Delphine Arnault

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Delphine Arnault
Born (1975-04-04) 4 April 1975 (age 46)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Alma materLondon School of Economics
EDHEC
OccupationBusinesswoman
TitleDirector and executive vice president of Louis Vuitton (LVMH)
Spouse(s)
Alessandro Vallarino Gancia
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(m. 2005; div. 2010)​
Partner(s)Xavier Niel (2010–)[1]
Children1
Parent(s)Bernard Arnault
Anne Dewavrin
RelativesAntoine Arnault (brother)

Delphine Arnault (born 4 April 1975) is a French businesswoman, director and executive vice president of Louis Vuitton (LVMH Group).

Early life[]

She is the oldest child of Bernard Arnault from his first wife, Anne Dewavrin. She has a younger brother, Antoine Arnault. She earned degrees from the London School of Economics and EDHEC Business School (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord).[2][3]

Career[]

She began her career working for the strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Company, and she joined LVMH in 2000.[4]

Since 2003, she has been a member of the management board of the group LVMH, the first woman and youngest person to occupy that post.[5]

She is also a member of the board of directors for the labels Céline, Loewe and Pucci, Moët Hennessy, and M6, as well as a managing partner of a wealth management company; more recently, she became a member of the board of directors of 20th Century Fox and Havas.[6]

In 2008, she was named deputy chief of the designer Christian Dior Couture, which she quit in 2013 to join Louis Vuitton as director and executive vice president.[7][8]

In May 2014, Arnault started the LVMH Prize, an international competition for young fashion designers.[9][10] The objective of the LVMH group is discover the talents and creativity of new designers: "It is necessary to recognize the talent and creativity, as well as the ways in which we can best help the growth of their business", she confirmed.[11]

Personal life[]

She married Alessandro Vallarino Gancia, heir to the Italian winemaker Gancia, on 24 September 2005. They divorced in 2010.[12]

She lives with her partner, French businessman Xavier Niel, with whom she has one daughter, born on 17 August, 2012.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Biographie de Xavier Niel" (in French). Challenges. Retrieved 2020-05-25. Le compagnon de Delphine Arnault, fille de Bernard Arnault, est le plus gros business angel français
  2. ^ "Delphine Arnault devient numéro 2 de Louis Vuitton". Les Echos (in French). 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  3. ^ "Les petits secrets de la famille Arnault, propriétaire de LVMH". Capital.fr (in French). 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  4. ^ Delphine Arnault, Forbes, 15 May 2007.
  5. ^ Delphine Arnault - Director and Executive Vice President of Louis Vuitton, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, Investing Businessweek
  6. ^ Carole Bellemare avec Caroline Beyer,Delphine Arnault-Gancia impose sa marque chez Dior, le Figaro, 16 April 2008
  7. ^ Lisa Wang,Power Moves | Delphine Arnault to Leave Dior for Louis Vuitton, Business of Fashion, 24 June 2013
  8. ^ Arnault’s Girl Makes Vuitton Move, Vogue.co.uk, 25 June 2013.
  9. ^ Delphine Arnault : l’instinct de mode, Le Figaro Madame, 27 May 2014.
  10. ^ Delphine Arnault, 39, Fortune
  11. ^ Un prix pour se mettre au travail, Le Monde, 9 June 2014.
  12. ^ Ellison, Jo (2014-10-10). "Lunch with the FT: Delphine Arnault". Financial Times. Retrieved 2020-05-25. She declines to confirm whether or not Niel is the father of her daughter, or even her daughter’s name.
  13. ^ Miel, Morgane (March 29, 2015). "Delphine Arnault : l'abécédaire de sa nouvelle vie". Madame Figaro (in French). Retrieved May 15, 2018.
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