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Antoine Arnault's double life as luxury property and restaurant investor

By Léo Durin

Published on 05.05.2026 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 min

Antoine Arnault has been quietly reinventing himself as a high-end entrepreneur, outside the LVMH fold. © Studio Pachamama

As the only one of Bernard Arnault's children not to head a luxury brand, LVMH's Director of Image and Environment has been honing his entrepreneurial skills through his personal holding companies. He is currently working on a major property development project in Paris.

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Spotlight | Arnault family
Antoine Arnault's double life as luxury property and restaurant investor

As the only one of Bernard Arnault's children not to head a luxury brand, LVMH's Director of Image and Environment has been honing his entrepreneurial skills through his personal holding companies. He is currently working on a major property development project in Paris.

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Spotlight | Arnault family Antoine Arnault's double life as luxury property and restaurant investor

As the only one of Bernard Arnault's children not to head a luxury brand, LVMH's Director of Image and Environment has been honing his entrepreneurial skills through his personal holding companies. He is currently working on a major property development project in Paris.

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Spotlight | Arnault family
Antoine Arnault's double life as luxury property and restaurant investor

LVMH
How the luxury giant lobbied to kill France's corporate surcharge

LVMH
Dior gears up for its star turn in Cannes

Front Row
Émile Meunier, the Green scourge of LVMH

Spotlight
The case of the giant Vuitton trunk on the Champs-Élysées