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Bernard Arnault, born on March 5, 1949, is a distinguished businessman from France. He is the Chairman and CEO of LVMH, a leading luxury goods conglomerate that owns numerous renowned brands, including Louis Vuitton and Chanel. With over four decades of experience in the luxury industry, Arnault has led LVMH to become one of the most valuable luxury brands globally.

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“A good product can last forever.”

Lasts Forever Products

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“When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.”

Ideas Done Practice France Good Ideas

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“If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA.”

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“If you control your distribution, you control your image.”

Ifs Distribution

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“Affordable luxury - these are two words that don't go together.”

Two Together Luxury Affordable

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“China has really succeeded because of its stability. So my feeling is, how they are going to maintain this fantastic stability in a very fast changing economic situation. I think this is a challenge we face, how the global region will evolve in stability with such a fast growth. If they succeed to do that, no doubt, in the next generation it will be the major area of the world, economically.”

“China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .”

Wealth Numbers Economy Economic Economics Population China Buying Economic Power Buying Power

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“I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.”

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“I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.”

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“It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.”

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“Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It's important that they are free to develop ideas. And rather than detracting from the principal job, it reinforces it. I think of that money as venture capital. It's not a big investment.”

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“What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it's the opposite.”

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“Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.”

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“From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.”

Play Conductor Vienna

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“I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.”

People Taxes Regard Obligation France Residents

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“I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.”

Arms Rounds Take Time

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“In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.”

Luxury Heritage

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“Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.”

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“When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.”

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“I meet the designers very often, we discuss the products, they show me their ideas, we discuss the ad campaigns and every new invention that we can find for the future.”

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“I've always been pleased with the investments I've made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.”

Has Beens Made Regret My Friends Investment I Regret

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“It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.”

Certain Style Arms South Rounds Take Time Reserves

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“Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.”

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“Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.”

Creativity Groups New York Decided Organization Symbols Towers Reflecting Modernity

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“When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.”

Firsts Bigs Jobs Sides Creative Building Construction Architect Engineering

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About the Author

Born: March 5, 1949
Known for: Businessman
Quotes: 25

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