The French miljardärfamiljen Pinault have indicated that they will give 100 million euros, the equivalent of approximately one billion Swedish kronor, to the construction of the Notre-Dame cathedral. Even the country’s richest man, Bernard Arnault now want to help.
But what are they? And what has built their fortunes?
François-Henri Pinault was born in Rennes in northwestern France in 1962. His father is the French manager and art collector François Pinault.
According to Forbes, amounts to the family Pinaults fortune to 35 billion dollars, equivalent to more than 324 billion Swedish kronor.
is the holding company Kering, which was founded by Pinault the elder in 1963 and which until 1994 went under the name of Pinault S. A. Originally, the company was focused on wood and building materials.
in 1988, went public company. 1999 began to focus on luxury goods and with the François Pinault bought a stake in Gucci.
Between 1994 and 2005, the company went under the name of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, and PPR between 2005 and 2013. The name change to Kering (pronounced much like the English word ”caring” and is a reference to the family’s region of origin in Brittany, where the word ”kêr” means ”home”) was taken to signal the company’s shift to luxury goods.
took over the role of chairman and ceo after his father in 2005. Kering owns, among other brands such as Gucci, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga. Pinault the older one is still honorary chairman of Kering group.
Lyxmärket Gucci is a part of the François-Henri Pinaults media empire. Photo: Alexander Pohl
in 2005, Pinault the younger over as chairman of the board of Artemis, the holding company which manages the family assets.
the Family Pinaults collection of art includes works by Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. They have announced that they are planning to open a museum in France next year.
In a statement in Le Figaro, says François-Henri Pinault to the money they plan to donate and hopefully help to ”completely restore the cathedral of Notre-Dame”.
He continues: ”This tragedy is a blow to all French and all with spiritual values. We all want to revive this jewel as soon as possible.”
is the owner of the French holding company LVMH (Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy), one of the world’s largest companies in the lyxproduktsbranschen.
the Group was formed in 1987 after champagneproducenten Moët et Chandon, the leading cognacproducenten Hennessy and fashion house Louis Vuitton joined forces.
the supervision of more than 70 companies, including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Marc Jacobs, TAG Heuer, Sephora and Dom Perignon.
Thanks to increased purchases by chinese customers reported LVMH, in 2018, record figures in sales and profit.
In October 2014, inaugurated the Fondation Louis Vuitton museum in the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris’s sixteenth arrondissement, on the Arnaults initiative.
the art gallery, designed by canadian-american architect Frank Gehry and attracts over a million visitors per year.
Delphine is the vice president of Louis Vuitton and is also a member of LVMH’s executive committee.
According to Forbes is Bernard Arnault, the world’s fourth richest man. His family’s wealth amounts according to data eur 91.9 billion dollars, equivalent to 850 billion Swedish kronor.
In a written statement says Arnuault to his business empire intends to donate 200 million, just over sek 2.2 billion, which would go to the reconstruction of the Notre-Dame cathedral.
Vinci proposes that all the French companies in the construction sector, establish an ally sponsorallians to rebuild the Notre-Dame cathedral, reports the News agency Directly.
”the Devastation of Notre Dame is an enormous tragedy. Bjälklagen from the 1200’s will never be replaced, but the parts that survived the fire must be protected and preserved, so that Notre Dame can once again go out,” writes Vinci in a press release.
Vinci proposes that the French kulturarvsstiftelsen the Fondation du Patrimoine and architects from the Monuments Historique leads the work.
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