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Arnault Boy Is All Grown Up

The LVMH succession drama heats up as 32-year-old Alexandre—last seen at the Trump rally at MSG—leaves Tiffany for the mothership’s booze business, where his celebrity connections and brand building could prop up a lagging division desperately in need of reinvention.

Alexandre Arnault
In his brief tenure at the family business, Alexandre has already become something of a turnaround guy—first at Rimowa, then Tiffany. Photo: Carlotta Cardana/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Lauren Sherman
November 14, 2024

The LVMH succession game is a long one. Bernard Arnault, the company’s mastermind and multidimensional architect, is a youngish 75 and isn’t going anywhere anytime in the next decade. Meanwhile, three of his five children are under 35 (two are actually under 30). Who among his offspring, from two marriages, is first in line to succeed him is a question that likely won’t be answered for five or even 10 years.