Bernard Arnault Receives Highest French Honour

Bernard Arnault obtained France’s highest civilian honour from President Emmanuel Macron at a ceremony on Wednesday night that included VIPs corresponding to Elon Musk and pop stars Beyoncé and Jay-Z.

The French businessman, founding father of luxurious conglomerate LVMH, obtained the Grand-Croix de la Legion d’Honneur on the Elysee Palace, in keeping with a spokesman from Macron’s workplace. It’s the very best rank in a system of presidency recognition that dates again to Napoleon.

The ceremony was additionally attended by Arnault’s relations, artist Jeff Koons and French billionaire Vincent Bolloré, the spokesman mentioned, confirming an earlier report by Politico Europe. A spokesman for Arnault declined to remark.

Final 12 months, Macron handed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos a Legion d’Honneur award at a personal ceremony, Bloomberg Information reported. Arnault, Bezos and Musk are the world’s three wealthiest individuals, in keeping with the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

LVMH’s 75 luxurious labels embrace Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Dom Perignon Champagne. Final week, the primary girl Brigitte Macron attended the style present of Louis Vuitton’s womenswear designer Nicolas Ghesquière in Paris.

By Ania Nussbaum and Angelina Rascouet

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