1. Click to edit Master subtitle style 1/9/11 “In business, you have to learn to be patient!” Bernard Arnault

2. QUICK FACTFILE French businessman the world's 7th richest person the founder, chairman, and CEO of LVMH turned Vuitton and Dior into highly profitable global businesses

3. BUSINESS AREA LVMH - consisting of over fifty luxury brands, including Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Fendi LVMH has had a strong growth dynamic since its creation in 1987 The Group is active in five different sectors: Wines & Spirits Fashion & Leather Goods Perfumes & Cosmetics Watches & Jewelry Selective retailing

4. FAMILY born into a family of entrepreneurs at age 7 he visited building sites with his grandfather has been married twice to:Anne Dewavrin, Hélène Mercier five children:Delphine Arnault Gancia, Antoine Arnault, Hélène Mercier, Alexandre, Frederic Arnault hopes his three younger sons will step into the business

5. EDUCATION graduated from the Maxence Van Der Meersch High School was admitted to the École Polytechnique - graduated with an engineering degree in 1971 joined his father's company in 1979, he succeeded his father as president of the company

6. FIRST BUSINESS SUCCESS setting up LVMH enabled him to be familiar globally At 35, he bought Boussac, a bankrupt French textile group which included Dior Arnault quickly expanded Dior to include new brands: the fashion house of Christian Lacroix and Celine in 1989, Arnault accomplished his objective of creating the world's leading luxury products group

7. 1/9/11 Major Business Succeses Arnault got his big break in 1984, when he took over a textile conglomerate that included Dior. In 1989 he won a fierce battle for control of family- run Louis Vuitton Now that growth is picking up, gossips in the fashion world wonder when he'll start buying again. -By Peter Gumbel

8. 1/9/11 Business Philosophy “I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. And I think what I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.” "When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice" ( Forbes, June 2, 1997).

9. 1/9/11 Personality traits "He's an asset shuffler, a raider, a French Donald Trump“- said a former officer of Louis Vuitton ( BusinessWeek, July 30, 1990). "What I think is so brilliant about Bernard is that he realized that to revitalize this boring, dusty, fuddy- duddy old house, he had to go with the shock of the new. Most businessmen wouldn't understand. They wouldn't have that sensibility and that flair“ (Washington Post, April 28, 2002). A very good pianist

10. 1/9/11 Worldwide Recognition One of the largest luxury groups in the world, alongside Swiss luxury giant Richemont and French based PPR Group. Bernard Arnault is the 7nt richest person in the world,having a net worth of approximately $27.5 bil

11. 1/9/11 Illustrative Quotes “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.” “Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.”

12. OPINION I. I believe that Bernard Arnault became a successful business man because of his hard work, because he was confident in his ability of making good decisions and because he knew that becoming successful meant risking, when he bought a bankrupt company. -Simona Voica XII A

13. 1/9/11 II. In my point of view,Bernard Arnault succeeded thanks to three facts: 1.his background 2.his intelligence 3.luck http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eqf2_lvmh- film-2008-hd_creation http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6eqf2_lvmh- film-2008-hd_creation (follow this link - movie about history of LVMH) Georgiana Cornea XII A