Antoine Arnault
| Antoine Arnault | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Antoine Arnault 4 June 1977 Roubaix, France |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Alma mater | HEC Montréal, INSEAD |
| Occupation | Businessman in fashion |
| Title | CEO of Berluti and chairman of Loro Piana |
Antoine Arnault was born in Roubaix on the 4th of June 1977. He is the CEO of Berluti. Since December 2013 he is also chairman of Loro Piana.
Biography
Education
Antoine Arnault is a HEC Montréal and INSEAD graduate.[1]
Career
Antoine Arnault started his career in the advertising department of Louis Vuitton. In 2005 he is nominated at the board of directors and becomes director of communications in 2007.[2]
He created the “Core Values” campaign in 2012 featuring political figures (Mikhail Gorbachev), professional athletes (Muhammad Ali, Zinedine Zidane) and celebrities (Sean Connery, Francis Ford Coppola, Keith Richards).[3]
In 2008 he is nominated at the editorial independence committee of Les Echos, a major French daily journal.[4]
In 2009 he makes the Young Global Leader Honourees list.[5]
In 2011 he launches the LVMH “Special Days”, the aim of which is to communicate about the workshops and expertise of the group. In 2013 he repeats the initiative and doubles the number of workshops opened to the public, bringing the total to 42. The objective was to showcase the fact that the technical know-how was continually being transmitted from the skilled craftsmen unto the next talented generation.[6][7]
Since 2011 he is the CEO of Berluti and works to develop this LVMH brand through the opening of several shops in California, Dubai and New York.[8] He hired the designer Alessandro Sartori in order to expand from a colourful shoemaker household to a full-on men luxury brand name.[9] Antoine Arnault has invested 100 million € in developing the brand and its colourful footwear and classic modern fit clothes.
Under his guidance, in three years business has grown from around $45 million to approximately $130 million a year in sales.[10]
Since the 5th of December 2013, and subsequently to the acquisition of the brand by LVMH, he is chairman of Loro Piana, global leader in high-end cashmere.[11][12]
Antoine Arnault gave several speeches on the subject of the luxury industry and its future. He is convinced that the future of the luxury industry is about embracing technological revolution and merging with new technologies. During the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference of 22 April 2015, he made a focus on consumers’ use of digital tools in daily life that encourage luxury brands to reach consumers through new technologies.[13] But Antoine Arnault reminds that the luxury industry specific features lie in non-obsolescence and giving physical experience, as he underlined during his speech at Stanford University on the 4th of February 2004 the necessity for quality for LVMH products.[14]
Other functions
- He is also on the board of directors of LVMH.
- Antoine Arnault is a board member at Comité Colbert since November 2012.[15]
- Antoine Arnault is a board member at Madrigall, the holding company controlling family-owned French publisher Gallimard, since November 2013.[16]
Private life
Antoine Arnault is the son of Bernard Arnault and his first wife, Anne Dewavrin. Antoine Arnault, brother of Delphine Arnault, is an art enthusiast.[17]
Since July 2011, he is in a relationship with the top model Natalia Vodianova with whom he had his first child in May 2014.[18]
References
- ↑ Antoine Arnault - Bloomberg biography, Bloomberg
- ↑ Antoine Arnault biography - Investing BusinessWeek, Investing BusinessWeek
- ↑ Vuitton’s New Great, Vogue UK, June 13, 2012
- ↑ Bernard Arnault nomme son fils au comité éditorial des Echos, Rue 89, May 6, 2008
- ↑ Young Global Leader Honorees 2009, We forum
- ↑ Antoine Arnault relance les Journées particulières LVMH, Who's Who
- ↑ “Le luxe, c'est le made in savoir-faire”, Madame - le Figaro, June 9, 2013
- ↑ Antoine Arnault: prince of luxury, The Guardian, october 27, 2012
- ↑ Antoine Arnault Biography - Business of Fashion, Business of Fashion
- ↑ Turning Point | At Berluti, Antoine Arnault Puts Business Before Pleasure, T Magazine - NY Times, septembre 12, 2013
- ↑ LVMH appoints Antoine Arnault as chairman of Loro Piana, Reuters, December 5, 2013
- ↑ LVMH Widens Antoine Arnault’s Responsibilities With Loro Piana, Bloomberg, December 5, 2013
- ↑ "Technological revolution can help luxury get back to its roots, says Berluti CEO". Luxury Daily. Sarah Jones. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ↑ Fashion at Stanford: Antoine Arnault, Arts Insitute
- ↑ Comité Colbert's 2012 Annual Report, Comité Colbert, 2012
- ↑ LVMH : Buys 9.5% Stake in French Book Publisher Gallimard, 4-traders, October 30, 2013
- ↑ Un panda à Paris, le Figaro, January 1, 2014
- ↑ Supermodel Natalia Vodianova Welcomes Her Fourth Child, e Online, May 6, 2014