜的首席執(zhí)行官貝佐斯的個(gè)人凈值下降了400億美元。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Charlie

審校：夏林

Bernard Arnault, Europe’s richest person, just joined Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion.

Arnault, chairman of LVMH, entered the ranks of centibillionaires on June 18 as the luxury-goods maker climbed 2.9% to a record 368.80 euros a share. His net worth has increased almost $32 billion this year, the most on the 500-member Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

France’s multibillionaires have added the most wealth among European members of Bloomberg’s ranking in 2019, with Arnault, Kering SA’s Francois Pinault and cosmetics heir Francoise Bettencourt Meyers tacking on more than $40 billion between them. Meanwhile, the brothers behind the Chanel brand, Gerard and Alain Wertheimer, saw their fortunes soar $9.8 billion in the middle of June after the Parisian fragrance and fashion house reported its 2018 results.

Arnault’s fortune of $100.4 billion now equals more than 3% of France’s economy, underscoring the wealth gap in his native country, where protesters have agitated this year for more benefits paid for by the rich. Even amid growing trade tensions, Chinese consumers’ appetite for Louis Vuitton handbags and Hennessy cognac has bolstered results for LVMH, the owner of Dom Perignon Champagne and Tag Heuer watches. The company’s shares have surged 43% this year, the third-best performer on France’s CAC 40 Index.

Arnault, 70, and his family are among luxury tycoons who pledged more than $650 million in April for the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral after the landmark church was ravaged by fire. He controls about half of Paris-based LVMH through a family holding company and also owns a 97% stake in Christian Dior, the fashion house founded three years before his birth in 1949.

Arnault entered the luxury-goods market by acquiring a textile group that owned Christian Dior. He sold all of the company’s other businesses and used the proceeds to buy a controlling stake in LVMH in 1988.

Gates, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder, has donated more than $35 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Amazon.com Inc.’s Bezos, meanwhile, saw his net worth drop $40 billion earlier this year after reaching a divorce settlement with MacKenzie Bezos.